Seeing-Beneath-Stonehenge

Seeing-beneath-Stonehenge

Getting Started
The Seeing-Beneath-Stonehenge project uses Google Earth to examine the Stonehenge landscape and show what was investigated by the Stonehenge Riverside Project.
If you are a new user of Google Earth, you may find this YouTube video useful in learning how to navigate around the landscape.
Within this project there are three main folders; Getting Started, Landscape, and Stonehenge Riverside Project.
Each folder contains different information and it is important to follow all of the instructions to ensure you get the best experience. Instructions and directions can be found by clicking on the folders with blue text.
Two useful tips when exploring the information are:
1) Use the + and – tabs next to the folders to expand or compress the folders. This will help you to see all the information available to you.
2) Make sure you turn fields on and off by checking (ticking) the boxes next to the folders. To switch on or off all the information within a folder, just check or un-check the box next to the main folder name (e.g. Landscape).

The People Behind the Stones
Seeing-Beneath-Stonehenge is a Google funded research project undertaken primarily by Bournemouth University, as part of the Stonehenge Riverside Project, a joint collaboration between the Universities of Bournemouth, Bristol, Manchester, Sheffield and UCL.
The project leads are Dr Kate Welham and Professor Mike Parker Pearson
Lawrence Shaw and Harry Manley were the project researchers. The Project Manager was Mark Dover. Primary content was created by Mark Dover, Lawrence Shaw and Harry Manley.

Landscape
This Landscape folder aims to take you on a tour around some of the major monuments found within the Stonehenge landscape and provide you with a brief history about each one. It will last about 5 minutes.
To ensure it runs smoothly, please make sure:
1) The boxes within the 'Landscape' folder in your Places Panel are all checked, only within the tour you wish to watch.
2) Turn off all other folders.
Now double click on ether the 'Text Based Landscape Tour' or the 'Narrated Landscape Tour' camera icons and enjoy. If you wish to pause the tour at any point, this can be found at the bottom left of the screen.
These tours were created by Lawrence Shaw and narrated by Lucy Sloane.

Narrated Landscape Tour

The Greater Cursus

The Greater Cursus
The Greater Cursus is one of the earlier features in the Stonehenge landscape, dating to between 3600-3300 BC. Running east to west for nearly three kilometres, it is called a cursus (Latin for a race track) because it was once thought to have been used by the Romans for chariot racing. It is now considered to have marked a prehistoric processional route.

Amesbury 42

Amesbury 42 Long Barrow
Located at the east end of the Greater Cursus, Amesbury 42 Long Barrow is a mortuary mound dating to the same period as the Cursus. Excavations undertaken by the Stonehenge Riverside Project have helped to unearth some of the secrets of this barrow and how it links into the landscape.

The Cuckoo Stone

Cuckoo Stone
Excavated in 2007, the Cuckoo Stone is a fallen standing stone of sarsen, located south-west of Durrington Walls. It is thought to have had spiritual associations, and was a focus for activity from the Neolithic through to the Roman period.

Durrington Walls

Durrington Walls
Durrington Walls is the location of a Neolithic settlement, later covered by an earthwork enclosure. First excavated in 1966-68, it is thought to have been in use in 3500-3100 BC and 2600-2400 BC. Excavations undertaken by the Stonehenge Riverside Project in 2004-2007 have revealed many secrets of Durrington Walls, including the Neolithic houses seen in the photo below. It is thought that Durrington Walls was linked to Stonehenge through the River Avon and the Avenue.

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River Avon

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Bluestonehenge

Bluestonehenge, West Amesbury
Discovered in 2008, this site was excavated as part of the Stonehenge Riverside Project between 2008 and 2009. The excavations revealed part of a ring of up to 26 stone holes, whose sizes and shapes have led archaeologists to believe they once held some of the Stonehenge bluestones.
Bluestonehenge was dismantled around 2400 BC, and the stones are then thought to have been taken to Stonehenge. The site is located at the end of the Avenue that runs out of Stonehenge towards the river Avon.

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The Avenue

The Avenue
The Stonehenge Avenue runs for three kilometres from the north-east entrance of Stonehenge, eastwards to the River Avon. Excavations along the Avenue have revealed that it dates between 2500-2300 BC. It is thought that the Avenue was a processional walkway linking Stonehenge to the River Avon.

