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Was a stone circle at Waun Mawn dismantled and its stones taken to Stonehenge?

Asked 26 Oct 2026 by ·4 answers·0·0 following
Most likely: waun Mawn is a group of small local stone settings with no connection to StonehengeAhead on the evidence, not yet confirmed. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

Where it stands

Four answers have been proposed. Waun Mawn is a group of small local stone settings with no connection to Stonehenge. leads, with evidence 1 for: partly supported by its tests. Three are still possible.

Why it matters

The claim would explain the gap between quarrying and the first bluestone settings and would make Stonehenge a migrated monument; it has become a public story ahead of the evidence⁠[1]⁠[2].

Answers 4

Evidence: 1 for
Most likely
Evidence: 1 for, 3 against
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None of these.
Not tested enough to call either way
Evidence: none yet
Still possible
Evidence: 1 for
Still possible

History

  1. Parker Pearson et al. puts forward: the bluestones first stood in another, unlocated monument in Wales before coming to Stonehenge.
  2. Parker Pearson et al.: quarrying dates precede the first bluestone settings at Stonehenge by up to several centuries.For: The bluestones first stood in another, unlocated monument in Wales before coming to Stonehenge.
  3. Parker Pearson et al. puts forward: a 110 m circle was begun at Waun Mawn around 3000 BC, abandoned, and some of its stones re-erected at…
  4. Darvill puts forward: waun Mawn is a group of small local stone settings with no connection to Stonehenge.
  5. Bevins et al.: the Waun Mawn dolerites come from Cerrigmarchogion, not Carn Goedog, and cannot have supplied Stonehenge's…Against: A 110 m circle was begun at Waun Mawn around 3000 BC, abandoned, and some of its stones re-erected at…
  6. Darvill: the features are consistent with several small settings typical of the region, and the circle was never…Against: A 110 m circle was begun at Waun Mawn around 3000 BC, abandoned, and some of its stones re-erected at…
  7. Parker Pearson et al.: four stones, several stone holes on an arc, a central hearth and a hole whose shape resembles Stone 62's base.For: A 110 m circle was begun at Waun Mawn around 3000 BC, abandoned, and some of its stones re-erected at…
  8. Darvill: small stone settings are typical of south-west Wales; the arc is partial.For: Waun Mawn is a group of small local stone settings with no connection to Stonehenge.
  9. John: no control studies outside the arc; nothing links the site to Stonehenge.Against: A 110 m circle was begun at Waun Mawn around 3000 BC, abandoned, and some of its stones re-erected at…
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