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<< Text Pages >> Thornhaugh Henge - Henge in England in Cambridgeshire

Submitted by vicky on Thursday, 04 March 2004  Page Views: 14983

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Thornhaugh Henge
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 4.051 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Cambridgeshire Type: Henge
Nearest Town: Stamford  Nearest Village: Thornhaugh
Map Ref: TF066008  Landranger Map Number: 142
Latitude: 52.594551N  Longitude: 0.427702W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3

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Re: Thornhaugh Henge by Andy B on Thursday, 04 January 2018
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Immediately north west of the manor in the 1940s was a circular earthwork, now only visible as a cropmark following levelling by cultivation, with field names The Rounds in 1818. It has been identified in the past as a Neolithic henge, for its triple circuit of ditches is very similar to monuments of this date. However elsewhere it is suggested, because of its unusual low lying situation and association with the fortified manor, to be a water garden of post medieval date, or possibly one converted to the other.

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Re: Thornhaugh Henge by Andy B on Thursday, 04 January 2018
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Pastscape say:

A multiple ditched circular enclosure is visible as cropmarks on air photographs. The site lies in a shallow marshy valley north of Manor Farm, and comprises three concentric ditch circuits. The innermost ditch is the broadest, and is circa 50 metres in diameter. It features opposed entrance causeways to the north-north-west and south-south-east. The two outer ditch circuits are progressively narrower, the outermost being circa 185 metres in diameter. Linear features run towards the centre of the site from the north and west. Harding and Lee note that the site survives as a low earthwork, although Ordnance Survey field investigation in 1969 found that the site had been levelled. The farmer responsible stated that prior to levelling, the ditches had been up to 3 feet deep. The site has the appearance of a henge, although CW Phillips suggested that it may be a water garden, perhaps of 17th century date, in view of the site's location and its proximity to the neighbouring manor and fish-pond complex (TF 00 SE 25). While this is perfectly feasible, it would not rule out re-use of a prehistoric earthwork feature.

http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=348081
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Re: Thornhaugh Henge by Anonymous on Monday, 12 July 2004
This isn't a henge - it's the earthwork of a 17th century water feature of the Manor House.
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Re: Thornhaugh Henge by Anonymous on Monday, 18 August 2003
If I was in the right place (map ref as in J.Dyers book) the public footpath has been conveniently diverted to enable it to be completely ploughed out!
The ring still shows on the multimap photo
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