Ritual Landscapes

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baza Aug 2, 2003 14:54:48
Replying to BrigantesNation

Yesterday, I just happened to pass by my nearest henge, Condicote in Glos.

There`s very little to see now :o(

However, it has been excavated, and from the snails found, they deduce that it was situated in woodland.

Another thing that I noticed, which is true of others, is that the ditch was dug six feet down *into the bedrock*. That makes me think that they *really* needed to have a ditch there.

Unless `the tribe next door have got a henge so we`re going to have one, too.....whatever it takes.`


baz

B BrigantesNation
BrigantesNation Aug 3, 2003 00:14:14
Replying to baza

I've just started reading Neolithic Britain and Ireland by Caroline Malone.

In it she has a table showing chronology and features:

4000-3200BC - Wooded Landscape, causewayed enclosures, cursus monuments.

3200-2800BC - Semi Cleared landscapes, Enclosures, henges, avenues and alignments.

2800-2000 BC - Open Landscape, elaborate henges and stone circles, stone rows, avenues and pit alignments.

B baza
baza Aug 4, 2003 14:45:18
Replying to baza

My current opinion, for what it`s worth, is that henges would be used for corralling livestock.

How do you control livestock in wooded areas? Tether them all?

Presumably, they`d have to gather them together, sometimes. The ditch inside the bank would prevent their escape.


baz