A henge enclosure is the name given by archaeologists to a British prehistoric monument type of late Neolithic date and found only in southern England. Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity...

They consist of a large, circular or oval area of ground, measuring more than 300m in diameter, enclosed by an earthwork consisting of bank with an internal ditch. Two or four evenly spaced entrances lead through the earthwork to the centre. Henge enclosures often contain or lie close to one or more ordinary henge monuments. A henge is a circular or sub-circular prehistoric enclosure defined by a raised circular bank, and a circular ditch usually running inside the bank. ...

They differ from normal henges in that excavation has shown evidence for a wider variety of human activity beyond the ritual purposes associated with henges. They are interpreted as being settlements as well as ceremonial sites. Sites often interpreted as simply large henges are now classified as henge enclosures, examples being Durrington Walls in Wiltshire and Mount Pleasant in Dorset. Durrington Walls is a prehistoric henge enclosure monument situated close to Woodhenge on Salisbury Plain. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... Mount Pleasant Henge is a Neolithic henge enclosure in the English county of Dorset. ... Dorset (pronounced Dorsit, sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the southwest of England, on the English Channel coast. ...

Finds of animal bone, Grooved ware pottery and evidence of dwellings have been found and coupled with the time and energy needed to build them, it is considered that they must have been important social centres analogous to tribal capitals.