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	Henge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Henges are concentrated in southern England although they are also found all over the British Isles and Orkney is sometimes suggested as the original provenance of the monument type.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henge (1502 words)

	Orkneyjar: The Definition of a Henge
		A henge is a roughly circular or oval-shaped flat area enclosed and delimited by a boundary earthwork - usually a ditch with an external bank.
		The alignment of henges seen in the position of their entrances is highly variable and may have been as much conditioned by local geography as by any preferred orientation.
		Henges are generally classified into four main types according to the number of entrances and ditches they have.
	www.orkneyjar.com /history/henge.htm (316 words)

	Henge enclosure - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		They differ from normal henges in that excavation has shown evidence for a wider variety of human activity beyond the ritual purposes associated with henges.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henge_enclosure (214 words)

	Henge's playoff victory - PGATOUR.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Henge edged out England's Simon Khan with a birdie-four at the first extra hole after both players had closed with 68s to finish tied on 10-under-par 270.
		Henge and Khan were playing partners in what was to prove a head-to-head battle in the sunshine.
		Henge birdied the opening hole to edge in front on 9 under but Khan levelled again with a birdie at the fifth.
	www.pgatour.com /u/ce/feature/0,1977,2721239,00.html (556 words)

	Brigantes Nation Catterick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Thought to be a henge of similar nature to those elsewhere in the Swale-Ure valley.
		The cropmark remains appear to be the henge bank of some 140m in diameter.
		The Catterick henge appears, from the excavated evidence, to be of similar plan and construction, and it is only slightly larger than Mayburgh, which has diameters of c.
	www.brigantesnation.com /SiteResearch/BronzeAge/Catterick/Catterick.htm (182 words)

	Ancient Tracks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Henges are extremely sucseptible to erosion which means that many more have been destroyed than are still visible.
		The Ballymeanoch group is thought to have strong links with funerary rites, and this may tie in with the use of the henge as a temporary resting place for the dead while they are stripped of their flesh.
		This henge is around 6,000 years old and still exists as uneven ground (left) with the remains of two later cists (right).
	homepage.ntlworld.com /dave.farmer/Henge.html (236 words)

	Henge of Keltria
		The Henge was growing by leaps and bounds with the steadfast core group working madly to keep up with the demand and keep the journal on time and expanding.
		In the mid-nineties, for a while, the Henge appeared to be heading in the direction of becoming an umbrella organization for various Druid Groves.
		However, with the incorporation of the Henge as a church and the well-informed public seeking information, the requirements evolved as well as the long-term visions for the Henge.
	www.keltria.org /hengehap/HH53/53-FTP.htm (644 words)

	Mayburgh Henge
		King Arthur’s Round Table Henge is first on the left with Mayburgh further down on the right.
		All that remains of this circle of, once four stones in the centre of the henge, is one 9 feet (2.7 metres) tall pillar of volcanic ash.
		The henge is huge, measuring 383 feet (117 metres) with a 15 feet (4.5 metres) high bank surrounding it.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /celynog/mayburgh_henge.htm (121 words)

	Thornborough Henges
		The henges are thought to have been part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age 'ritual landscape' comparable with Salisbury Plain and date from between 3500 and 2500 BC.
		The central henge is superimposed upon an earlier cursus which is 1.1km long and 44m wide, while a double pit alignment, known from aerial photography to extend for at least 350m, is located alongside the southern henge.
		Their size is almost identical, each possessing a diameter of around 240m, while each henge is defined by a massive ditch and bank, interrupted by a pair of entrances, and an outer ditch which is both irregular and segmentary in outline.
	www.crystalinks.com /thornborough.html (606 words)

	Henge Monument
		The henges have often been ignored by archaeologists and the public quite why is unknown, and yet, the henges constructed by Neolithic people of Britain and used for 2000 years.
		I visited the site of the henge earlier this year and took some photographs from the ground this will show you just how important aerial photographs are in interpreting the landscape.
		This photographs you can clearly see the circular outline the stones are possible from the henge itself but we can not say for certain and would need to be excavated by professional field archaeologists so we know if the henge had a stone surface or not as the case maybe.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /colin42/henge.htm (857 words)

	Circle dates from before Stonehenge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Radio carbon dating of organic remains recovered from the henge -- a circular monument formed by an outer bank and an inner ditch -- suggests it was constructed and used around 4,000 BC.
		The henge is 100m in diameter and was protected by a bank 2.5m high, with a 3m ditch inside it from which the building material was quarried.
		Mr Waddington, 26, believes the henge would have been used as a place of worship and to over-winter livestock.
	www.arcl.ed.ac.uk /a1/stoppress/stop59.htm (230 words)

