The Amesbury Archer was a burial near Stonehenge. He was known as "The king of Stonehenge " because his grave was large and rectangular in shape and probably had a timber lining and the most richest grave. He was found during excavation in advance of a housing development at Amesbury in Wiltshire, 2002. The Amesbury Archer grave is of a man dating to around 2,300BC and was discovered three miles from Stonehenge by Wessex Archaeology staff in 2002.