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<< Image Pages >> Ashford Henge - Henge in England in Surrey

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ashford Henge
Country: England County: Surrey Type: Henge
Nearest Town: Staines  Nearest Village: Ashford
Map Ref: TQ054715
Latitude: 51.432708N  Longitude: 0.485174W
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
Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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
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no data 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
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Ashford Henge
Ashford Henge submitted by Andy B : Yes, it's a cuddly henge! Part of the brilliant display by SPARCS (Spelthorne branch of the Young Archaeologists Club) at the Community Centre, Thames Street (next to Debenham's), Chertsey until the end of May 2005. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ashford Henge was built around 3000 BC on the highest ground in the area, so it wouldn't flood. It was about 17.5 metres across, with a pit in the middle partly hidden by a wooden screen.

There were flints and more than 130 pieces of pottery in the ditch.

Sadly it is now under Bronzefield Prison, modern purpose built prison for women which opened in June 2004.

With many thanks to SPARCS (the Spelthorne branch of the Young Archaeologists Club) and Spelthorne Museum.

Nearby Shortwood Common, in Middlesex, is home to one of the UK’s most important ponds. A Site of Special Scientific Interest, the pond covers a large area, nearly 1.5ha, and is bordered by the Common, which is still grazed by cattle.

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TQ0571 : H.M. Prison Bronzefield from the air by Thomas Nugent
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TQ0571 : Bronzefield Prison by David Squire
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TQ0571 : River Ash by Robin Webster
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TQ0571 : Fishing Lakes, Ashford Park by Alan Hunt
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TQ0571 : Railway Lines by Alan Hunt
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Re: Ashford Henge by DavidHoyle on Tuesday, 25 January 2022
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From the henge there would potentially have been a good moon set over St Annes Hill so may have been a lunar observatory site as follows:
Moon set over St Annes hill.

The hill has been much modified over the years so any cairns have presumably been lost.
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Dig reveals clues about Ashford history by Andy B on Friday, 09 July 2010
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Dig reveals clues about Ashford history

TWO cooking pots and the rim of a bowl are among the finds that experts believe prove civilisation existed in Ashford thousands of years earlier than previously thought.

The Leadbitter Group began work developing houses in St Michael's Road, Ashford, in January 2009 and as part of a condition of their planning permission from Spelthorne Borough Council, the company was required to employ Surrey County Archaeological Unit to excavate the site.

By January this year archaeologists had found a large pit that contained struck flint from the early Bronze Age, dated approximately 3,000BC. Notes on the findings were published on Monday.

The report stated: "The north end of St Michael's Road was dominated by mid to late Bronze Age field system ditches and large pits and wells possibly for domestic use. These represent the earliest evidence of farming in the area.

"The most important pottery discovered was from two wheel-thrown cooking pots of late Saxon-type and the rim of a spouted bowl.

"These domestic-type vessels all pre-date the Norman Conquest (in 1066)."

Archaeologist Nigel Randell said: "Ashford is older than we ever imagined, even though it wouldn't have been known under that name."

Further excavation also showed that St Michael's Road was built in the 1950s on land that formerly belonged to a convent which burned down in 1920.

The convent was established by the Order of the Good Shepherd, under the orders of Cardinal Vaughan in March 1899, and was an enclosed order of nuns, caring for 'inebriated' Catholic women.

Mr Randell said: "The redevelopment of St Michael's Road is just the next step in the development of the area that stretches back into prehistoric times."

Nick Pollard, from Spelthorne Archaeology and Local History Group, welcomed the discovery, and said: "Obviously this is a very important additional find.

"There has been a lot of excavation in the area in recent years and we have picked up a lot about the neolithic landscape, we discovered evidence at Staines Road Farm in Shepperton and at the Bronzefield Prison site in Ashford.

"This new evidence is important, it tells us more about a civilisation who were the first people in history to settle and farm, as opposed to the hunter gatherers that went before them.

"It is fair to say that the more information we gather about this period the more we may be able to unlock the secrets of other neolithic phenomena such as Stonehenge, or at least make an educated guess, so this is an incredible find."

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http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2074268_dig_reveals_clues_about_ashford_history
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Re: Ashford Henge by Anonymous on Sunday, 23 November 2008
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