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	Mount Pleasant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mount Pleasant Henge is a Neolithic henge enclosure in the English county of Dorset.
		Mount Pleasant is also the name of places in Canada, the United States of America, Australia and the United Kingdom.
		Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, village in Racine County, Wisconsin
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mount_Pleasant (143 words)

	Mount Pleasant henge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Geophysical survey in 1969 identified entrances to the henge enclosure and a smaller inner henge enclosure at the south western end of 45 m diameter.
		Excavation in the 1960s revealed little material in the henge ditch though some fragments of grooved ware and children's skeletons were found.
		The henge enclosure is the typesite for the Mount Pleasant Period of the later Neolithic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mount_Pleasant_henge (357 words)

	6 - Further Conspicious Construction
		A henge may be defined as a circular area of variable size, varying from some ten metres in diameter to over 300 metres, defined by a bank and ditch, the bank normally outside the ditch, with one or two entrances.
		Henges with one entrance are described as Class I henges, those with two entrances are classified as Class II henges.
		At Thornborough in Yorkshire a cursus underlies a henge.
	www.btinternet.com /~ron.wilcox/onlinetexts/onlinetexts-chap6.htm (5488 words)

	Hengest Hengelo Gelderland Henge Enclosure Henge Monument (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Henges are usually associated with the Late Neolithic, especially the Grooved Ware culture, the Peterborough culture and the Beaker people.
		Henges are present from the extreme north to the extreme south of Britain however and so their latitude could not have been of great importance.
		Henge A henge is a circular or sub-circular prehistoric enclosure defined by a raised circular bank, and a circular ditch usually running inside the bank.
	www.masterliness.com /a/Henge.htm (1354 words)

	Durrington Walls - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Durrington Walls is a prehistoric henge enclosure monument situated close to Woodhenge on Salisbury Plain.
		Along with the other giant examples at Avebury, Marden and Mount Pleasant in Dorset it constitutes the 'super-henge' group of monuments with a diameter greater than 300 metres.
		Two rings of concentric timber circles originally stood within the henge; the southern circle of four rings of timbers which was replaced by a five circle layout later in the Neolithic, and the northern circle consisting of two timber rings with an avenue of posts leading into it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Durrington_Walls (171 words)

	Historic Ireland - henges essay
		A henge is a man-made prehistoric structure dating from the Neolithic period and comprising a circular area delineated by a bank and usually a ditch, the bank being pierced by one or more entrances.
		In the majority of henges the ditch is inside the bank but in the most famous henge, Stonehenge in Wiltshire, the 1.8 metre high bank was built inside the 2 metre deep ditch, although there is in addition a low counterscarp outside the ditch.
		Henges are a phenomenon of and are widely distributed throughout the British Isles with concentrations near Amesbury in Wiltshire, the Mendips, the upper Thames valley, around Ripon in Yorkshire, the Moray Firth and the Boyne Valley in Ireland.
	www.ballynagarrick.net /historicireland/HI902.htm (3480 words)

	Henge enclosure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A henge enclosure is the name given by archaeologists to a British prehistoric monument type of late Neolithic date and found only in southern England.
		Henge enclosures often contain or lie close to one or more ordinary henge monuments.
		Sites often interpreted as simply large henges are now classified as henge enclosures, examples being Durrington Walls in Wiltshire and Mount Pleasant in Dorset.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/h/he/henge_enclosure.html (243 words)

	Welcome to the Neolithic Monument Complex of Thornborough, North Yorkshire
		Henges are often regarded as a “hallmark of their age” (Harding and Lee 1987, 66).
		The henge monuments found between within the Ure-Swale Catchment are the largest in the British Isles (with the exception of the four giant Wessex ‘henge-enclosures’; of Avebury, Marden, Durrington Walls, Marden and Mount Pleasant).
		The investigations at the Southern Henge established the presence of internal features, consisting of low banks and posts, along one edge of its northern entrance, whilst geophysics at the Central Henge established the existence of a large anomaly (possibly a pit) within the southern entrance.
	thornborough.ncl.ac.uk /desktop_assessment/desktop_henges.htm (892 words)

	Archaeogeodesy, a Key to Prehistory IV, by James Q. Jacobs
		Henges proliferate in the east of Britain while stone circles abound in the west, and henges and stone circles are combined in the transition zone.
		Inside the gigantic Avebury henge and stone circle are located two megalithic stone circles of 103.6 m, the same diameter as two other stone circles, the circle around the Newgrange tumulus in Ireland and the Ring of Brodgar in the Orkneys.
		Llandegai is not among the largest henges considered, but it is the largest in its region and one of the earliest of henges.
	www.jqjacobs.net /astro/aegeo_4.html (1977 words)

	Chris and Keith
		Henge Monuments - Stonehenge (beside the A303) is the most famous of the stone circles, but there are many more.
		Farley Mount is is an example and a pleasant excursion on a clear day, with lovely views (up to 30 miles) and good walks.
		Walk past the entrance to the mount and at the corner of Parnholt wood it is said that it is possible to see the spire of Salisbury Cathedral.
	www.chrisandkeith.com /Wedding/Lainston/history.htm (997 words)

