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DigsSite Name: Catholme 01 Alternative Name: Catholme Woodhenge
Country: England County: Staffordshire Type: Timber Circle
Nearest Town: Alrewas
Map Ref: SK19621666
Latitude: 52.747208N  Longitude: 1.710788W
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
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
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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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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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greggmcfadyen saw from a distance on 1st Jan 2013 - their rating: Cond: -1 Amb: 1

greggmcfadyen saw from a distance on 1st Jan 2013 - their rating: Cond: -1 Amb: 1



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Catholme 01
Catholme 01 submitted by greggmcfadyen : View towards Catholme henge site. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The “ritual landscape” of the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age has a focus at Catholme situated at the confluence of the Trent and Tame rivers. The Catholme “ceremonial complex” comprises at least three hengiform monuments, a possible cursus and several round barrows.

The two main monuments, and a cursus lie between 800m long pit alignments pointing to the river, located at the confluence of the Trent, Tame and Meuse. They form just part of a series of Neolithic sites along the river Trent.

The Catholme Woodhenge not a henge, but is a timber monument of 5 rings, with 39 posts in each ring. The outer ring is 50-51m diameter, and the inner 23-24m. Post pits date from 2880-2410BC. Catholme was discovered as cropmarks by aerial photography after WW2, by RAF pilot Jim Pickering. Farming has now obliterated any traces.

More in Where Rivers Meet: Landscape, Ritual, Settlement and the Archaeology of River Gravels University of Birmingham, 2006 (updated 2012)
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Re: Catholme 01 by drolaf on Saturday, 10 June 2017
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The Catholme 1 site is the 'Woodhenge' at 52.747088 -1.71041

The 'sunburst' monument is just to the west at 52.747853 -1.713233

The two monuments, and a cursus lie between 800m long pit alignments pointing to the river, located at the confluence of the Trent, Tame and Meuse. They form just part of a series of Neolithic sites along the river Trent.

The Catholme Woodhenge is not a henge but a timber monument of 5 rings, with 39 posts in each ring. The outer ring is 50-51m diameter, and the inner 23-24m. Post pits date from 2880-2410BC.
Catholme was discovered as cropmarks by aerial photography after WW2, by RAF pilot Jim Pickering. Farming has now obliterated any traces.
Info from Where Rivers Meet Simon Buteux and Henry Chapman 2009
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Re: Catholme 01 by Anonymous on Wednesday, 03 June 2009
Good info here: http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba105/feat1.shtml
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Re: Catholme 01 by Anonymous on Friday, 27 March 2009
Still trying to get (IR) aerial photos of the site. Can anyone help ?
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Re: Catholme 01 by Anonymous on Tuesday, 17 February 2009
A massive timber henge on my doorstep! Fantastic! Is anyone else interested in trying to get English Heritage to deal with this site in a similar way to that at Woodhenge (eg posts showing original holes and visitor access etc etc)? Any help/info appreciated. I shall try to visit at the weekend to see what possibilities there are.
I am keen to be involved with this ancient monument as it seems to be drawing me to it.
Thanks
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Re: Catholme 01 by Andy B on Monday, 16 February 2009
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From British Archaeology March/April 2009:

Woodhenge is a 5,000-year-old ritual site close to Stonehenge, excavated 80 years ago. It was similar to Stonehenge, after which it was named, but made of oak. Now a new Woodhenge has been found in Staffordshire, at Catholme near Alrewas. With five concentric rings of postholes that would have held 200 posts, this is the first such structure to be found outside Wessex – and at 50m across, it is the second largest known.

I am not sure if this is what we have listed as "Catholme 01" or "Catholme 02", hopefully someone will let us know.
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