Tuesday, 8 September 2015

'Biggest' Stonehenge site discovered

Archaeologists have found around 100 huge standing stones buried near Stonehenge.


Experts think the discovery could be the 'biggest' prehistoric monument ever built in Britain.
The stones were uncovered using special equipment that scans below the Earth's surface.
Researchers said finding the stones was "fantastically lucky".
Radar scanning at Durrington Walls, Wiltshire
Special radars were used to find the large stones at Durrington Walls

What is Stonehenge?

  • It's a circle of massive stones, on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, in the south west of England.
  • No-one knows exactly why it was built but there is a link to the sun's movements during the year and there are burial sites nearby.
  • It's thought to have been built in prehistoric times, with the stones being put up about 2,500 BC.
  • People go to the site at certain times of year, during the summer and winter solstices, when the sun lines up with gaps in the stones.
Large stones at Durrington Walls
The stones could have measured up to 4.5m in height
The latest discovery was made about 1.8 miles (3km) from Stonehenge, on the edge of the Durrington Walls "henge", or bank.
It's an area which had not yet been studied by researchers and it's thought the stones may have originally measured up to 4.5m (14ft) in height.
Lead researcher, Vince Gaffney said the stones were "lost to archaeology" but found thanks to modern technology.

Large stones at Durrington Walls
The row of stones were standing over the edge of the bank of the henge
The findings are being announced later on the first day of the British Science Festival being held at the University of Bradford.

From CBBC Newsround

Sunday, 6 September 2015

One Direction's Harry Styles corrects fan's grammar

There might be an easy way to get Harry Styles to spot you when you're at a One Direction gig...

Harry Styles on stage holding up the correctly spelt sign
Make a mistake on your homemade banner!
A 1D fan had made a sign saying: "Hi Harry, your so nice".
Harry noticed the grammar mistake and corrected it himself!
It happened at the band's gig in Philadelphia.

From CBBC Newsround
The poster with the words written in thick black pen, complete with Harry's autograph, is now hanging on the fan's bedroom wall. 
Poster says