henge

Examples

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• When Saxon officials opened reconstruction of the Goseck henge at sundown on December 21, the event made headlines across Europe.

  Academic text (2006)

• While not all the radiocarbon dating has been completed, initial study of the pottery dates the henge to about 4700 B.C.

  Academic text (2006)

• There is no evidence that the henge was destroyed, no fires or evidence of an attack.

  Academic text (2006)

• The newly discovered timber henge was named the Southern Circle.

  Academic text (2008)

• "On balance, and with the evidence we have now, you would have to say it's a henge," Gaffney says.

  Academic text (2010)

• Over time, scholars realized the henges most likely had a social function, not an agricultural or military one.

  Academic text (2006)

• While the henges were similar in design, each of them had their own meaning and function, Stuble says.

  Academic text (2006)

• A 7,000-year-old henge in eastern Germany may be the world's first observatory.

  Academic text (2006)

• Although Saxon officials conceived of the reconstructed henge as a way to boost tourism to the area, it did offer some new scholarly perspectives.

  Academic text (2006)

• Archaeologists unearthed a large henge surrounded by a deep ditch and wooden posts.

Synonyms

R

rath

vshenge

• Literature

1 9.9

A circular mound made of earth used long ago as a fort, often in Ireland

is a circular bank and ditch enclosure built mainly for ritual or monument use

M

megalithic structure

vshenge

1 9.2

A monument of very large stones that dates from long ago

is defined by a circular bank and ditch rather than by large stones

Surface Forms

Etymology