Marden Henge

Marden Henge (also known as Hatfield earthwork ) is the largest henge in Britain. It is at a low base in the Vale of Pewsey, 16 km southeast of Marden, at Devizes in Wiltshire and surrounds with 450 x 330 m, 14 acres. The Henges of Durrington Walls with 12 ha and 11.5 ha with Avebury are the next in a category called Giants or Superhenge because of their size.

Parts of the low walls and trenches are still recognizable. On the southwest side of the swamp lands of the River Avon forms the natural border. The oval plant has access in the North and East and is dated to 2500 BC. A modern road divides the Henge.

Within the Henges the " Hatfield Barrow ," a heavily disturbed round hill, the fourth largest is ( at least 11 m high and 60 m in diameter ) of a ( Harvest Hill ) designated group of hills, as well as crop hill belongs, whose greatest representative of Silbury Hill. The Hatfield Barrow was excavated in 1818. The excavators found no trace of a funeral and concluded that the mound was an altar mountain.

A so-called round- house type The Sanctuary (probably a Woodhenge ) of six meters in diameter, is also in Marden Henge. Buildings of this type are to 3200-2700 BC, older than the Henge, dated.