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slumpystones Feb 21, 2007 12:26:01
Replying to Pete G

I'd be interested in anything on Fargo to be honest - there are hundreds of references, all pretty much the same, all saying there is a hint of a hint [or flint] but I haven't actually seen anything tangible come out of it. I suppose they are waiting for the trees to be removed so they can access the leftovers more easily, but it seems a bit strange to me that there is a real life hengiform thing within half a mile of Stonehenge and nothing has been done other than to write about it!

P Pete G
Pete G Feb 21, 2007 13:24:53
Replying to slumpystones

from the SMR
The monument includes a hengi-form monument situated within Fargo Plantation
south of the Cursus. Prior to tree planting the area had views across a shallow combe towards Stonehenge and Normanton Down. The hengi-form monument
is in the form of a ditched earthwork, roughly oval in shape, enclosing an
area 4m across. The ditch is c.1.5m wide and is interrupted by two causeways
aligned roughly north-south. The ditch surrounds a slightly sunken central
area, and examination of the ditch fills during partial excavation indicated
that there may have originally been an outer bank. The overall diameter as
originally constructed will have been c.15m. None of the earthworks are now
visible on the surface, probably as a result of the preparation of the area
for afforestation. Partial excavation in 1938 revealed a grave in the centre,
containing an inhumation with a beaker and three cremations. A fourth
cremation was found close to the inner edge of the ditch. Small pits or
post holes were found near the north and south corners of the grave.

JFS Stone excavated and wrote about it,
PeteG