Re: Marthering Marden
Posted: 10:13 pm
According to Pastscape :
A thick deposit of gravel was recorded on top of the causeway to the south. Coring indicates that the gravel continues, probably part of a Neolithic gravel road way leading from the henge to the River Avon.
So this was engineered to cope with heavy vehicles, or a large volume of people who didn't want to get their feet muddy.
Excavations at the NE entrance of the enclosure revealed the remains of a circular timber structure, 10.5 metres in diameter just inside the entrance, in the same position as a similar structure at Durrington Walls.
Entrance gate / toll booth?
A thick deposit of gravel was recorded on top of the causeway to the south. Coring indicates that the gravel continues, probably part of a Neolithic gravel road way leading from the henge to the River Avon.
So this was engineered to cope with heavy vehicles, or a large volume of people who didn't want to get their feet muddy.
Excavations at the NE entrance of the enclosure revealed the remains of a circular timber structure, 10.5 metres in diameter just inside the entrance, in the same position as a similar structure at Durrington Walls.
Entrance gate / toll booth?