	Durrington Walls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is a Class II henge and measures around 500m indiameter.
		Along with the other giant examples; Avebury, Marden and Mount Pleasant in Dorset it constitutes the 'super-henge' group of monuments with a diameter greater than300 metres.
		Two rings ofconcentric timber circles originally stood within the henge; the southern circle of four rings of timbers which was replaced by afive circle layout later in the Neolithic, and the northern circle consisting of two timber rings with an avenue of posts leadinginto it.
	www.therfcc.org /durrington-walls-26067.html (147 words)

	3rd Stone - Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Henges are a widespread monument type of the third millennium BC, concentrated in particular regions, of which Wessex is one (Harding 1987).
		Henges of the same dimensions as Cole Barrow exist at Maulden in Bedfordshire and at Westwall and Dorchester Big Rings in Oxfordshire (Castleden 1992: 14, 154, 160).
		Variation among henges and hengiform structures has always been recognised (Wainwright 1969) and it is not easy to estimate standard dimensions for the internal earthworks, but a width of 5m for an external ditch, separated by a berm from a bank of equivalent width, would not be unlikely.
	www.thirdstone.demon.co.uk /article.htm (1840 words)

	Forums \| Re: What is a Henge? \| The Modern Antiquarian \| Forums \| Re: What is a Henge?
		The bank is usually outside the ditch, and excavations at major henges such as Durrington Walls and Mount Pleasant have shown that substantial circular timber buildings once stood in the interior.
		Henges are especially common in the lowland south and east of England, but are also found in the further west and north where they sometimes enclose a stone setting.............
		Henges differ from stone circles in that the height of the surrounding bank will in most cases have created an enclosed space, hidden from the outside world, to which entry might have been allowed only to special individuals or on special occasions.
	www.themodernantiquarian.com /forum/?thread=13964&message=142931 (250 words)

	Stone Henge in Cornwall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		At work I had always talked of building stone henge when I retired,but now retirement had come early.With the help of my friends and our knowledge of handling big boulders and machinery nothing was too big for me and my stone team to handle.
		All the names have been engraved in slate by Glynis Kent.The wall on the back of the bungalow is dedicated to all men and women who have worked on the stone henge in one way or another.The wall of fame in front is dedicated to eccentrics,philanthropists and great men and women of the world.
		The stone henge is open all year round,during daylight hours.In July and August open till late when stone henge is floodlit.For guided tours for groups or individuals please phone beforehand and make arrangements.
	www.cranstar.co.uk /sthenge.htm (594 words)

	jungsteinSITE - Palisaded Enclosure at Hindwell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Its monumental size made investigation essential and consequently a small excavation was mounted in the summer of 1995 to try and ascertain the nature of the site and to obtain dating evidence.
		At Mount Pleasant in Dorset and at Hindwell, for example, the entrances were narrow and were marked by massive posts.
		At Mount Pleasant a ditched multiple timber circle stood within the enclosure.
	www.uni-bamberg.de /ggeo/jungsteinzeit/2000_gibson/hindwell.htm (1573 words)

	Stonehenge and the Druids (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This is further emphasised by the fact that henge is the focus of several ancient trackways linking it with other parts of the British Isles and with other megalithic sacred sites including the Avebury henge, the Wayland's Smithy tomb-shrine, the Uffington White Horse chalk hill figure and the Rollright Stones.
		On December 31st, 1900, the eve of the new century, one of the trilithon arches at the SW of the circle fell.
		In doing so, he saved the henge from the Bomb Squadron who had asked for it to be demolished on the grounds that it posed a risk to pilots taking off and landing at their nearby airfield.
	www.druidorder.demon.co.uk /druids_stonehenge.htm (6502 words)

	Maumbury Ring & Mount Pleasant (Henge) \| The Modern Antiquarian \| Maumbury Ring & Mount Pleasant (Henge) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Moments later we were sitting atop the Conquer Barrow looking out to the lost Mount Pleasant henge, the dark rings in the wet soil the only visible sign of its existence.
		Mount Pleasant is at SY710898 just outside and to the East of Dorchester - a palisaded enclosure here surrounded the henge that's relatively visible today (you can see how in a diagram in Alex Gibson's paper at http://www.jungsteinsite.de/2000_gibson/hindwell.htm).
		Mount Pleasant henge is one of the large Wessex henges and lies about a mile east of Dorchester.
	www.themodernantiquarian.com /site/46 (1409 words)

	Excavations at Dunragit and Droughduil, Dumfries and Galloway: 2002
		Moreover, a number of large late Neolithic mounds are known, and many of these are directly associated with henges or palisaded enclosures.
		At the same time, such a group would have been able to observe activities taking place within the Avebury henge, over the top of the intervening Waden Hill, and in the West Kennet palisade enclosures.
		In the light of these arguments, it was judged appropriate to test the character of the Droughduil mound by excavation.
	orgs.man.ac.uk /research/dunragit/dunragit_2002b.html (1354 words)

