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Prehistoric Builders Transported 25-Ton Stones 11 Miles to Build Britain's Tallest Surviving Stone Row

Learn how mineral clues traced Yorkshire's Devil's Arrows to a source 11 miles away and linked a missing stone to a medieval cross.

Prehistoric Builders Transported 25-Ton Stones 11 Miles to Build Britain's Tallest Surviving Stone Row

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