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.

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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

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