A strange wall submerged in the Baltic Sea may be the oldest man-made megastructure in Europe

Tue, 02/13/2024 - 07:25

hunting wall Baltic Sea — An ancient hunting wall was discovered under the Baltic Sea.
Philipp Hoy, University of Rostock

A Stone Age hunting wall was discovered in Europe's Baltic Sea.
It is made up of several large rocks linked together by more than 1,500 smaller stones.
The wall was estimated to have been built more than 8,500 years ago to hunt reindeer.

A Stone Age wall discovered in the Baltic Sea may be the oldest man-made megastructure in Europe.

The strange, kilometer-long wall is thought to have been built more than 8,500 years ago to channel reindeer into different areas by hunter-gatherers.

The wall — referred to as the Blinkerwall by researchers — was discovered by chance in September 2021 by students on a training exercise with the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde in Germany.