
[Photo English Heritage]
More on the discoveries at Marden Henge, between Avenury and Stonehenge:
The last revellers seem to have cleared up scrupulously after the final party at Marden Henge some 4,500 years ago.
They scoured the rectangular building and the smart white chalk platform on top of the earth bank, with its spectacular view towards the river Avon in one direction, and the hills from which the giant sarsen stones were brought to Stonehenge in the other.
All traces of the feast – the pig bones, the ashes and the burnt stones from the barbecue that cooked them, the broken pots and bowls – were swept neatly into a dump to one side. A few precious offerings, including an exquisitely worked flint arrowhead, were carefully laid on the clean chalk. Then they covered the whole surface with a thin layer of clay, stamped it flat, and left. Forever.
Full story at the Guardian, along with an interactive guide thingy




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