Waun Mawn (proposed "proto-Stonehenge")

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A stone setting on the north flank of Mynydd Preseli. Parker Pearson et al. propose it as a dismantled stone circle whose stones went to Stonehenge; others dispute this.

References

• Parker Pearson, M., Pollard, J., Richards, C., Welham, K., Kinnaird, T., Shaw, D. et al. 2021. The original Stonehenge? A dismantled stone circle in the Preseli Hills of west Wales. Antiquity 95: 85–103. DOI (open access)
• Darvill, T. 2022. Mythical rings? Waun Mawn and Stonehenge Stage 1. Antiquity 96(390): 1515–1529. DOI (open access)
• Bevins, R.E., Pearce, N.J.G., Parker Pearson, M., Ixer, R.A. 2022. Identification of the source of dolerites used at the Waun Mawn stone circle in the Mynydd Preseli, west Wales and implications for the proposed link with Stonehenge. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 45: 103556. DOI

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