Reconstruction illustration depicting early Bronze Age people erecting and decorating the southern timber post circle within Durrington Walls henge in about 2450BC. The site is located approximately three kilometers north-east of Stonehenge.

Date:
1993
Location:
Durrington Walls, Durrington, Wiltshire
Reference:
IC095/022
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

The exact purpose and appearance of this timber structure at Durrington Walls cannot be known for certain; some theories state that the timbers formed a 'temple' of concentric timber circles and other theories hold that that timber uprights were supporting pillars for a large circular building. This illustrations depicts just one interpretation of the available archaeological evidence.

This illustration was reproduced on page 24 of the 2005 English Heritage guidebook for Stonehenge.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC095 Stonehenge World Heritage Site, Wiltshire; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Dunn, Peter

Keywords

Early Bronze Age Building, Early Bronze Age Timber Circle