	Henge Review
		Henge tiles are square and are either fl or white.
		Henge consists of matching pairs of tiles which removes them from the board.This is not as simple as it sounds because the tiles can be matched in more than one configuration.
		In that case, the white tile must be matched to its counterpart fl tile on the opposite side of the layout resulting in one fl tile and one white tile being removed as a "pair".
	www.macchug.com /articles/henge.html (331 words)

	Henge Details, Meaning Henge Article and Explanation Guide
		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.
		Henges have one or more entrances leading into the enclosed open space.
		Carhenge is either a modern parody or artistic tribute to the famous Stonehenge structure.
	www.e-paranoids.com /h/he/henge.html (860 words)

	Gormglaith - Chapter 7 - Loch Henge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		As they crossed into the henge's afternoon shadow Gormglaith's thatch was caught by a gust of wind and she didn't try to tame it.
		The henge was shrouded in evening fog, throwing rainbows of light with a gleaming harvest moon rising over the loch as turmoil sprang from a throng of over four thousand waiting clanniners and shees when Morigan, Tegan and Raoghnailt were spotted under the runes, coming outside.
		They left Loch henge through a side door unseen in the foggy dusk and by the pond swans came to gab and get pats on their heads as the Sparkenbanes scrunched, haunched, stood, bent and talked to swans and about swans and nothing else in the twilight.
	www.literateweb.com /wyss/wyss07.htm (2378 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| NZ unveils Stonehenge replica
		In the centre of the henge is a 5m-tall obelisk, the eye of which points at the south celestial pole.
		To make the henge truly of Aotearoa (the Maori name for New Zealand), the astronomers have ensured that their creation marks the stars and constellations that Polynesian navigators used on their epic voyages across the Pacific Ocean, and they have also incorporated Maori lore.
		One advantage of the New Zealand henge, says Geoff Austin, professor of geophysics at the University of Auckland and head of the New Zealand Institute of Physics, is that visitors are able to explore the structure in depth.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/science/nature/4264945.stm (656 words)

	Avebury Henge and Stone Circle
		The henge is the largest in Europe with a 1300 foot diameter covering nearly 30 acres and a ditch that was once 30 feet deep.
		The henge is contemporary with the outer stone circle and would have been a magnificent stark white when in use.
		The henge and outer circle would then have been built to enclose the area followed by the avenues to connect two other important sites to the main temple.
	freespace.virgin.net /ancient.ways/avebury.htm (1023 words)

	Mayburgh Henge - Henge, Megalithic Mysteries
		Mayburgh Henge (sometimes spelt Mayborough) consists of a huge circular bank of small boulders, with a single standing stone remaining in the centre.
		The stones of the bank average around 100mm in diameter and are boulders of the sort found at the bottom of glacial valleys, There bank is estimated to contain 1 million stones, and must have taken thousands of man-hours to build.
		Access: The henge is 400m to the west of the A6, the Round Table is at the south west of the junction of the A6 with the A592.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /~aburnham/eng/mayb.htm (288 words)

	ITS: Henge Caltech Day Planner Service
		Including both web access and native client software for most common computing platforms, Henge offers a simple and straightforward means of individual personal calendaring as well as organizing facility and resource availability for groups on campus.
		Current announcements about the Henge service will be listed in News, including information about updates to the various clients.
		If you are having problems installing your client or using Henge itself, please contact the ITS Help Desk at x4602 or help@its.caltech.edu.
	www.its.caltech.edu /cdp (256 words)

	Ferrybridge Henge
		Ferrybridge Henge is the premier early prehistoric ceremonial monument in West Yorkshire.
		A focus of a ritual landscape during the Neolithic period, it is a site of national importance and its environmental remains have helped to build up a picture of the local ecology almost 4,000 years ago.
		The Neolithic period spanned the years c.4000 to c750 BC but it was between the years c.4000 to c.1500 BC when circular henge monuments began to appear.
	www.knottingley.org /history/ferryhenge/fbridgehenge.htm (386 words)

	Milfield Henge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The henge can be found by taking the right turn towards Doddington on a minor road.
		The henge has been reconstructed and at the time of our visit huts were being constructed making it an archaeological trail.
		Wooden posts have been placed inside and outside the henge to recreate the appearance of the structure and stones inside mark what could be the positions of cists.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /stones/Northumberland/milfield_henge.htm (166 words)

