Builders hauled 25-ton stones 11 miles to create the ‘Devil’s Arrows’

Pic credit: University of York The Devil’s Arrows, Britain’s tallest surviving prehistoric stone row, have long raised questions about where they came from and how they reached Boroughbridge. It turns out that ancient Neolithic builders hauled these enormous 25-tonne structures across at least 11 miles to get there.Researchers at the University of York and Curtin University in Australia have shed new light on these prehistoric stones in Yorkshire. Further geological analyses revealed that Neolithic people bypassed more local stone sources to bring the giant megaliths from Brimham Rocks in North Yorkshire, settling a long debate over whether humans or Ice Age glaciers moved them.The researchers also confirmed that a missing stone is hiding in plain sight in the nearby village of Aldborough, in the form of a cross, proving 19th-century theories and local legends to be true. The findings are published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society A.Yorkshire's Neolithic labour of legendThe Devil's Arrows, as locals call them, rise almost seven metres (23ft) high, making these three surviving pillars near Boroughbridge the tallest standing stone row in Britain. They are even taller t...