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ARCHÆOLOGY

PAUL DEVEREUX discovers puzzling pits in Bedfordshire and outsize handaxes in Kent

HOLY HOLES?

The Beatles may have told us about 4,000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire, but now archæologists are telling us about 25 monumental Middle Stone Age (Mesolithic) holes that have been uncovered in Bedfordshire, England – and there may yet be more to be discovered. The holes or pits are at Linmere, near Houghton Regis, and measure 5m (16.4ft) wide and 1.85m (6ft) deep, each circular with steep

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