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FourWinds wrote:
Has anyone ever suggested that disc barrows evolved from henges?
I don't recall ever seeing it mentioned in any of the books I've read.

They are strikingly similar though. The first time I went through Oakley Down cemetary was at a sprint back from the Dorset Cursus due to a veritable torrent of rain.
However the ring barrow to the North of the cemetary was enough to stop me in my tracks because it looks so much like a henge. 10 seconds of staring and then sprint on. No entrance to that one though.

I thought ring barrows marked graves of women? Is that right?