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Giant Ancient Stones Hauled for Miles to Create Britain's Tallest Monument!

Photo: Ilker Ozmen / Unsplash
Around 4,000 years ago, ancient builders carried three massive stones weighing 25 tonnes [about the weight of four male elephants] over 11 miles to line them up with the sky. Experts just discovered that these giant rocks were dragged all the way from a sacred natural rock formation called Brimham Rocks. Imagine how many people it took to pull just one of these monsters through the mud!
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