New site found near Stonehenge
LONDON — Archaeologists have discovered a smaller prehistoric site near Britain's famous circle of standing stones at Stonehenge.
Researchers have dubbed the site "Bluehenge," after the color of the 27 Welsh stones that were laid to make up a path. The stones have disappeared but the path of holes remains.
The new circle, unearthed over the summer by researchers from Sheffield University, represents an important find, researchers said Saturday. The site is about a mile (2 kilometers) away from Stonehenge.
Bluehenge, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) southwest of London, is believed to date back 5,000 years.
Mike Parker Pearson of Sheffield University said he believed the path and Stonehenge itself were linked to rituals of life and death.
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Stonehenge has been found to have a smaller neighbour
Archaeologists have revealed that evidence of a second stone circle has been found near the site of  in the United Kingdom. It is thought the smaller circle was built around the same time, making it 5,000 years old.

Only chips remain of the 27 stones that made up the site, which was built from  rocks thought to have originated in the  in Wales. From there they were dragged 200 miles to be built just one mile (two kilometres) from Stonehenge.

Because the rocks it is made from are known to appear blue, the site has been given the name . Although the stones are gone, the holes they left remain. Stonehenge was linked to the  by a pathway, and Bluehenge lies at the end of it. 

The BBC quotes researchers working on the site, which was excavated over the summer by , as calling the discovery "very important". A full report is expected in February 2010.