Ancient site was the Glastonbury festival of its time

PARTYGOERS trekked across Britain 4,500 years ago for huge Glastonbury-style gatherings near Stonehenge, experts say.

Pig remains found at Late Neolithic settlements close to Stonehenge and fellow stone circle Avebury, Wiltshire, were analysed in a study of the “first united cultural events” in Britain.

And researchers say porkers from as far as Scotland and North East England were dragged along by owners, keen to show off their to be eaten at mass feasts in the then kingdom of Wessex. Study leader Dr Richard Madgwick, of Cardiff University, said: “These gatherings could be seen as the PARTY ANIMAL A pig first united cultural events of our island, with people from all corners of Britain descending on the areas around Stonehenge to feast on food that had been specially reared and transproduce, ported from their homes.” Stonehenge, where revellers gather twice-yearly for the summer and winter solstices, is 37 miles from the Glastonbury music festival site.