Rare stone circle found at a prehistoric ritual site in Cornwall, with seven regularly spaced pits mapped team of archaeologists.
Bracken and bushes have been cleared over winter in Castile-Henga near Bodmin before allow archaeologists are exploring the site. They are found lying pits in crooked horseshoe shape.
Experts believe that the pits could once form complete ring, but ground conditions at the time of poll left archaeologists were unable to collect clear data on Northern part of henge interior.
Some stones were removed and taken to another place, while others were probably pushed face down into the pits in which they once stood straight.
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Castille Henge is considered built during the late Neolithic period, about 3000–2500 BC. Determined by external bank and the inner moat, the henge formed an amphitheater-style setting. for gatherings and rituals.
Not all mounds have a stone circle, and there are only one Other in Cornwall – striped stones on slopes of hawk top on Bodmin Moore. Archaeologists believe that the henge sites were used for gatherings and ceremonies.
Research begins at Castilly Henge in 2021 when it was included in Historic England’s plan for the preservation and repair of monuments on it’s in-risk register.
Volunteers led by the Cornish Archaeological Department cleared the site. of threatening vegetation features of website hidden below Earth. It allowed teams from historic England to bear out in first detailed topographic and geophysical survey of Castilla Henge.
Peter Dudley, senior archaeologist from the Cornish Archaeological Department, the management said of “an amazing archaeological site” was improved with re-fencing. “Now the monument looks much better.”
Ann Preston-Jones, project the officer for in-risk heritage sites with Historic England said: research in Castile Henge gave us deeper understanding of complexity of this site and its importance to Cornwall history over thousands of years. Will help us make decisions about way the monument is managed and presented in such a way that it can be enjoyed generations to come.”
There is evidence that Castile Henge was used as a theatre. in middle ages and gun placement during the English Civil War.