Stonehenge

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Stonehenge: Outer Bank and Ditch
This was the earliest activity to take place within the Stonehenge complex itself, together with the ring of 56 Aubrey Holes just inside the bank, and dates to just after 3000 BC.

Aubrey Holes

Features

Stonehenge: Inner Stone Circle
The inner circles of stones at Stonehenge were put up and re-arranged in the period between 2600-2100 BC. There are two different types of stones found within this stone circle which include Welsh bluestones, the sarsen circle and five large sarsen trilithons.

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King Barrow Ridge

King Barrow Ridge
This large Bronze Age barrow cemetery dates to around 2000 BC. Although never excavated, these round barrows are thought to have contained wealthy and prestigious burials, positioned for all to see in one of the most impressive locations within the Stonehenge landscape.

Woodhenge

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Woodhenge Ditch

Woodhenge
Woodhenge is a series of large post holes arranged in concentric ovals. It was first excavated in the 1920s and dates to 2600-2400 BC. After the timber posts had decayed, it was enclosed within a circular ditch between 2400-2100 BC.

Cursus Barrows

Cursus Barrows
These five burial mounds run alongside the Greater Cursus and date to the Bronze Age, around 2000 BC. Although much later than the Cursus itself, these and hundreds of other round barrows in the surrounding area show that the Stonehenge landscape was still a vital and important place for people, long after the first monuments were created.

Text Based Landscape Tour

Welcome to the landscape tour
This tour aims to take you around some of the major monuments found within the Stonehenge landscape, and provides you with a brief history of how it all came together.

This tour highlights only a few of the monuments investigated by the Stonehenge Riverside Project between 2003 and 2009.
Please feel free to explore the landscape further and see what was discovered by the project by investigating the Stonehenge Riverside Project folder in the Places Panel .

Stonehenge Riverside Project
This Stonehenge Riverside Project folder contains a snapshot of the information gathered during the excavations by the Stonehenge Riverside Project between 2003 - 2009.
By turning on the Trenches folder you will gain access to all the trenches excavated by the project. Clicking on the outlines will provide you with information about each trench, photographs and relevant web links for further information. The trench numbers are consecutive, but you may notice that some numbers are missing. This is because not all the trenches proposed by the project were opened.
Within the Geophysics folder you can see some of the earth resistance survey that was undertaken by the survey team on the project. This includes outlines of features and interpretations.
The Archaeology folder contains layers showing some of the archaeological features recorded by the project. These include the Neolithic houses and Bluestonehenge.
As well as these there are also folders containing Videos, 3D Models and Gigapans. All of these are fully interactive and provide you with a different view of the landscape. Three must see items include:
• 3D interpretation of the Southern Circle found within Durrington Walls.
• 360 degree panoramic photo (Gigapan) within the centre of Stonehenge.
• 360 degree panoramic photo (Gigapan) during the excavation of T51 (Bluestonehenge)

Trenches

Trench

In 2004, a small trench revealed an Iron Age ditch, and a substantial number of Neolithic pits, containing numerous fragments of animal bones, worked flints and pottery clustered around a rammed chalk platform with traces of hearth settings.
Over the next few years, six Neolithic houses, an associated midden, and the remains of Durrington's Avenue, (a dense surface of flints flanked by banks, leading to the river and hence the wider landscape) were uncovered, along with thousands of finds.
If Neolithic houses ringed the area of Durrington Walls at the same density discovered, one house per 120 sqm, this would have been a huge settlement, populated by hundreds of people at certain times of the year feasting together to celebrate life.

Archaeologists located this excavation on the north bank of the River Avon to look for evidence of a processional route or avenue. Unfortunately, there was no sign of any Neolithic levels located within the trench due to water erosion.

Archaeologists excavated here to search for evidence of a processional route or avenue associating Durrington Walls with the River Avon. Any Neolithic layers had been lost through water erosion.

Archaeologists uncovered a prehistoric ground surface with numerous artefacts including four antler picks. A large pit contained animal bone and pottery sherds, including examples of Grooved and Peterborough Ware.

Archaeologists carefully placed this trench on the east side of the henge between two distinct sections of the bank and ditch. They found 2 broken antler picks in the bank makeup and excavated chalk blocks that had impact marks from these tools.
Animal bones and pottery were within the ditch fills and a narrow shallow ditch ran east-west across the trench, curving northwards.

