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The trouble with that theory (henges/internalised...stone circles/externalised) is that there are stone circles within henges.

Three that immediately come to mind, where large banks hide the circle, are Avebury, Arbor Low and the Devil`s Quoits in Oxon.


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Another point is that henges may have had associated posts which may have performed the function of stone uprights.

Then again, the cronology is also important. Henges may have been built at a time when the internal event was important. Later, they may have been converted to be in accordance with the new external thinking.