Woodhenge was built in about 2500 BC and revealed by aerial photographs taken in 1925 to be a leveled henge.
The bank and internal ditch enclose a circular area about 50m (160ft) in diameter with a single entrance facing north-east. Shortly after its discovery the site was excavated by Maud Cunnington Her work revealed that within the interior lay six concentric circles of pits, varying considerably in size and having originally held large upright oak timbers. Because of the similarity of this plan to that of Stonehenge, the site became known as Woodhenge. Woodhenge did gain some stones, assumed to be sarsens, late in its life, but they were subsequently removed.
From the ground plan, these timber circles (like those at Durrington Walls) are difficult to interpret. The upright timbers may have stood in the open air, either plain or highly decorated. They may have been linked together by horizontal beams to create a wooden version of Stonehenge or may even have been the framework for a huge building.*
*From English Heritage Guidebooks – Stonehenge, step into England’s story, published 2013
Almost as fascinating as Seanhenge. : )
There didn’t seem to be quite as many flowers as there are at Seanhenge
Fascinating. That I did not see. What are those pillars made from?
The pillars are concrete placed where the wooden ones originally were. The have colours on top of them the most recent guidebooks do not explain what they mean. The first time I visited there was a leaflet that explained what the colour coding meant. I seem to have lost it over the years.
Amazing to me, Cherry, this is the FIRST time I’ve ever heard of a WOODhenge! WOW.
It’s the first time I’ve heard of Seanhenge ?
http://tetrapilotomie.blogspot.co.uk/2008/02/whats-about-seanhenge_07.html
Seahenge yes………..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7312429.stm
Sean has created his own special henge
I remember hearing about Seahenge but I didn’t know the timbers had been removed and were travelling around. It would be interesting to find out if that henge was aligned with the sun or the moon as the others seem to have been.
You would love to visit so many of the sites in that area
Just a little bit more about Seahenge and why it was moved.
http://www.archaeologyuk.org/ba/ba78/feat5.shtml
Thank you, that is an interesting read. It seems that it may have been aligned in a similar way to the other henges.
So many “Henge’s”. You might have to create a Cherryhenge !
Now you set me a challenge or… Maybe I should ask Sean to create a Cherryhenge for me?
He would construct it far better than me
I had never heard of this before your post Cherie. Absolutely fascinating! My mind is working over time now, wishing I had the answers!
There are so many books and so many ideas on the subject it can get quite boggling working out the possibilities.