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Thornborough Henges

Near Ripon, North Yorkshire

Three giant henges in a line, laid out like the stars of Orion's Belt.

Thornborough has three huge circular earthworks set in a row, each about 240 metres across. They may have been one of the great gathering places of prehistoric Britain.

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When
c. 3500–2500 BC
Where
54.2110, -1.5605
Group
Circles & monuments

Visiting

English Heritage, free. The central henge is the best preserved.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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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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