Thesaurus Term/Concept: HENGE

Identifier 70096
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note Circular or sub-circular enclosure defined by a bank and (usually internal) ditch, with one or two (rarely more) entrances. Of ceremonial/ritual function, they contain a variety of internal features including timber or stone circles.

Broader Terms/Concepts (1)

Related Terms/Concepts (4)

Narrower Terms/Concepts (2)

Instances/Examples (14)

Context Record
Monument Type MNN170792 Circular earthwork, south-east of Fotheringhay Castle (Monument)
Monument Type MNN20892 Cotton Henge (Monument)
Monument Type MNN126893 Neolithic Causewayed Ring Ditch, West Cotton (Monument)
Monument Type MNN119329 Neolithic or Bronze Age oval enclosure or ring ditch, Grendon Quarry (Monument)
Monument Type MNN1793 Neolithic to Iron Age Activity, west of Wootton Road (Monument)
Monument Type MNN122885 Possible Neolithic Enclosure (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
Monument Type MNN129840 Possible Neolithic Enclosure (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
Monument Type MNN126833 Possible Neolithic henge (Monument)
Monument Type MNN131686 Possible Neolithic henge (Monument)
Monument Type MNN123655 Possible Neolithic or Bronze Age Enclosure (Monument)
Monument Type MNN128915 Possible prehistoric round barrow (Monument)
Monument Type MNN3858 Probable Neolithic & Bronze Age Ritual & Burial Site, east of Mill Hill Farm (Monument)
Monument Type MNN10713 Probable Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure, Dallington (Monument)
Monument Type MNN170565 Site of early Bronze Age henge and middle Bronze Age field system, Priors Hall (Monument)