Henges: Internal Features and Regional Groups

Burl, H. A. W.

doi:10.1080/00665983.1969.11077434

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“…It is possible that the posts formalized the terminals of the banks as has been suggested for other henge sites (Burl 1969). It is possible that the posts formalized the terminals of the banks as has been suggested for other henge sites (Burl 1969).…”

Section: The Penannular Ring-ditch (Site 2)mentioning

confidence: 92%

Excavations at the Sarn-y-bryn-caled cursus complex, Welshpool, Powys, and the timber circles of Great Britain and Ireland

Gibson

Aldhouse-Green

Brownsett³

et al. 1994

Proc. Prehist. Soc.

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have produced important information on the date and development of the Sarn-y-bryn-caled cursus complex between 3000-2000 BC. In particular a timber circle of 2000 BC, two penannular ring-ditches and a section across the cursus monument were excavated. A radiocarbon sequence has been obtained. The results of the excavations are described in Part I. Part II comprises a discussion of the forms, dates, functions, and reconstruction of timber circles. A corpus of and chronology for timber circles is presented. PART I: THE EXCAVATIONS 1 Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust,

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Section: The Penannular Ring-ditch (Site 2)mentioning

confidence: 92%

Excavations at the Sarn-y-bryn-caled cursus complex, Welshpool, Powys, and the timber circles of Great Britain and Ireland

Gibson

Aldhouse-Green

Brownsett³

et al. 1994

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“…In contrast, a more intensive distribution of remains is known from the upper Clyde Valley and the south-west Pentlands (RCAHMS 1978;Hanson and Sharpe in prep. ), such as the evidence for farming and burial at Biggar Common (Johnston 1997), long cairns at Greens Moor and Burngrange (RCAHMS 1978) and henges at Weston and Normangill (ibid., Burl 1969, Wainwright 1969, Stevenson 1985; this area …”

Section: Neolithic Pit Clustermentioning

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Neolithic Pits, a Bronze Age Cremation and an Early Iron Age Ring-Ditch at Newton Farm, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire

O’Brien¹,

Clements

Roy

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Scottish Archaeological J

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Fieldwork at Newton Farm, Cambuslang (NGR NS 672 610) was undertaken in advance of housing development in 2005-6. A cluster of six shallow Neolithic pits were excavated, and a collection of 157 round-based, carinated bowl sherds and a quern fragment were recovered from them. The pits produced a date range of 3700 to 3360 cal BC. Most of the pits yielded burnt material, and one of the pits showed evidence of in situ burning. The pottery may form 'structured deposits'. A Bronze Age adult cremation placed in a Food Vessel dated to 3610±30 BP (2040-1880 cal BC) was set in a wider landscape of single and multiple cremations and inhumations on the river terraces overlooking the Clyde. A possible unurned cremation was also identified. This was cut by the course of a small ring-ditch dated to the very late Bronze Age or early Iron Age 2520±30 BP (800-530cal BC).

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“…The Lios and related sites, for example, have been considered henges by Burl (1969) and 'variant circles' of the ring cairn tradition by Lynch (1979), whilst O'Kelly (1952 thought 'burial-less ring barrows' like Moneen 'represent an early facet of the henge idea'. Similarly, Hanborough 4, Linch Hill, Barford D, Fornham All Saints and the Dorchester sites have been described as ring ditches by some and henges by others (Case 1963;St Joseph 1965;Smith 1972;Kinnes 1979).…”

Section: The Henge-ring Bank-ring Ditch Complexmentioning

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Towards a reappraisal of henge monuments: origins, evolution and hierarchies

Clare

1987

Proc. Prehist. Soc.

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A simple derivation of henges from causewayed camps is rejected. Attention is also drawn to a range of neolithic structures, some covered by a mound, some not. Though interpreted as mortuary structures, they have affinities to henges. Henges may thus best be derived from a broad tradition of neolithic structures; this may in turn have been part of a more widely distributed north-west European tradition of both ritual and domestic structures. Within Britain, similarities of form and function suggest that henges should be seen as a parallel development to ring banks, ring ditches and stone circles. Regional preferences rather than distinct regional types of monuments emerged. Later survival of henge traditions into the first millennium is also discussed.

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Henges: Internal Features and Regional Groups

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Excavations at the Sarn-y-bryn-caled cursus complex, Welshpool, Powys, and the timber circles of Great Britain and Ireland

Excavations at the Sarn-y-bryn-caled cursus complex, Welshpool, Powys, and the timber circles of Great Britain and Ireland

Neolithic Pits, a Bronze Age Cremation and an Early Iron Age Ring-Ditch at Newton Farm, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire

Towards a reappraisal of henge monuments: origins, evolution and hierarchies

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