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Some archaeologists believe that the site supports the last remains of a giant stone circle or \u2018Proto Stonehenge\u2019 which was dismantled and transported to Salisbury Plain around 5000\u2009years ago. It was claimed, after three excavation seasons at Waun Mawn in 2017, 2018 and 2021, that there is firm evidence of some standing stones which were later removed or broken up, but it has still not been demonstrated that there ever was a small stone circle here, let alone a \u2018giant\u2019 one. Furthermore, there have been no control studies in the neighbourhood which might demonstrate that the speculative feature has any unique characteristics. There is nothing at Waun Mawn to link this site in any way to Stonehenge, and this is confirmed by recent cited research. No evidence has been brought forward in support of the claim that \u2018this was one of the great religious and political centres of Neolithic Britain\u2019. 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