henge
a Neolithic monument of the British Isles, consisting of a circular area enclosed by a bank and ditch and often containing additional features including one or more circles of upright stone or wood pillars: probably used for ritual purposes or for marking astronomical events, as solstices and equinoxes.
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Each hole is spaced roughly the same distance from the central henge at Durrington Walls.
Underground mega-monument found near Stonehenge | Avery Elizabeth Hurt | August 11, 2020 | Science News For StudentsTake away Stone-henge from Salisbury plain, and it is nothing more than Hounslow heath, or any other unenclosed down.
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 (of 6) | Thomas MooreAh, from henge, said Perior, looking at the end of the letter.
The Confounding of Camelia | Anne Douglas SedgwickShe is very lovely, Lady henge said with an irrepressible sigh.
The Confounding of Camelia | Anne Douglas SedgwickHe might not approve of Camelia, but that Lady henge should disapprove nettled him.
The Confounding of Camelia | Anne Douglas Sedgwick
You accepted Arthur henge yesterday, and to-day you give him his cong.
The Confounding of Camelia | Anne Douglas Sedgwick
British Dictionary definitions for henge
/ (hɛndʒ) /
a circular area, often containing a circle of stones or sometimes wooden posts, dating from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages
Origin of henge
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