	Stone Henge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Druidic society, all cults included agree that it is a holy place for them and a place of worship.
		We know that the original Stone-Henge was build over 4000 years ago but was not the henge that we know it today.
		The original henge consisted of an outer circle that is now nearly invisible.
	www.teachers.ash.org.au /curious/uk/UK_WebSite/stone_henge.htm (71 words)

	Buildings List! - The Stone Henge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Stone Henge is the mother of all bonuses.
		However, it is only possible for a British nation in possession of the ruins of Stone Henge.
		The cost may be high, but the benefits are great, more so if your city is a producing city as opposed to a military city.
	www.wargamer.com /Hosted/sfhq/LegionHQ/game/buildings/misc/ReligionStoneHenge.html (98 words)

	HENGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A little band comprised of four friends who were involved in other bands, got together to jam and walla, HENGE was born.
		HENGE plays a mixture of music geared toward dancing and crowd paticipation.
		HENGE can diversify their setlist to appeal to just about any crowd.
	www.hengerock.com (242 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Thornborough Henge Complex - North Yorkshire, UK
		The triple henge complex at Thornborough is a relatively unknown place, yet it comes with a pedigree that invites many superlatives.
		The henges are circular ditches - three 'circus rings', each 240m in diameter - with external earth walls that serve to create the UK's largest ritual complex of the period.
		This is based on the alignment of the henge entrances, of which there are two for each one: they are on opposite sides of the henges' perimeter, forming an alignment roughly north-south.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A3136123 (648 words)

	Car Henge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		If you have never seen it, you are missing (in my opinion) one of the most interesting bits of Americana available.
		I have no idea if the cars are lined up for the summer solstice, or other astronomical event, but they do look like they are stacked up like the real Stone Henge.
		Car Henge is located about three and a half miles north of Alliance, Nebraska.
	www.thebarkers1.com /Car_Henge.htm (115 words)

	Stones of England - Mayburgh henge
		This enormous henge monument consists of a gigantic heavy grey bank, 117m (383ft) in diameter, composed of one-and-a-half million river-washed cobbles.
		A single standing stone of volcanic ash, 2.8m (9ft 2ins) high, located near the centre, is reputed to be the only survivor of four stones that were still there in the 19th century.
		This could indicate this henge was connected with the trade in stone axes.
	www.stonepages.com /england/mayburgh.html (273 words)

	Research at the Knowlton henge complex: interim notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The survey work over the Southern Henge was commenced in October 1993 as a field survey project for Second year BSc archaeology students.
		Initially it was decided to survey the south eastern quarter of the henge using resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, and gradiometry.
		It is notable that the henge bank did not show on the geophysics results; presumably its matrix was not significantly different from that of the surrounding geology.
	csweb.bournemouth.ac.uk /knowlton/knc93a.htm (386 words)

	Mayburgh Henge Cumbria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mayburgh Henge is sited at the junction of the Eamont and Lowther rivers, and it is from them that thousands of stones and pebbles were taken to build the henge.
		In the centre of the henge, one nine foot high stone, of volcanic ash, remains standing of a now non-existent inner circle whose stones reached a maximum height of 12 feet.
		The henge, because of its location on the two rivers, may have been related to a trade route.
	www.thecumbriadirectory.com /Tourist_Attractions/Ancient_Sites/Mayburgh_Henge/Mayburgh_Henge.php (177 words)

	Millennium Monument at Mayburgh Henge
		Four potential sites were chosen in the field near Mayburgh Henge, but these were found to be either unaccebtable to the public and the parish council, or not prominent enough.
		The proposal to site the festival close to Mayburgh Henge was agreed in principle, because it is thought to have been constructed by our predecessors as one of the earliest gathering-places in the area for important occasions, made from many small stones formed into a vast circle.
		The purpose of the Henge is still unclear, but it is probable that it would have had a religious dimension, and to be a place where the connections between the divine and the human could be invoked.
	www.stonehenge.ukf.net /edenarts.htm (1320 words)

	Unique Henge Landscape Must Be Preserved Intact Say Archaeologists - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, ...
		Plans for further gravel extraction around a unique complex of henge monuments have led archaeologists to call for ancient landscapes to be preserved intact.
		Comprised of three linked henge monuments, the 5000-year-old site at Thornborough, North Yorkshire is believed by archaeologists to be one of the most important ancient sites in the country.
		While the ancient henges, as Scheduled Ancient Monuments, cannot be damaged or altered in anyway, quarrying would put the wider archaeological landscape at risk.
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /nwh/ART17994.html (818 words)

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