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	Ring — FactMonster.com
		If a lady or gentleman is willing to marry, but not engaged, a ring should be worn on the index finger of the left hand; if engaged, on the second finger; if married, on the third finger; but if either has no desire to marry, on the little finger.
		The woman who had the ring could issue commands as her husband, and was in every respect his representative.
		Ring, a circlet, is the Anglo-Saxon hring; ring, to sound a bell, etc., is the verb hring-an.
	www.factmonster.com /dictionary/brewers/ring.html (551 words)

	Wanderings in Wessex eBook
		The great circle of Maumbury Rings was the original stadium or coliseum of the Roman town; the tiers of seats when filled are estimated to have held over twelve thousand spectators.
		In digging the foundations of the brewery near by, a subway was found leading toward the circus, which may have been used by the wild beasts and their keepers in passing from and to their quarters.
		Maumbury was the scene of a dreadful execution in 1705, when one Mary Channing was first strangled and then burnt for the murder of her husband by poison, though she loudly declared her innocence to the last.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/11410/53.html (443 words)

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		At Maumbury Rings, Dorset, a series of circular shafts some 0.9m in diameter and up to 6.5m deep had been dug at intervals in the bottom of the ditch.
		Single rings of posts, post rings, have been recorded at three sites in England, the most well-known being that at Arminghall, Norfolk, where there were eight large timbers set in a horseshoe formation with the open side directly in line with the entranceway into the monument.
		At Maumbury Rings, for example the henge was remodelled as an amphitheatre in Roman times and later as a Civil War fort, while at Thwing, Humberside, the site became a defended settlement in late Bronze Age times.
	www.eng-h.gov.uk /mpp/mcd/sub/henges3.htm (2216 words)

	Henge - Stone Circle - Crystalinks
		Given the defensive impracticalities of an enclosure with an external bank and internal ditch (rather than vice versa), henges are considered to have served a ritual purpose, perhaps built with intention of shielding what went on inside the enclosure from the outside world.
		Nor should they be confused with earlier rings, such as the Goseck circle in Saxony-Anhalt, that may have served similar religious/calendrical/astronomical purposes, though at a much earlier epoch.
		Archaeological evidence, coupled with information from astronomers, geologists and mathematicians, implies that the purpose of stone circles was connected with prehistoric peoples' beliefs and that their construction can shed light on ancient engineering, social organisation, religion and, for want of a better word, science.
	www.crystalinks.com /henge.html (2162 words)

	Chester Amphitheatre Project
		A little under half of the Chester amphitheatre has been excavated, consolidated and displayed; as such it is the largest Roman monument currently visible in Chester (except for the north wall of the fortress).
		Although it has frequently been described as the largest amphitheatre in Britain, the example at Maumbury Rings, Dorchester, measures 105.2 by 101.2 m externally, and is therefore some 28% larger than Chester (Collingwood and Richmond 1969, 119).
		The comparisons given by Fulford (1989, 188), which appear to show Chester and Maumbury Rings as of equal size, are based on the area of the arena: at Chester, the arena is disproportionately large.
	www.chester.gov.uk /amphitheatre/sitesum.htm (1012 words)

	Maumbury Rings (Henge) \| The Modern Antiquarian \| Maumbury Rings (Henge)
		Maumbury Rings (Henge) on The Modern Antiquarian, the UK and Ireland's most popular megalithic community website.
		There is to be a re-enactment display at the rings site focusing on the roman use of the site as an amphitheatre, but also covering the other periods of the sites occupation.
		"...Maumbury was the scene of as sinister an event as any associated with it..
	www.themodernantiquarian.com /site/8216 (1278 words)

	Films for Learning: News & Events
		Thomas Hardye school were approched by Maddie Pethwick of Dorchester Arts who had seen the Films for Learning website and she asked us if we could make a film about the Maumbury Rings for the 2006 Arts Festival.
		Maumbury Rings is a Neolithic Henge adapted by the Romans as an Amphitheatre which still exists in the centre of Dorchester.
		What the'client' wanted was a fun film that gave a fresh twist to an ancient monument that was in essence just a ring of grass banks.
	www.filmsforlearning.org /news/MostLikelyHaunted.html (571 words)

	Barbara Wilder: Articles & Essays: The Beat of Aeonian Drums
		But when I mentioned my plans to the proprietress of my bed and breakfast, she said that if I were truly interested in the pre-historic I should go directly to the Maumbury Rings.
		I wanted to run into that Ring and roll down its grassy slopes, but my spontaneity was frustrated by a rusted turnstile gate.
		Though most often the crime was witchcraft, in other words, activities that threatened the pre-eminence of the Christian God, any crime by a woman against a man was considered worthy of great public spectacle as evidenced by the gathering of ten thousand to watch the new mother, Mary Channing, hanged by the neck until dead.
	www.barbarawilder.com /pages/articlesDrums.html (1678 words)

