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Devil’s Arrows: Ancient builders hauled 55,000-pound stones 11 miles for Britain’s tallest stone row
ScienceDailyWednesday, September 9, 2026 at 7:41 AM
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Britain’s towering Devil’s Arrows were built from 25-tonne stones hauled at least 18 kilometers from Brimham Rocks around 4,000 years ago.
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- Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product. Britain’s towering Devil’s Arrows were built from 25-tonne stones hauled at least 18 kilometers from Brimham Rocks around 4,000 years ago.
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Britain’s towering Devil’s Arrows were built from 25-tonne stones hauled at least 18 kilometers from Brimham Rocks around 4,000 years ago.
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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product.
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