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Bronze age Ribbon to be tarmacked (UK)

Plans to build a new road over a 4,000-year-old serpent-shaped feature in Herefordshire have been criticised.

Archaeologists have said the ribbon of stones, known as the Rotherwas Ribbon, is of similar importance to Stonehenge.

Herefordshire council said a protective shield will be built over the site to preserve it for future generations. A relief road will then be built over it.

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