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New research suggests Stonehenge was built 5,000 years ago by a team of builders from Crymych who stopped work after the second instalment of their payment failed to arrive.<\/p>\n

Archaeologists made the breakthrough after discovering a stone tablet marked \u201cFINAL REMINDER\u201d beneath what was previously believed to be a ceremonial burial mound.<\/p>\n

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Artist\u2019s impression: roof, windows and second instalment still outstanding.<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n

\u201cIt was actually where they emptied the van,\u201d explained lead researcher Dr Ceri Thomas.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe found broken tools, several lunch containers and a quote for patio doors.\u201d<\/p>\n

The discovery explains why the monument has neither a roof nor windows.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re still owed for the lintels.\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A message attributed to site foreman Cai Carreg makes the builders\u2019 position clear.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve done what we\u2019ve been paid for. The boys won\u2019t be back until the balance is settled. You can organise as many solstices as you like.\u201d<\/p>\n

Researchers believe the customer had withheld payment because the entrance was supposed to face the other way.<\/p>\n

English Heritage hopes to complete the work once it finds a builder who can start this side of Christmas 2035.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne chap has looked at the photographs,\u201d said a spokesperson. \u201cHe asked what cowboy put it up, sucked his teeth and said it would all have to come down.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New research suggests Stonehenge was built 5,000 years ago by a team of builders from Crymych who stopped work after the second instalment of their payment failed to arrive. Archaeologists made the breakthrough after discovering a stone tablet marked \u201cFINAL REMINDER\u201d beneath what was previously believed to be a ceremonial …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,22,18],"tags":[33],"class_list":["post-199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-history","category-news","tag-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/welshbollocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/welshbollocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/welshbollocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welshbollocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welshbollocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=199"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/welshbollocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1584,"href":"https:\/\/welshbollocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199\/revisions\/1584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welshbollocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/welshbollocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welshbollocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welshbollocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}