a circular area, often containing a circle of stones or sometimes wooden posts, dating from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages
Word origin
back formation from Stonehenge
henge in American English
(hɛndʒ)
noun
a Neolithic or Bronze Age monument of the British Isles, consisting of a circular bank or ditch enclosing, variously, stone or timber uprights, burial pits, etc.
Word origin
< Stonehenge
Examples of 'henge' in a sentence
henge
Henge monuments are distinguished by having their ditch inside the bank.