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‘Stonehenge of the North’ saved for the nation

The future of Thornborough Henges — been dubbed ‘The Stonehenge of the North’ — has been secured, with the entire site now saved for the nation. Annunciata Elwes reports.

This time last year, the general public had little knowledge of Thornborough Henges — a series of three interlinked henge earthworks, each more than 656ft in diameter and dating back to 3,500BC–2,500BC, where once thousands of people gathered for ceremonies — near Ripon in North…

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