Neither did they serve a military purpose, though the American soldiers, during the Second World War, did mistake the stone rows for a German defence line.

它们的修建也并非出于军事目的，不过，在二战中，美国士兵确实曾将这些石阵误认为是德国的防御工事。

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Jim Murphy MP, Labour's shadow defence secretary, said the development amounted to a "startling admission from government that the defence review was not fit for purpose".

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The crossbench peer, who served as Labour's first chief of defence staff between 1997 and 2001, welcomed the government's commitment to a full and fundamental review of the Ministry of Defence which he said many felt was not fit for purpose.

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