Woodhenge

Woodhenge is a Neolithic Class I henge and timber circle monument located to the north of Amesbury in Wiltshire, England, within the civil parish of Durrington. It is closer to Amesbury than Stonehenge is. Image File history File linksMetadata Woodhenge_4_DB.jpg Foto von Woodhenge, selbst gemacht File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Woodhenge Wikipedia:List of images/Places/Europe/United Kingdom/Counties/Wiltshire Metadata This file contains additional information, probably... Image File history File linksMetadata Woodhenge_4_DB.jpg Foto von Woodhenge, selbst gemacht File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Woodhenge Wikipedia:List of images/Places/Europe/United Kingdom/Counties/Wiltshire Metadata This file contains additional information, probably... An array of Neolithic artifacts, including bracelets, axe heads, chisels, and polishing tools. ... A henge is a roughly circular or oval-shaped flat area over 20m in diameter which is enclosed and delimited by a boundary earthwork that usually comprises a ditch with an external bank. ... In archaeology, a timber circle is a circular arrangement of wooden posts. ... See also Amesbury, Massachusetts. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the  United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... Durrington (grid reference SU155445) is a village and civil parish in the district of Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom. ... For other meanings of Stonehenge, see: Stonehenge (disambiguation) Map showing the location of Stonehenge Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. ...

Woodhenge was identified in 1922 after an aerial archaeology survey by Alexander Keiller and OGS Crawford. Aerial archaeology is the study of archaeological remains by examining them from altitude. ... Alexander Keiller 1889-1955 was was an archaeologist and businessman who worked on the site at Avebury in Wiltshire UK. He was heir to a Dundee marmalade business. ... Osbert Guy Stanhope Crawford (28 October 1886–November 28, 1957) was an English archaeologist and a pioneer in the use of aerial photographs for deepening archaeological understanding of the landscape. ...

Crawford credits the discovery to an aerial photograph taken by Sqn Ldr Gilbert Stuart Martin Insall VC in 1925 (Crawford, Air-Photography for Archaeologists, 1929) A Squadron Leaders sleeve/shoulder insignia Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr in the RAF, SQNLDR in the RNZAF and RAAF and S/L in the former RCAF) is a commissioned rank in some air forces. ... Photo by Terry Macdonald Gilbert Stuart Martin Insall (VC, MC) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ...

Maud Cunnington excavated the site between 1926 and 1929. Maud Edith Cunnington (née Pegge) (24 September 1869–28 February 1951), was a Welsh-born archaeologist, most famous for her pioneering work on the prehistoric sites of Salisbury Plain. ...

Pottery from the excavation was identified as being consistent with the Grooved ware style of the middle Neolithic, although later Beaker sherds were also found. So, the structure was probably built during the reign of the Beaker People, who used both contemporary pottery as well as pottery from the Neolithic period. Most Neolithic cultures in Britain are best identified by the pottery remains which they left. ... The Beaker people (or `Beaker folk) were an archaeological culture present in prehistoric Europe, defined by a pottery style -- a beaker with a distinctive bell-shaped profile -- that many archeologists believe spread across the western part of the Continent during the 3rd millennium BC. The pottery is particularly prevalent in... In archaeology, a sherd is a fragment of pottery or other ceramic. ... The Beaker people (or `Beaker folk) were an archaeological culture present in prehistoric Europe, defined by a pottery style -- a beaker with a distinctive bell-shaped profile -- that many archeologists believe spread across the western part of the Continent during the 3rd millennium BC. The pottery is particularly prevalent in...

The site was believed by Cunnington to consist of a central burial, surrounded first by six concentric rings of postholes, then by a single ditch and finally an outer bank, around 85m wide. The burial was of a child which Cunnington interpreted as a dedicatory sacrifice although it was destroyed in The Blitz (bombing by the Germans during World War II) and re-examination has not been possible. Cunnington also found a skeleton of a teenager in one of the ditch sections she dug. Another theory is that the site is the burial location of a Celtic royal family (although the site actually predates the appearance of Celtic culture in Britain by almost 2000 years). In archaeology a posthole is a cut feature used to hold a surface timber or stone. ... Heinkel He 111 German bomber over the Surrey Docks, Southwark, London (German propaganda photomontage). ... This article is about the European people. ...

Most of the 168 post holes held wooden posts, although Mrs Cunnington found evidence that a pair of standing stones may have been placed between the second and third post hole rings. Recent excavations (2006) have indicated that there were, in fact, several standing stones on the site, arranged in a "cove". The deepest post holes measured up to 2m and the height of the timber posts they held has been estimated at up to 7.5m above the ground. The posts would have weighed up to 5 tons and the arrangement was similar to that of the bluestones at Stonehenge.The positions of the postholes are currently marked with modern concrete posts which are a simple and informative method of displaying the site. This article is about the mineral dolerite. ... For other meanings of Stonehenge, see: Stonehenge (disambiguation) Map showing the location of Stonehenge Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. ...

Further comparisons with Stonehenge were quickly noticed by Cunnington; both have entrances oriented approximately on the midsummer sunrise and the diameters of the timber circles at Woodhenge and the stone circles at Stonehenge are similar making the reasons for the name more understandable.

Subsequent to the discoveries of Mrs Cunnington, two further timber circles of comparable scale were later discovered no more than 500 metres away within the Durrington Walls henge. Durrington Walls is a prehistoric henge enclosure monument situated close to Woodhenge on Salisbury Plain. ...

There are various theories about possible timber structures that might have stood on the site, and about they may have been aligned on positions of the Sun on the horizon. For many years work on the study of Stonehenge had overshadowed any real breakthroughs in the understanding of Woodhenge. However, recent ongoing investigations as part of the Stonehenge Riverside Project are now starting to cast new light on the site. For other meanings of Stonehenge, see: Stonehenge (disambiguation) Map showing the location of Stonehenge Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. ...

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