Some British archaeologists working on an excavation site near Stonehenge have apparently uncovered a 6,000 year-old encampment, a finding that might change British history.

David Jacques and his team from the University of Buckingham made the discovery in Blick Mead last October using carbon dating techniques. The results have just been confirmed.

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Government plans to build a road tunnel past Stonehenge could cause some damage to the excavation site, says Jacques. The  Department of Transport says it will conduct a consultation first before starting any tunnel construction.

The Blick Mead site is about 1.5 miles away from Stonehenge. Archaeologists found charcoal at Blick Mead that was scientifically dated to about 4,000 B.C.

Jacques said the site also have traces of evidence that include feasting from burnt flints and tools and giant cattle known as aurochs eaten early hunter gatherer ancestors.

He adds this is the latest dated Mesolithic human encampment ever found in the UK.

The team also discovered the Blick Mead site links hunter gatherer groups returning from across Europe after the Ice Age back to the Stonehenge area that thrived from the Neolithic era to the 5th Millennium B.C.

Jacques' main concern is that the construction of a tunnel ahead of Stonehenge that could potentially destroy what's left of the earliest prehistoric UK history.

According to Andy Rhind-Tutt, chairman of the Amesbury Museum that partly funded the dig, this discovery can provide archeologists the answer to the pre-history of the Stonehenge.

The UK government earlier announced the building of a 1.8 mile-long tunnel to relieve traffic congestion from the main road near Stonehenge.

A spokesman for the transport department said this road scheme will undergo consultation with both parties before construction starts. The English Heritage and National Trust also supports plans to protect cultural and historical sites.

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