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Priddy Henges?

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moss Nov 21, 2006 08:03:34

Replying to FourWinds

6 km from Priddy circles is Gorsey Bigbury, http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/3842 described as a henge but presumably later... Think it was Skinner who described it looking like a "bull pit" with high banks; its banks are much lower now due to farming practice.
Sometimes we all get stuck with the same old words to describe the prehistoric circular patterns we see.. truth is we JUST don't know how they were used ;)

juamei Nov 22, 2006 15:30:10

Replying to moss

I tried to get to Gorsey Bigbury the other week, but was stopped by a farm and very overgrown path. There is another henge at ST560500 which I have been to (no idea about the name), which looks to be of a similar size as Gorsey Bigbury. Whats left of the one at ST560500 looks like a classic although slightly small henge.

The priddy circles I don't really know though. They looked like henges to me, though the banks did a certain difference about them. IIRC they are low but not that spread out.