Mount Pleasant (Henge)

The Henge of Mount Pleasant is one of the five so-called Neolithic Superhenges in the British Isles. It is located in the county of Dorset, near Dorchester in England. Discovered by Stuart Pigott, a little egg-shaped Henge and has about 370 to 340 m in diameter ( 45,000 m²) is more impressive than the Durrington Walls in some respects.

It has a wide ditch, in the Grooved Ware and children's skeletons were found. It was surrounded by a totally worn- Wall. The additions are approximately on the axes. A peripheral palisade surrounding five concentric rings post. They were divided by radial passages in the same quadrant. The north-south corridor running in a straight line, while the East-West corridor is curved. The posts were arranged regularly with the same number in each quadrant, for example, four in the innermost ring. According to the current state of research ( Geoffrey Wainwright 1970/71 ) was built in the plant in the 3rd millennium BC. The post structure has been dated to 2878-2470 BC, around the time of Stonehenge's third stage. When he collapsed and fell into disrepair, the square was remodeled. A small u - shaped bay from sarsens was erected in the center, with three new pillars at certain points on the circumference of the rotunda. One could have been a mark for the sunrise. A later Henge with 45 m diameter was built within the ramparts in the southwest. The conversion of a place in other forms of ceremonial centers is not rare.