Maelmin Henge

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Maelmin Henge

Maelmin Henge is modern interpretation/reconstruction of a henge monumen t near the village of Milfield, Northumberland in the Till Valley. [1] [2]

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It was built in the spring of 2000. [3]

The landscape in which the contemporary monument sits held a number of Neolithic and early Bronze Age henge monuments [4] [5] around 5,000 years ago and the new monument is based on excavations of one of these, [6] the site of which is close by. [7] [8]

The monument was created by Clive Waddington, [9] who has written a guide to interpret it. [10] [11]

Heritage Trail

Carved posts in the henge, since replaced with new posts Maelmin - reconstruction of henge - geograph.org.uk - 420808.jpg
Carved posts in the henge, since replaced with new posts

There is a heritage trail leading on from the henge. [12]

Stewardship

The site maintenance is taken care of by Newcastle University, and the monument exists thanks to support from local people and supporters. [13]

See also

Other modern henge monuments include:

References

  1. ↑ Burnham, Andy (2019). The Old Stones of the North of England & Isle of Man: A field guide to megalithic and other prehistoric sites. London, UK: Watkins Publishing. ISBN   978-1-78678-240-3. OCLC   1082256228.
  2. ↑ Chessell, Antony (2014). Breamish & Till : From source to tweed. Northumberland, UK: TillVAS. ISBN   978-1-291-58938-2. OCLC   887099558.
  3. ↑ "The Henge". maelmin.org.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. ↑ Burl, Aubrey (2000). The stone circles of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN   0-300-08347-5. OCLC   43083391.
  5. ↑ "Till Valley, History Society". Northumberland Gazette. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2020. Till Valley Archaeological Society migrated to the Cheviot Centre in Wooler for a well attended meeting on February 7.
  6. ↑ Simpson, David (ed.). "Till and Tweed: Ford, Etal, Milfield, and Norham". England's North East. c. 1991~2017. post 7742. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  7. ↑ "Milfield Henge: An ancient monument reconstructed". Huffington Post . 22 November 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  8. ↑ Williams, Howard (June 2014). "Maelmin". The past in its place. University of Exeter . Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  9. ↑ Passmore, David Glynn; Waddington, Clive; Bayliss, Alexandra (2009). Managing archaeological landscapes in Northumberland : Till Tweed studies. Vol. 1 (e‑Book ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxbow Books. ISBN   978-1-78297-310-2. OCLC   880878623.
  10. ↑ Williams, Howard (September 2014). "Maelmin afterlives". The past in its place. University of Exeter . Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  11. ↑ Edwards, Benjamin (2009). Pits and the architecture of deposition narratives of social practice in the neolithic of North-East England. Durham, UK: Durham University.
  12. ↑ "Maelmin home page". maelmin.org.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  13. ↑ "Support Maelmin". maelmin.org.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  14. ↑ "The Arctic Henge". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  15. ↑ "Is Ireland's Achill-henge a beauty or a blight?". BBC News . 16 February 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  16. ↑ "Sark Henge". sark.co.uk. Sark Island Tourism. 19 January 2016. Archived from the original on 6 June 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

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