this surprised a LOT of archaeologists…

Can you imagine this thing is over 10,000 years old?.  It was discovered by a team of British archaeologists actually in Scotland which is fairly close.  The location is an area called Warren Field near Crathes Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.  The hypothes was that some ancient societies may have used it for tracking the seasons to help in their hunter and gathering operation.

This pic is of an Aztec calendar

This is Stonehenge which most believe has astronomical uses

Here is a bit more on this discovery:

The monument, dated to the 8th millennium BC, is a group of 12 pits. It appears to possess basic calendrical functions and pre-dates the first formal time-measuring devices known to humans by about five thousand years, says new analysis published in the journal Internet Archaeology.

According to the study, the structure appears to mimic the phases of the Moon in order to track lunar months over the course of a year. The Warren Field site also aligns on the Midwinter Sunrise, providing an annual astronomic correction in order to maintain the link between the passage of time, indicated by the Moon, the asynchronous solar year and the associated seasons.

And here is an awesome video on the finding we hope you enjoy.

thanks to sci-news.com for the great info