Woodhenge
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Woodhenge is a Neolithic timber circle monument near Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England, thought to have had ceremonial or ritual significance.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Neolithic timber circle
ⓘ
prehistoric monument ⓘ scheduled monument ⓘ |
| category |
Archaeological site in Wiltshire
ⓘ
Neolithic sites in England ⓘ Timber circles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| civilParish | Durrington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructedInPeriod | 3rd millennium BC ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| diameter | approximately 40 metres ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Ben Cunnington
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maud Cunnington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | 1925 ⓘ |
| discoveryMethod | aerial photography ⓘ |
| epoch | Neolithic ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Maud Cunnington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavatedIn |
1926
ⓘ
1927 ⓘ |
| functionHypothesis |
associated with funerary practices
ⓘ
part of Stonehenge ceremonial complex ⓘ |
| gridReference | SU150433 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bank
ⓘ
central burial ⓘ concentric post rings ⓘ encircling ditch ⓘ |
| hasNearbySite |
Durrington Walls
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stonehenge Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReconstruction | concrete markers for postholes ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Scheduled Monument
ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site component NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| interpretedAs |
ceremonial site
ⓘ
ritual monument ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ Wiltshire ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Stonehenge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | English Heritage ⓘ |
| material | timber ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| orientation | roughly north–south ⓘ |
| ownedBy | English Heritage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stonehenge landscape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
southwest England
ⓘ
surface form:
South West England
|
| shape | circular ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.