{"id":3734,"date":"2019-10-24T16:37:40","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T15:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historicenvironment\/?p=3734"},"modified":"2019-10-24T17:00:27","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T16:00:27","slug":"a-new-neolithic-henge-monument-for-devon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historicenvironment\/latest-news\/a-new-neolithic-henge-monument-for-devon\/","title":{"rendered":"A new Neolithic henge monument for Devon?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure id=\"attachment_3735\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3735\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historicenvironment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/10\/Thorverton-Henge_28Sep2019_SWatts_IMG_0449.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3735 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historicenvironment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/10\/Thorverton-Henge_28Sep2019_SWatts_IMG_0449-240x180.jpg\" alt=\"A ground shot of an archaeological trench that has been stripped of topsoil, within which excavated segments of a buried ditch are visible.\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historicenvironment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/10\/Thorverton-Henge_28Sep2019_SWatts_IMG_0449-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historicenvironment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/10\/Thorverton-Henge_28Sep2019_SWatts_IMG_0449-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historicenvironment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/10\/Thorverton-Henge_28Sep2019_SWatts_IMG_0449-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historicenvironment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/10\/Thorverton-Henge_28Sep2019_SWatts_IMG_0449-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historicenvironment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/10\/Thorverton-Henge_28Sep2019_SWatts_IMG_0449.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thorverton excavations in September 2019. Copyright S. Watts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A recent community archaeology project in Thorverton, partly sponsored by Devon County Council, surpassed all expectations with the discovery of a probable henge, a Neolithic ceremonial monument.\u00a0 The monument, which first showed as a circular feature on a geophysical survey, proved on excavation to comprise a substantial oval ditched enclosure about 40 metres across with the possible remains of a bank on the outside and a ring of large pits in the centre, which are thought to have held a series of large upright posts.\u00a0 These features are typical of Neolithic henge monuments.<\/p>\n<p>Also found was the remains of a Neolithic settlement, a rare find in Devon.\u00a0 Finds from the site include Neolithic pottery and flint tools and also fragments of hazelnut shell, cereal grains and other plant remains.<\/p>\n<p>The excavation, which was supported by the Lottery Heritage Fund and led by AC Archaeology, attracted more than 100 volunteers and culminated in a successful open day attended by 320-350 visitors.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about the project on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thorvertonarch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ThorvertonArchaeology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent community archaeology project in Thorverton, partly sponsored by Devon County Council, surpassed all expectations with the discovery of a probable henge, a Neolithic ceremonial monument.\u00a0 The monument, which first showed as a circular feature on a geophysical survey, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historicenvironment\/latest-news\/a-new-neolithic-henge-monument-for-devon\/\" aria-label=\"Continue reading A new Neolithic henge monument for Devon?\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-01 12:26:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historicenvironment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historicenvironment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historicenvironment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historicenvironment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historicenvironment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3734"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historicenvironment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3738,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historicenvironment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3734\/revisions\/3738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historicenvironment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historicenvironment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historicenvironment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}