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 The following (abridged) text is taken from the Wikipedia entry for Stonehenge, and is followed by the Wiltshire Sites and Mounuments Record entry.
Before the monument (8000 BC forward)
Archaeologists have found four (or possibly five, although one may have been a natural tree throw) large Mesolithic postholes which date to around 8000 BC nearby, beneath the modern tourist car-park. These held pine posts around 0.75 m (2.4ft) in diameter which were erected and left to rot in situ. Three of the posts (and possibly four) were in an east-west alignment and may have had ritual significance; no parallels are known from Britain at the time but similar sites have been found in Scandinavia.
Site Monument Record
| SMR Number |
SU14SW054 |
| Site Name |
North-west of Stonehenge |
| Grid Ref |
SU12074237 |
| Parish |
Amesbury |
| District |
Salisbury |
| Site Type |
Unclassified feature |
| Period |
Mesolithic |
| Finds |
Other organics |
| X Y Grid Ref |
412070, 142370 |
| Altitude |
99.06 metres |
| Geology |
Upper Chalk |
| Description |
| 3 large post holes excavated whilst scraping the area for the carpark. Possibly Mesolithic. |
| Details |
| Three large postholes (approx 2m diam x 1.5m deep) found during the extension of the carpark at Stonehenge. Clear post pipes were visible. C14 7180bc+/-180 and 6140bc+/-140 suggests a Mesolithic date. |
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