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Partially excavated ritual landscapes in United Kingdom · Mysteria

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Thornborough Henges — North Yorkshire

Late Neolithic (c.3500–2500 BCE) · British Late Neolithic (Grooved Ware)

Thornborough Henges (Neolithic c.3500–2500 BCE) are Britain's finest henge alignment: three huge circular earthworks 240 m diameter each, bank 2 m high with outer ditch and twin entrances aligned…