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woodhenge Archæol.|wʊdˈhɛndʒ|
[f. wood n.1, after Stonehenge.]
A henge (a prehistoric circular bank enclosing a circular ditch) believed to have contained a circular timber structure, as represented by a ring of post holes; spec. (with capital initial) and orig., the proper name of the first example of this kind to be discovered, near Stonehenge.
1927M. E. Cunnington in Antiquity Mar. (caption to plate between pp. 92 and 93) ‘Woodhenge’: oblique view from the south. 1927Times 28 Nov. 17/5 Woodhenge is assigned to the Early Iron Age, say, 500 b.c., with a claim that the close correspondence in lay-out proves it to be a prototype in wood of Stonehenge. 1933W. A. Dutt Norfolk (ed. 8) 60 One of the remarkable prehistoric circles known as ‘Woodhenges’. 1935Nature 7 Sept. 365/1 The generic term ‘Woodhenge’ was first used by Mrs. M. E. Cunnington to describe the circle near Amesbury with wooden uprights in place of stone, which she excavated in 1926 and 1928. The Norfolk Woodhenge, which was discovered from the air in 1929, was known from air photographs to be a striking example of the type. 1939Joyce Finnegans Wake 596 The Diggins, Woodhenge, as to hang out at. 1951[see henge2]. 1970Sci. Amer. May 58 The four largest henge monuments in England, each surrounded by earthworks measuring more than 1,000 feet in diameter, are Avebury and three woodhenges. 1977Griffith Observer (Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles) May 14/2 The Cahotian circles bore a superficial resemblance to neolithic timber structures like Woodhenge, near Stonehenge... Wittry therefore dubbed Circle 2 as an ‘American Woodhenge’. |