'Seahenge' mystery uncovered as wooden circle used for ancient ritual

Shifting sands brought 'Seahenge' back to the surface in 1998 (Image: PA Images) An ancient wooden circle uncovered on a beach in Norfolk may have been built in a bid to change the weather, new research suggests. The Bronze Age structure, dubbed "Seahenge", was revealed in 1998 by shifting sands at Holme-next-the-sea beach. A circle with an upturned tree stump surrounded by 55 oak posts was originally built on saltmarsh away from the sea using timbers estimated to date back to spring 2049 BC.

The structure, named by scientists as Holme I, was covered in a layer of peat, which protected it from decay until the timbers emerged 4,000 years later as the waves rolled in. A second ring, Holme II, centres around two oak logs, appears alongside the first ring and dates to the same year. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.

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