No I'm talking (in a light hearted sort of way) about some particulalrly small "possibles" that I've seen.

There are also possibly a couple of enclosures that I've seen that may have been henges that were converted into sheepfolds by filling in the gaps. There's a one by Reeth, at a place called Castle, which has a single stone in the centre and has a large number of orthostats in the roughly circular enclosure. I think of it a some sort of ritual enclosure linked with the mines. Shall I post it? When I first saw it I was not confident of my interpretation, I'm a lot more confident of an early date for this one now (not the henge bit though, since it's more of a banjo enclosure built of orthostats.).

Well, I`m not abandoning my ill-thought out theory yet. :o)

What function does a ditch perform, other than being a barrier to humans or animals? I suppose you could fill it with water, although I don`t see why.

As far as I can see, a steep-sided ditch, dug into the bedrock, would be an effective barrier (to animals) as long as it`s wide enough not to be able to jump across.

As far as it being a danger to animals falling in, I presume that it would be even worse when a human fell in.

>What advantage would a henge have over just a fence or stockade or something?

Err......you could stand on the bank and keep an eye on everything within the henge.

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