...but language evolves and terms expand. "Henge" is an outdated and inaccurate misnomer hence my original question, ie could "ringwork" be a better, more descriptive term for the circular earthworks we currently call "henges".. Guess I'll just have to ask David Miles

We talk of Roman and Norman forts and of Iron Age hill forts so I see nothing to prohibit us from talking about Bronze Age ringworks as well as Norman ringworks - in archaeology, even the status quo shifts occasionally.

< The English Heritage NMR Monument Type Thesaurus is the standard reference for the terminology of monument types within England. >

So is it one of those weirdos who invented the stupid title of rock-art 'panels'? It's a 'carved stone' not a panel! (an added problem in using such wording is that it divorces us even further from seeing the landscape in realistic terms, in this case where the stone or rock becomes a 'panel', which gives the impression of an artistic palette, separate or different in some way, contrary to a whole living environment.)