Marden Henge dig uncovers 4,500-year-old dwelling

Like most people I suspect, I know very little of Marden Henge other than it is/was larger than Avebury and also had a setting of circular stones now disappeared. It will be interesting to see if it predates Avebury and if it did what would be the odds of Marden's stones ending up at Avebury? That would set the cat amongst the pigeons wouldn't it! Just a thought but an interesting one nevertheless!

goffik Jul 20, 2010 05:21:57

Replying to copius-freakus2

cool!

I dunno if you saw my comment on the News page on 16th July:

I wrote:

Ooh! Apparently, "Looks like we may have a Durrington Walls style Neolithic building surface at Marden Henge. Need to confirm that but looks promising"

Whatever they've found - it's all good, innit? :)

G x

moss Jul 28, 2010 17:32:23

Replying to copius-freakus2

Picking a couple of paragraphs from Maeve Kennedy's article on the front page, and which she has got somewhat wrong, must have missed Silbury on the journey down ......

"Famously – to its comparatively few devotees and visitors, that is – it is the biggest henge in Britain that isn't there, surrounding one of the biggest artificial hills in Britain, which isn't there either"

"and the wholly unexpected discovery – the second, smaller henge so close to the modern houses that the roots of two trees at the foot of a back garden are actually growing into its bank."

There we are two-a penny henges, all over the place, swept clean and tidied up before they move on.

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/89170/news/marden_henge_and_hatfield_barrow.html

Littlestone Jul 29, 2010 12:23:52

Replying to copius-freakus2

Bit more here - http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/8299709.Feast_of_finds_at_Marden/

The team also discovered a midden, or rubbish tip, with evidence of great feasting. The 5,000-year-old bones of pigs, some still attached to each other, have been found in perfect condition.

Our ancestors were certainly fond of their bacon : -)