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BBC NEWS | Wales | South West Wales | Welsh 'helped build' Stonehenge: 21 June, 2004 "
Bluestone from Pembrokeshire was used at Stonehenge
Archaeologists say remains found near Stonehenge are almost certainly those of the ancient people who helped to build the monument.

Tests on teeth found in a 4,300-year-old grave at Boscombe Down suggest the prehistoric workmen were Welsh.

It was already known bluestone from the Preseli hills in Pembrokeshire were used in building Stonehenge - called C�r y Cewri which means Choir of Giants.

The grave was unusual as it contained the remains of seven people - three children, a teenager and three men.


For the first time we have found the mortal remains of one of the families who were almost certainly involved in this monumental task.

Archaeologists are calling them 'the Boscombe bowmen' because of the flint..."