	Maumbury Rings, Dorchester, Dorset, , - Profile and map location from SeeBournemouth.Net
		The entrance was retained and an inner enclosure built in the south west interpreted as being for the use of the performers.
		: Maumbury Rings is a Neolithic henge in the south of Dorchester town in Dorset, England.
		It is a large circular earthwork, 85 metres in diameter, with a single bank and internal ditch and an entrance t" />
	www.seebournemouth.net /directory_o/maumburyrings (178 words)

	A Brief History of Dorchester, Dorset
		Stone age farmers erected the enclosure known as Maumbury Rings).
		In the Middle Ages the people of Dorchester took over the Maumbary Rings and used them for bear baiting.
		Attempts were made to fortify the town and Maumbury Rings were revamped as a fort.
	www.localhistories.org /dorchester.html (1104 words)

	Amazon.com: "Maumbury Rings": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		stay, I took the advice of a clerk at the inn where I was staying and went to visit the Maumbury Rings.
		It was there that I came in contact for the first time with the enormity of fem- inine wisdom and...
		Maumbury Rings (Weymouth Ssenl is a Roman amphitheatre, originally a Neolithic henge.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Maumbury-Rings (513 words)

	Dorset Police - News & Events
		Detectives in Dorchester are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward in confidence after a teenage girl was seriously sexually assaulted in the town.
		The incident is reported to have happened in the area of the Maumbury Rings in Dorchester and was reported by the victim - a 16 year old from Dorchester - who called the police via the 999 system at 2.20pm yesterday, Thursday, 6th July 2006.
		"The area of Maumbury Rings was sealed off by police yesterday afternoon, Thursday, while scenes of crime officers carried out a forensic examination," added Detective Inspector Hester.
	www.dorset.police.uk /news/display.shtml?id=1152259656 (386 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| England \| Dorset \| More patrols after teenager raped
		The girl, from Dorchester, was assaulted on Thursday in the Maumbury Rings area of Dorchester.
		A spokesman for Dorset Police said patrols were being increased to reassure residents but described the incident as a "rare occurrence".
		They are appealing for anyone who saw anything suspicious in the Maumbury rings, Manor Road and Weymouth Avenue Road area between 0930 BST and 1130 BST to contact them.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/england/dorset/5161050.stm (170 words)

	Maumbury Rings mistake correction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		There is an important mistake in the published score of Maumbury Rings, not in the notes (as far as I know!) but in the playing order.
		The instruction al Coda which is printed under measure 28 should be over and at the end of measure 30, so that on the second time around you skip from the high G in m 30 to the high B at m 83.
		Here's how its meant to be - sorry if the right margin is clipped.
	www.jacaranda-music.com /maumburycorrection.html (83 words)

	The Ring, Casterbridge, on the Budmouth Road (Maumbury Rings, Dorchester) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Ring, Casterbridge, on the Budmouth Road (Maumbury Rings, Dorchester).
		The Maumbury Rings [otherwise known as "The Ring"), south Dorchester, built in the Stone Age as a sacred circle; the Romans converted it into an amphitheatre for gladiatorial games.
		Hardy's description of it in The Mayor of Casterbridge as a suitable place for clandestine meetings he augments with supernatural visitations of Roman legionaries watching Roman blood-sports.
	www.victorianweb.org /victorian/photos/hardy/72.html (127 words)

	Badbury Rings
		Badbury Rings is on the B3082 between Wimborne Minster and Blandford, lying about 5 km (3 miles) north-west of Wimborne.
		ST 960030 (O.S. Landranger Sheet 195).Badbury Rings is signposted on the B3082, and there is a large Car Park at the Rings, which is free at the time of writing.
		No dogs within the enclosure and on the Rings themselves. Nevertheless, there is a large area beyond the car park for dog walking
	www.dorsetbutterflies.com /badbury.htm (275 words)

	AllRefer.com - Maumbury Rings (British And Irish Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Maumbury Rings (British And Irish Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		You are here : AllRefer.com > Reference > Encyclopedia > British And Irish Political Geography > Maumbury Rings
		More articles from AllRefer Reference on Maumbury Rings
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/X/X-Maumbury.html (126 words)

