Public art & sculpture · South West England
Woodhenge
Woodhenge in England South West, United Kingdom.
Phil Champion — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Woodhenge is a public sculpture in England South West, United Kingdom, dating from 2015. Britain's public art ranges from Henry Moore reclining figures and Anthony Gormley installations to the Angel of the North and the surviving statues of empire.
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From the Wikipedia article
Woodhenge is a Neolithic Class II henge and timber circle monument within the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in Wiltshire, England. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Stonehenge, in Durrington parish, just north of the town of Amesbury.
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Background
Architecture
The site consists of six concentric oval rings of postholes, the outermost being about 43 by wide. They are surrounded first by a single flat-bottomed ditch, 2.4 m deep and up to 12 m wide, and finally by an outer bank, about 10 m wide and 1 m high. Subsequent theories have indicated that the weight and pressure of the soil over the years could have caused the skull to fragment. After excavation, the remains were taken to London, where they were destroyed during The Blitz, making further examination impossible. Cunnington also found a crouched inhumation of a teenager within a grave dug in the eastern section of the ditch, opposite the entrance. Most of the 168 post holes held wooden posts,…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 50.5989, -2.0390
- District
- Dorset
- Parish
- Worth Matravers
- Postcode
- BH19 3LE
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Dorset
- Established
- 2015
- Official site
- www.english-heritage.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q113489096 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Woodhenge (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Woodhenge?
- Woodhenge is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode BH19 3LE), in the parish of Worth Matravers.
- When was Woodhenge built?
- Built or established in 2015.
- Is Woodhenge free to visit?
- Yes, Woodhenge is free to enter.
- How do I get to Woodhenge?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BH19 3LE. It sits within the South Dorset parliamentary constituency.