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'Henge' is a modern back-formation from 'Stonehenge', Old English Stánhengist 'hanging stones'.
Separated from Stonehenge, however, it doesn't refer to the presence of trilitha, but to the general construction, an aligned ceremonial circle within a bank and ditch. Woodhenge, in Wiltshire not far from Stonehenge, and of similar age (c 2300 BCE) obviously doesn't have any surviving wood, much less lintels.
And the newly discovered wooden circle off the east coast was promptly named Seahenge.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted trilithon seeshel 11/10/01 12:39 AM Re: trilithon wwh 11/10/01 01:14 AM Re: Stonehenge Wordwind 11/10/01 01:43 AM Re: Stonehenge tsuwm 11/10/01 06:31 AM Re: Stonehenge Capital Kiwi 11/10/01 10:10 AM henge in OED TEd Remington 11/10/01 03:26 PM Re: henge in OED Capital Kiwi 11/10/01 08:23 PM Re: henge in a Celtic lexicon Wordwind 11/10/01 08:35 PM Re: henge in a Celtic lexicon tsuwm 11/10/01 08:58 PM Re: henge in a Celtic lexicon wsieber 11/12/01 12:42 PM henge NicholasW 11/10/01 01:09 PM Re: Stonehenge Jazzoctopus 11/10/01 01:46 PM Re: Stonehenge wwh 11/10/01 02:03 PM Re: trilithon WhitmanO'Neill 11/10/01 07:10 AM Re: trilithon tsuwm 11/10/01 07:24 AM
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