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2 Stone Age circles discovered on English moorland may have been part of a 'sacred arc'

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Two newly discovered stone circles, built about 5,000 years ago , are the latest to show Stonehenge was not the only Stone Age circle built in the region.

Independent archaeologist Alan Endacott says the new finds reinforce the idea that prehistoric people constructed a "sacred arc" of stone circles around high land in the area during the Neolithic period.

The south-west of England is rich in the remains of Neolithic monuments.