Woodhenge

Woodhenge
Concrete pillars marking Woodhenge's postholes
Map showing Woodhenge and Durrington Walls within the Stonehenge section of the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site
LocationOS SU150434
RegionWiltshire
Coordinates51°11′22″N 1°47′09″W / 51.1894°N 1.78576°W / 51.1894; -1.78576
Typehenge
History
PeriodsNeolithic
Site notes
Excavation dates1926–8
ArchaeologistsBen and Maud Cunnington
Conditionfeint earthworks, concrete posts
Public accessYes
WebsiteEnglish Heritage
Designated1986[1]
Reference no.373
Designated1929
Reference no.1009133[2]

Woodhenge is a Neolithic Class II henge and timber circle monument within the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in Wiltshire, England. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Stonehenge, in Durrington parish, just north of the town of Amesbury.

  1. ^ UNESCO World Heritage site No 373
  2. ^ Historic England. "Henge monuments at Durrington Walls and Woodhenge, a round barrow cemetery, two additional round barrows and four settlements (1009133)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 January 2015.