	Trial of Two Centuries : Public Executions
		Public executions were not isolated events of random violence, they had a great deal of structure and organization.
		In Dorchester, the Maumbury Rings had been used at a public execution site for centuries.
		Dating back to Neolithic times, the Maumbury Rings was an arena with "tiers of seats on all sides [which] provided everyone with a good view and allowed a large crowd to be kept under control.
	www.umich.edu /~ece/student_projects/trial/executions.html (1130 words)

	Maumbury Rings in Dorchester - What's On & Tickets
		Maumbury Rings in Dorchester - What's On & Tickets
		Are you the venue manager or promoter at Maumbury Rings?
		Find out how to get your events listed here for free.
	www.ents24.com /web/venue/23002/Dorchester/Maumbury_Rings.html (95 words)

	The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map: Maumbury Rings Henge
		A well worn information sign at Maumbury Rings details the Henge's usage and abuse through history!
		Maumbury Rings viewed looking north; the entrances run almost exactly on a north-south alignment.
		Excavations 1908-1913 indicated the sites origin to be a Neolithic Henge which like many other ancient UK sites was adapted, in this case by by the Romans, to form an amphitheatre.
	www.megalithic.co.uk /article.php?sid=7537 (484 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| England \| Dorset \| Hunt after teenage girl is raped
		A man is being hunted by police officers after a 16-year-old girl was raped in a Dorset town.
		The girl, from Dorchester, was assaulted on Thursday in the Maumbury Rings area of the town, which was later sealed off for forensic work.
		Det Insp Marcus Hester, of Weymouth CID, appealed for any information from anyone who saw or heard anything suspicious in the Maumbury rings, Manor Road and Weymouth Avenue Road area between 0930 BST and 1130 BST.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/england/dorset/5157398.stm (184 words)

	Wave 105
		Throughout the bank holiday weekend fun events for all the family will take place outdoors in the spectacular setting of Maumbury Rings a Neolithic henge in the centre of Dorchester.
		The procession will wind its way through the Town Centre to of Maumbury Rings to start the weekend’s theatre, dance and music events.
		During the weekend there will be the chance to take part in workshops, build a festival sculpture or simply relax in the festival café.
	www.wave105.com /calendar/default.asp?DATE=28/04/2006 (576 words)

	Year 3 Children's work - Manor Park First School
		The procession was led by Dorchester Samba Band and included children from other DASP schools as different coloured bulls.
		The procession went from the Corn Exchange through the town to the Festival at Maumbury Rings.
		Teacher Mrs Cathy Nisbet said: “The Festival was a wonderful event for the town and it was very exciting to be involved.
	www.manorpark.dorset.sch.uk /pages/learning_zone/year3_work.htm (483 words)

	Guitar Music of Stephen Kenyon
		Two pieces inspired by the landscape of Hardy's Wessex.
		Maumbury Rings is in tremolo throughout, Dancing Ledge features passages of dreamy thoughtfulness, exciting rhythms and climactic percussiveness.
		Even harder than Maumbury Rings and Dancing Ledge, the overall requirement here is postGrade 8.
	www.jacaranda-music.com /skmusic.html (425 words)

	Dorset: A bit of England in Miniature
		One can walk on its grassy ramparts and consider what it must have been like to have lived there before the Roman invasion.
		To the south of the town lies Maumbury Rings, an amphitheatre centuries old when the Romans took it over for games and gladiatorial combats.
		Later it was used for public hangings; the last, in 1705, was that of Mary Channing for poisoning her husband.
	www.transitionsabroad.com /publications/magazine/0103/dorset.shtml (801 words)

	Towns to visit in Dorset
		Many now lie under car parks and other protective surfaces.
		At the top end of the town (just above the market square past the railway station) is ancient Maumbury Rings, a Neolithic henge which was adapted by the Romans as an amphitheater.
		Maiden Castle one of the largest Celtic hill forts in the world is located just outside the town.
	england.visualenc.com /dorset/towns.html (1274 words)

	Lemon Eye Wash
		Macca jumps over a wall which is on fire into the river below.
		More barreling in Maumbury Rings, soon we will do it at Maiden Castle.
		George really does not want to do this.
	vossweb10.tripod.com /videos7.htm (45 words)

	Dorchester : Introduction \| Frommers.com
		In his 1886 novel The Mayor of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy gave Dorchester literary fame.
		Actually, Dorchester was notable even in Roman times, when Maumbury Rings, the best Roman amphitheater in Britain, was filled with the sounds of 12,000 spectators screaming for the blood of the gladiators.
		Today, it's a sleepy market town that seems to go to bed right after dinner.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/dorchester/0445010001.html (149 words)

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