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Stonehenge mystery SOLVED - as experts reveal why monument was built

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Scientists say Wiltshire 's famous stone circle was built as a symbol of unification between three distinct corners of Britain .

Stonehenge's rocky slabs were transported as far afield from southwest Wales and northeast Scotland .

Scientists theorise that Scottish and Welsh people brought their own local stones down to Wilshire as a contribution to assembling the structure.

Stonehenge was used as a cremation cemetery for mostly adult men and women for around five centuries in its early history.

Nearly half of the people buried at Stonehetge had lived somewhere other than Salisbury Plain, experts say.

'Strong similarities in house floor layouts between Late Neolithic houses in Orkney and the.

Durrington Walls settlement near Stonehette also provide evidence of close connections between Salisbury .

and northern Scotland .

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