The theories that surround the creation of Stonehenge are as elusive and magical as the stone circle itself. Aliens, giants, or the wizened old sorcerer Merlin? How, and more importantly why, were hundreds of tonnes of stone moved to Salisbury Plain some 5,000 years ago? For every question science has answered there are as many that remain just out of reach...

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