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Not so: in an enclosure formed by hahas,
By its structure a haha cannot be an enclosure to keep livestock in. It is a barrier.
the livestock would be on the "house side"
No, the people are on the house side which is at a comparatively high level, the livestock are at the lower level consisting of pasture/parkland then a the ditch then the bottom of the haha wall. Please look at the plans I linked to in my previous post.
My point is that both hahas and henges offer ways of enclosing livestock with ditches.
Please see above, a haha is not an enclosure in the accepted sense of the word like a fence around a field, a better description of its function in modern English is that it's a barrier to keep livestock away from direct contact with the house and grounds.
But just as hahas were not used to form enclosures, because they were not suitable,
Yes, because hahas are barriers.
so one would expect that henges were not used to form enclosures for the same reason.
Rhetorically, I'm not sure if you mean henges for keeping livestock in like a circular pen or a bank around a henge to keep livestock out. Either way, a henge type structure can have a ditch inside or outside the banks and there can be several entrances. If ancient man wished to segregate his livestock, there are many more simple solutions than either keeping the livestock in the henge or keeping them out of it.
I'm pleased that we agree that neither structure is suitable for enclosing livestock :-)
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