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Woodhenge
51.1894° N, -1.7858° E
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Woodhenge is a Neolithic Class II henge and timber circle monument within the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in Wiltshire, England. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Stonehenge, in Durrington parish, just north of the town of Amesbury.
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Continued use
c. 1800 BCE
Aerial identification
1926
Excavation by the Cunningtons
1926–1929
Southern Circle discovered
1966
Ditch dating
2470–2000 BCE
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