	Research at the Knowlton henge complex: interim notes
		In terms of the activities which occurred within the henge enclosures, Burgess (1980, 326) argues that the Wessex henges may have held a permanent population of holy men or retainers to a chief.
		The suitability of henges to this role is amply shown by the Roman conversion of the henge of Maumbury Rings, Dorchester, into an amphitheatre.
		In this respect it should be noted that at Mount Pleasant the site was, for a time, surrounded by a timber palisade, which would have obstructed both visibility and access to the interior from the banks (Wainwright 1979).
	apollo5.bournemouth.ac.uk /knowlton/knintro.htm (1016 words)

	Stonehenge_answers2.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		At dawn on mid-summer morning the sun rises, as viewed from the center of the henge, over the heelstone - although this is currently hidden by St. Pat's Church.
		Since there are only 19 such knights and the monument will stand for several thousand years it will likely take a long time to find individuals who qualify for this honor.
		It is hoped that some design competition be held to create a design for the knights which can be carved from Missouri granite using waterjet technologies.
	www.umr.edu /~stonehen/answers/text2.html (1809 words)

	enclosures
		Sections of the enclosures which have been recorded are overlayed on this map.
		Pleasant (Dorset), Dorchester, Dunragit (Stranraer) and the recently discovered monster at
		Although current research dates them later than the henge and Silbury, this is based on some
	www.avebury-web.co.uk /enclosures.html (395 words)

	UKRS Plymouth 20/21 June 2003
		You need plenty of time to battle down the M5 on a sunny Friday afternoon in Summer - and even more time to find Mount Batten, which is the location of Deep Blue Diving and their boat Seeker, which Al had organised for this weekend's trimix diving.
		An original contingent of 12 had wittled itself down to 7 by the time we'd all met up in the bar of the Mount Batten Centre.
		Jason grumbled about getting stuck behind the " Solstice Hippies " heading for Stone[d] Henge, but Zac was the last to arrive - at about 10pm.
	steve.codekey.co.uk /ukrs/plymouth20030620 (1531 words)

	Southampton Archaeology - Research
		In stark contrast to the monumental scale of Avebury, the Longstones enclosure was a slight and ephemeral monument.
		The circuit of the ditch was interrupted by frequent causeways, with a major entrance (about 40m wide) on the east.
		Almost invariably associated with henges and stone circles, cove settings are known elsewhere, for example at Stanton Drew in Somerset, Mount Pleasant in Dorset, and locally within the Avebury henge (Burl 1988).
	www.arch.soton.ac.uk /Research/Avebury/Longstones00/Longstones00.html (1302 words)

	Lecture 1
		Ditch and banks (henge) with an internal pallisade c 3000 BCE, erection of a central timber structure, itself replaced c 2500 by double bluestone circle, followed by sarsen circle and trilithons, and then the re-erection of the bluestones as an inner circle.
		Mount Pleasant, Dorset, c 2500; Houses, Skara Brae, Orkney Islands, Scotland, c 2500 BCE; Silbury Hill, c 2750 BCE; Great Cursus, c 3500 BCE, Henge, Knowlton Rings, c 2500 BCE; the Sanctuary, Overton Hill, 2900-2300 BCE; henge and stone circle, Avebury, 3000-2500 BCE.
		NOTE: All dates are VERY approximate; most are based on radiocarbon dated evidence.
	arch.ced.berkeley.edu /courses/arch170/past/98fall/08-27-98.html (265 words)

	World Mysteries - Articles by Ralph Ellis
		A drum began a rhythmic beat, and the Shaman stepped softly from stone to stone in a circular dance, his feet stirring the few wisps of mist that clung to the long grass.
		Many people at this point may disagree with such a notion, but that is the very reason why the Avebury henge has not been seen for what it is for so long.
		It is apparent that the designers of these henges knew that this shape was sacred for some reason, but they did not quite know why.
	www.world-mysteries.com /gw_rellis3.htm (3579 words)

	map stone henge england (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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	www.englandtravelweb.com /mapstonehengeengland (425 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		But here the circles are more numerous and their size is much greater than at the other sites."
		Avebury Sanctuary - Wiltshire (England) SU 103700 - Stone circles, henge and avenue
		Mount Pleasant - Dorset (England) SY710899 - Much ploughed-over remains of vast henge monument
	www.leyhunter.com /archives/stanton.htm (333 words)

	Southbourne Memory - INVESTMENT WIZARD
		I can look back on all the travelling that I have done and the places that I have visited, in the UK and abroad, which most other people have not had the opportunity to visit.
		These places include Stone Henge, The Forum in Rome, and The Acropolis in Athens.
		I've paddled on the beach of Copacabana (carrying my shoes to prevent them being stolen!); been to the top of the Empire State Building in New York and up the inside of the Statue of Liberty and looked out of the windows at the top of its helmet.
	www.yourmemories.co.uk /memories/county/dorset/partridge1_southbourne.asp (1140 words)

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