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Marden Henge

Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire

The largest henge in Britain, and almost nobody has heard of it.

Marden Henge covers 14 hectares, bigger than Avebury or Durrington Walls. In its centre once stood the Hatfield Barrow, a mound about nine metres tall.

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When
Late Neolithic
Where
51.3220, -1.8500
Group
Circles & monuments

Visiting

English Heritage. Earthworks are faint; best on a low sun.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
Read the full story in the book

The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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