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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Stapleton Henge
Country: England County: Herefordshire Type: Henge
Nearest Village: Stapleton
Map Ref: SO32356510
Latitude: 52.279863N Longitude: 2.993025W
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3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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-1	Completely destroyed

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3	Ordinary
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5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4	co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Henge in Herefordshire. A Neolithic henge at Stapleton, near Prest-eigne, is the first find of its kind in the county. Experts from Herefordshire Archaeology, the county archaeological service, spotted the outline of a henge in aerial photographs taken for a land survey. A dig last month revealed what was there.

County archaeologist Dr Keith Ray said deposits found during the dig dated the henge at around 2,500 BC - the Neolithic period.

But there was further evidence of it being used around 1,000 BC or the Bronze Age.

Henges were sacred sites for ceremonies and rituals, especially those associated with death. Built as chambers and protected by ditches, they were dug into sites of geographic or seasonal significance. "In a way they were like village halls, focal points for a community," said Dr Ray.

The Stapleton henge was the first of its kind found in the county, he said. His team is looking for others.

Source: This is Herefordshire

The location given is approximate, but I think it may just be visible on the Multimap aerial photo, have a look.

From Herefordshire SMR: record 21791
Site name Flints, Field 449, Stapleton
Description 20 acre field with many flints and much pottery, mainly in north part of field. Many burnt flints suggest a Neolithic settlement site rather than the cropmarked area in the neighbouring field 465.

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SO3265 : Herefordshire Landscape by mfjordan — by mfjordan
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SO3265 : Ploughed Field on Spring Evening by mfjordan — by mfjordan
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SO3265 : Stapleton to Kinsham Road by Richard Webb — by Richard Webb
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SO3264 : Arable land, Stapleton by Richard Webb — by Richard Webb
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