Archaeologists excavated here to re-examine the Southern Circle previously excavated and named by Geoff Wainwright in 1967. The monument consisted of six concentric rings of post holes and this trench targeted an area that had not been excavated.
The Southern Circle was one of the primary components of the Durrington ceremonial complex and was later encircled by the henge bank and ditch, forming the focus of a large settlement.
The trench contained 6 large post holes and a variety of other features. All the post holes had a pit in the top, this re-cut must have been carried out after the huge posts had been removed from the holes and may be evidence of ritual activity.
Over all, 19 antler picks were discovered in this one trench, including one from the re-cut pits which dated from 2580-2400 cal BC.

Geophysicists noted anomalies suggesting possible prehistoric activity, obscured by regular patterns associated with modern activity. Archaeologists found a few prehistoric finds; the majority of features were post-medieval or remains from World War I.

This trench, nicknamed "Eric" on site, was excavated to explore anomalies noted on the geophysical surveys around Larkhill. A small quantity of flint debitage was recovered.

Archaeologists excavated to investigate anomalies noted on the geophysical surveys around Larkhill. Surface cleaning revealed a scatter of worked flints dating to the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC. However, there were very few prehistoric features found.

This trench, nicknamed "Ernie" on site, was excavated to explore anomalies noted on the geophysical surveys around Larkhill, but little evidence was recovered.

A prone sarsen stone, discovered positioned within a 30m-diameter ring ditch. A pit contained an unusual burial, consisting of the cremated remains of a small and large adult and a prehistoric pot.
Other grave goods consisted of a perforated wild boar's tusk, barbed-and-tanged arrowheads, flint tools, antler spatulae, a miniature 'megalith' carved in limestone, and a flake of transparent rock crystal.

Archaeologists painstakingly excavated this trench by hand to see if the Durrington Avenue survived at its riverside end. Unfortunately the excavation failed to locate any evidence for this.

Geophysicists identified a large circular anomaly about 40m in diameter in this area, and archaeologists were keen to investigate.
They discovered a prehistoric enclosure, consisting of an internal bank with external ditch, a pair of enormous postholes, and a substantial timber palisade with an entrance apparently blocked by stakes.
Evidence for a house set centrally within the enclosure suggests these were highly significant structures to the people of the area.

Archaeologists revealed a small enclosure about 12m in diameter with an external bank but no trace of an entrance. This feature showed evidence of a timber palisade surrounding the interior edge of the ditch and a centrally located house.

Archaeologists excavated under the bank of Woodhenge to examine the original Neolithic ground surface. They uncovered a tree throw hole into which were deposited sherds of carinated bowl pottery dating to the beginning of the Neolithic c. 4000-3800 BC.

Archaeologists re-excavated Maud Cunnington's 1926 trench, to see if modern techniques and paradigms could reinterpret her carefully recorded excavations. Three new stone holes were added to the two reported by Maud.

Rather than a fully fledged excavation, an archaeologist monitored removal of soil and colluvium over the trench. Geophysicists then prospected for the processional route from the River Avon.
Unfortunately no geophysical evidence for the continuation of the Durrington Avenue was recovered, but the surface locations of Iron Age features, mainly pits, were recorded.

Rather than a fully fledged excavation, an archaeologist monitored removal of excess soil and colluvium over the trench area. This allowed geophysicists to look for evidence of the Southern Circle outside of archaeological trenches.
Both fluxgate magnetometer and ground penetrating radar survey revealed the rings of post holes that make up the monument.

Based on T18 geophysical survey results, this small trench was excavated to investigate a possible surface. However, nothing was found.

Aerial photography and geophysical survey revealed anomalies to the south of Woodhenge and archaeologists were keen to discover if this possible ring of pits or post holes may represent an extension of the later Neolithic monument complex.
Maud Cunnington's excavations in 1928 had already investigated some of these features, but excavation revealed a new timber structure with large post holes and pits, all previously unknown.

Archaeologists aimed to reinvestigate findings that had been noted during Maud Cunnington's excavations in 1928. With supporting data from the geophysics, the evidence suggested a continuation of the late Neolithic monument complex south of Woodhenge.
Excavation revealed interesting archaeological features, a timber structure and ring of post holes. These were previously unknown and are dated to the Neolithic, supporting the idea of a continuation of the later monument complex south of Woodhenge.

