Marden Henge
Marden Henge (also known as Hatfield Earthwork ) is the largest henge in Great Britain . It is located on low ground in the valley of Pewsey, about 16.0 km southeast of Marden, near Devizes in Wiltshire and encloses an area of around 15 hectares with 450 × 330 m. The Henges of Durrington Walls, at 12 hectares, and Avebury, at 11.5 hectares, are the next in a category called Giants or Superhenge because of their size.
Parts of the low wall and the trenches can still be seen. On the southwest side, the marshland of the Avon River forms the natural boundary. The oval complex has accesses in the north and east and is dated 2500 BC. Dated. A modern road divides the henge.
Within the Henges is the "Hatfield Barrow", a severely disturbed round hill, which is the fourth largest (at least 11 m high and 60 m diameter) of a group of hills known as Harvest Hill, the largest representative of which is Silbury Hill . The Hatfield Barrow was excavated in 1818. The excavators found no traces of a burial and concluded that the mound was an altar mountain.
A so-called round house of the type The Sanctuary (probably a Woodhenge ) with a diameter of six meters is also located in the Marden Henge. Buildings of this type are dated to 3200-2700 BC. BC, i.e. older than the Henge, dated.
Individual evidence
- ^ Henry Rothwell: Marden Henge . Digital Digging, December 20, 2018, accessed January 15, 2020.
- ↑ Roff Smith: This Ancient British Monument Was 10 Times Bigger Than Stonehenge. National Geographic, August 6, 2015, accessed January 15, 2020.
literature
- R. Castleden: The Stonehenge People: An Exploration of Life in Neolithic Britain, 4700-2000 BC 1990 ISBN 0-415-04065-5
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Coordinates: 51 ° 19 '23.8 " N , 1 ° 52' 17.4" W.