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Ancient British monument
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henge
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
There are three related types of Neolithic earthwork that are all sometimes loosely called henges. The essential characteristic of all three types is that they feature a ring bank and ditch, but with the ditch inside the bank rather than outside. Due to ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1740, noted as a Yorkshire word for structures such as Stonehenge .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A prehistoric enclosure in the form of a circle or circular arc defined by a raised circular bank and a circular ditch usually running inside the bank, with one or more entrances leading into the enclosed open space.
Usage examples of henge.
The henge was a mass of battling wolves and skellers, the grey shapes leaping with snapping jaws to meet the black-winged monsters that dropped from the sky.
They came to Taplin Hill, this host, to where the High Tor reaches its henge moon-high, where dwelt the Wessener, the Gatekeepers.
Jasell Henge and later told her to strike the Waster with her sword in Cosrandra.
At the touch, a tingle arose in her again and the darkness shrouding the henge seemed to draw back, the old longstones huddling closer to the kingstone and to her.
Thenn thurled thay ayther thik side thur3 bi the rybbe, And henged thenne ayther bi ho3e3 of the fourchez, Vche freke for his fee, as falle3 for to haue.
He were a bleaunt of blwe that bradde to the erthe, His surkot semed hym wel that softe wat3 forred, And his hode of that ilke henged on his schulder, Blande al of blaunner were bothe al aboute.
The pillars of the henge gleam in the sun, the capstones black and dead.
The strength of conviction demanded to inspire such awesome labors, constructing an entire complex of henges (Avebury and Woodhenge lie nearby), all to reflect an understanding of our universe as revealed in the sky, is difficult for us to fathom.
Since the young drow was clearly beyond help, Henge did not linger over him or waste any energy on grief.