On December 6th, a platform near the Stonehenge site, built in Wiltshire, England was damaged by construction workers. Highways England, a government owned company in charge of major roadways in England was planning to build a four-lane highway tunnel underneath the Stonehenge; in preparation for this, construction workers drilled a hole through an ancient platform in a spring a mile away, which caused an uproar from archaeologists.  

David Jacques, a lead archaeologist studying the Stonehenge said that the platform the construction workers destroyed had hoof prints of a long extinct species of cattle called aurochs and could have also been key to discovering why the Stonehenge was built. Jacques described the incident as a “travesty”, as well as “complete vandalism.”  However, Highways England denies that any damage was made to the site: “We have adhered to guidelines in carrying out the work, with an archaeologist on site, and with due care being exercised at all times.”  

The Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument that was constructed around 3001 BC and is theorized to have been built by Druids. It is estimated that over 8000,000 tourists visit Stonehenge every year.