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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Norton Henge Alternative Name: Stapleton’s FieldCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.436 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Hertfordshire Type: Henge
Nearest Town: Letchworth Nearest Village: Norton
Map Ref: TL232341
Latitude: 51.991694N Longitude: 0.207128W
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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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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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JohnLindsay visited There is now a published article in Archaeology in Hertfordshire, Recent Research, 2015. Available in Welwyn Garden City Public Library, where there is a good local collection of material.
North Herts Archaeology Officer, Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews said: "Henges are quite rare with only 60 known in the UK, so this is a significant find. "It's interesting as the only other henge known locally is on Western Hills, which is visible from the site we are working on."
"Ariel photographs of the area showed this rather extensive ring of chalk. "There's nothing visible at ground level so we decided to put a trench through it. "Having done that we found the chalk bank just survives underneath the plough soil and we have massive ditches inside and out."
The archaeologists are able to date the henge because of pottery they found which is associated with the Bronze Age.
"Grooved ware products were found, which dates the henge back to the third millennium BC," explained Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews.
Source: BBC News
Note: "Henges are quite rare with only 60 known in the UK, so this is a significant find." There is an Open Day for the excavations, this Saturday 28th August
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