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What does henge mean?

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  1. A prehistoric enclosure in the form of a circle or circular arc defined by a raised circular bank and a circular ditch usually running inside the bank, with one or more entrances leading into the enclosed open space.
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Equally, it may be the remains of an earlier enclosure, perhaps even a Neolithic causewayed camp or henge.
The largest and finest henge monument in Britain set on the rolling chalk downlands of southern England near the headwaters of the River Kennet.
Near the centre of the henge were two smaller stone circles with internal settings.
Some of these axes were even deposited in a marshy basin immediately north of the henge complex.
Two double pit alignments were dug, one east of the northern henge, the other west of the southern.
It runs for about 100 metres from the timber circle within the great henge to the river.

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