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Before Stonehenge: Scotland's 6,000-Year-Old Timber Halls Hidden Beneath a School Playground


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In 2025, archaeologists excavating land designated for football pitches at Carnoustie High School uncovered something extraordinary: a massive timber hall dating to 4,000 BCE, built a thousand years before the first stones were raised at Stonehenge. This episode explores what this discovery tells us about Neolithic Britain—a world of sophisticated architecture, long-distance trade networks, and ritual practices that challenge everything we thought we knew about our Stone Age ancestors.

This episode was generated with AI assistance.

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