Alan S writes: There are three main features within the Stapleton’s Field henge excavation, the first being a large trench cut across the line of the henge ditch and bank, where excitingly, some evidence has been found of a possible earlier causewayed enclosure. Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews the dig's director had previously suggested that the henge monument was of an early ‘formative henge’ type, but the discovery of a possible causewayed enclosure is icing on the cake.
At the eastern entrance to the henge, compressed chalk pits have been found, ideally sized for inhumation, but with no significant finds within them.
Whilst the possible causewayed enclosure is icing, there’s a cherry too! A neolithic ‘plank house’ feature has also been identified, close to the ditch.
Mike Parker-Pearson has recently visited the site and corroborated Keith’s interpretation of the findings, which makes this quite an important site, possibly nationally important, as the easternmost henge found to date.
More, with pictures from when Alan visited this year's Open Day and also in 2012. See also the Norton Community Archaeology Group Dig Diary.
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