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| Stone Formation Archive 2002 |
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published in May 2002 THE National Trust has purchased a further 14.2 hectares (35 acres) of land at Durrington Walls within the Stonehenge World Heritage Site. The Trust already owns about 773 hectares (1922 acres) of land within the Stonehenge WHS, including Countess Farm (acquired in 1999). This land at Durrington Walls is adjacent to the Countess Farm site, and is also a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The Durrington Walls monument was built in the late neolithic period between 2900 and 2200 BC, and there is also evidence on the site of an earlier Neolithic settlement. The monument is comparable in scale with Avebury, although scrub invasion, centuries of arable cultivation, and its location make this difficult to appreciate. Evidence of two timber circular structures has been found on the site, and these would appear to be part of a more complex structure which extended over the entire interior of the site. Back to 2002 index |
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