Stone circle
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A stone circle is a ring of megalithic standing stones. Most are found in Northwestern Europe – especially Stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany – and typically date from the Late Neolithic
Bryn Cader Faner, North Wales, a Welsh ring cairn / tumulus often misinterpreted as a stone circle
Easter Aquhorthies recumbent stone circle near Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Dunnideer recumbent stone circle near Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Cornish stone circle
Henge
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A henge can be one of three related types of Neolithic earthwork. The essential characteristic of all three is that they feature a ring-shaped bank and ditch, with the ditch inside the bank. Because t
Stone circle
…typically date from the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, with most being built between 3300 and 2500 BC. The best known examples include those at the henge monument at Avebury, the Rollright Stones, Castlerigg, and elements within the ring of standing stones at Stonehenge. Scattered examples exist from…
The three aligned henges of the Thornborough Henges complex
Avebury henge contains several stone circles
A lidar view of the henge and the site of two Roman forts at Newton Kyme in North Yorkshire
A lidar view of Ferrybridge Henge in West Yorkshire