This henge was originally thought to be a Roman Amphitheatre but is now more likely to be a henge. It’s odd that a bunch of Roman archaeologists mistook a stonebuilt structure for one made of earth. The henge has had a treble blow in terns of damage – firstly the Roman road of Dere street went through its centre – perhaps adding weight to Julian’s assertions about the Roman conquest. Secondly, the racecourse went over it, and thirdly the remainder is being quarried. Poor old henge.
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“Until now the Mayburgh henge has been considered exceptional in that it lacked a ditch and its single bank was composed of small river derived stones. The Catterick henge appears, from the excavated evidence, to be of similar plan and construction, and it is only slightly larger than Mayburgh, which has diameters of c. 87.5m (internal) and c 124m (external) with a single entrance through the 36.6m wide bank. Unfortunately none of the apparent gaps in the bank at Catterick can be positively identified as entrances”. P. R. Wilson – Catteractonium.
Sites within 20km of Catterick Henge
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Scorton Cursus
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Middleton Tyas – Five Hills
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Great Crakehall Round Barrow
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Cowling Lane Round Barrow
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Whitcliffe Scar
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Aske Moor
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Aske Moor (Silver Hill)
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Downholme
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How Hill Swaledale
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Gospel Hill
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Low Feldom Farm
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The Ravensworth Stone
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Stanwick Fortifications
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Gayles Moor
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Cock Howe
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The Grey Stone Sockburn
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Castle Steads, Gayles
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Stone Man
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Diana’s Well
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Well
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Piercebridge Barrow Alignment
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Braithwaite Wood Hillfort
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Bulmer’s Stone
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Smotherlaw
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Fearby Standing Stones
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Holgate
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Phlashetts Stone
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Osmonds Gill
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Nosterfield Mixed Period Barrow Cemetary
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Castle Steads, Coverham
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Frankinshaw Cairn
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Flamstone Pin
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Pickhill Moated Mound
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Binsoe Artificial Mound
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West Agra
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Grinton Round Barrow
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Thornborough Henge North
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Northern Henge Cursus
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Stapely Hill Round Barrow
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Three Hills
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Harkerside Moor Circle
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How Tallon
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Thornborough Henge Central
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Thornborough Central Cursus
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Osmonds Gill Cairn
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Barningham Moor
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