Matthew travels to suburban Fife to see one of Britain's most important henges sitting in the middle of a big housing estate's roundabout. Was the henge there to keep people controlled, or to keep spirits and malevolence trapped inside? And did the neolithic people build eerie fake woodlands from real trees out of guilt?

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3'56 introduction to the site

8'46 the phases of Balfarg Henge

13'16 the timber circles, and a possible gothic, eerie explanation of what was going on

17'46 is it authentic? What is authentic?

21'55 what's it like to live with a neolithic monument out your front window? A resident explains

23'18 why is this one of the most important henge monuments in Britain?

26'44 Balfarg riding school, a possible site of human exhcarnation

30'09 Balbirnie Stone Circle

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