Archaeologists use the term henge monument to describe a site where a henge
Henge
A henge is a Prehistory architectural structure. In form, it is a nearly circular
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Archaeologists use the term henge monument to describe a site where a henge
Henge
A henge is a Prehistory architectural structure. In form, it is a nearly circular or oval-shaped flat area over 20 metres in diameter that is enclosed and delimited by a boundary Earthworks that usually comprises a ditch with an external bank.... is combined with other features such as stone circle
Stone circle
A stone circle is an ancient monument. Such a monument is not always precisely circular and often forms an ellipse, or a setting of four stones laid on an arc of a circle.... s, standing stone
Standing stone
Standing stones, orthostats, liths or more commonly, megaliths because of their large and cumbersome size, are solitary stones set vertically in the ground and come in many different varieties.... s, barrow
Tumulus
A tumulus is a mound of Soil and Rock s raised over a Grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds, H?gelgrab or kurgans, and can be found throughout much of the world.... s, cairn
Cairn
A cairn is a manmade pile of stones, often in a conical form. They are usually found in Upland and lowland , on moorland, on mountaintops or near waterways.... s or timber circle
Timber circle
In archaeology, timber circles are circular arrangements of wooden posts interpreted as being either complexes of freestanding totem poles or as the supports for large circular buildings... s.
A Hengiform monument is a name given by archaeologists to prehistoric monuments which resemble henges but have a diameter of less than 20m. They are distributed throughout England and into southern Scotland though no examples have been found in Wales.... which does not involve a true henge.
Arbor Low is a Neolithic henge monument in the Peak District, Derbyshire, England. It on a plateau 375 m above sea level, in an area of arid high moorland.... in Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains....
Woodhenge is a Neolithic henge and timber circle monument located in the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites in Wiltshire, England. It is 2 miles north-east of Stonehenge in the civil parish of Durrington, Wiltshire, just north of Amesbury.... in Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a Ceremonial counties of England in the South West England of England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire....
The Stanton Drew stone circles are at just outside the village of Stanton Drew, Somerset. The largest is the Great Circle, a henge monument consisting of the second largest stone circle in Britain .... in Somerset
Somerset
Somerset is a Counties of England in South West England. The county town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county. The Ceremonial counties of England of Somerset borders the counties of Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west....