Firstly, archaeologists excavated 2 small trenches around the Cuckoo Stone to see if the stone was in its original position; results showed the stone had been moved in antiquity. Excavation then examined the surrounding area adjacent to the stone.
A large number and range of archaeological features were revealed within this trench including, the original stone socket for the Cuckoo Stone, 2 Neolithic pits, and 3 early Bronze Age urned cremation burials.
A possible Romano-British shrine, a second possible Romano-British structure, as well as a number of large Romano-British pits show clearly that even when toppled from its original setting, the stone remained a powerful focus in the landscape.

Mike Parker-Pearson has suggested a south entranceway to Durrington Walls, based on interpretation of the geophysical survey results.
Trench 24 was excavated to explore two anomalies, possibly pits or post holes associated with this route between Woodhenge and Durrington. However, after investigation the anomalies proved to be non-archaeological features.

Positioned on the north side of the presumed south entranceway to Durrington Walls, a perceived kink in the henge was thought to be composed of upcast material deriving from a possible blocked entrance.
Some small features were discovered cut into weathered chalk, including post holes that may have formed three sides of a sub-rectangular structure. This would have been open on its north-west side and 4m in diameter.
However, no evidence was discovered of the henge bank or buried soils associated with it.

Archaeologists excavated to investigate a curve in the Cursus ditch, where the deep terminal ditch met a shallower side ditch. The results helped with sequencing of the monument and a red deer antler pick provided valuable dating information.

A cutting was opened over the northern side ditch of the Greater Cursus, where the geophysical survey results indicated a junction with a cross-ditch, to gain insight into the chronological differences between the two.
Upon excavation, the cross-ditch came to a butt end roughly two metres short of the side ditch, so the trench was extended south to investigate this ditch terminal.
The cross-ditch terminal appeared to impinge upon the Cursus bank; however archaeologists remain uncertain if it is later than the main Cursus ditch.

Archaeologists partially re-excavated Stone's 1947 excavation, and newly excavated an adjacent area. Stone sampled the sequence of ditch fills and recovered bluestone flakes from the ditch.
Our excavation discovered no new bluestone, but did discover that the composition and stratigraphy of this area of the Greater Cursus ditch contrasted with previous investigations.

Excavated to investigate the extents of any preserved Neolithic ground surface beyond the eastern limit of the henge bank. Where this henge bank had survived, prehistoric soils had been protected from the plough, elsewhere they did not survive.

A trial trench, excavated to assess the extents of any preserved Neolithic ground surface. The Neolithic henge bank was better preserved here and the Neolithic soils were only found to be preserved beneath this.

Excavated to assess the preservation of a Neolithic ground surface beyond the eastern limit of the henge bank, these soils survived under the bank only. A series of small pits were discovered containing burnt materials, animal bone and worked flint.

This square trench was excavated over a geophysical anomaly. Like Trench 38, the trench contained no prehistoric features but a series of modern post-holes, with the bases of wooden posts still in situ.

The main aim of this excavation was to access the archaeological evidence for a major access route into the henge from Larkhill.
Two probable Late Neolithic pits and a possible Iron Age ditch running NE-SW, towards the northern terminal of the henge's western entrance were discovered, but the main features were associated with World War I.

Excavated to investigate a series of possible geophysical anomalies that formed a semi-circle roughly 10m in diameter, suggesting a possible prehistoric enclosure. Unfortunately, upon excavation, none of these appeared to be created by human activity.

Aubrey Hole 7 (AH7) is one of the largest of the 56 pits that surround the monument, with a diameter of 1.35m and a depth of 0.91m. During Hawley's Stonehenge excavations in 1920, cremated human remains, many from the Aubrey Holes, were recovered.
Unfortunately, the archaeological potential of human cremation burials was not appreciated at this time and nearly all the cremated bones were re-buried in AH7 in 1935.
There are very few human remains in Britain that date to the early and mid-third millennium BC, the purpose of the re-excavation was to recover these remains for examination and to assess if the Aubrey Holes had been used as settings for bluestones.
The cremations were recovered and a new cremation burial that had been missed by earlier excavations. At the bottom of the pit, previously unexcavated crushed chalk and packing material supported the case for the Aubrey Holes as bluestone settings.

Geophysical survey results showed a possible semi-circular anomaly, this was interpreted as the northern half of a sub-circular enclosure. When excavated all features were natural in origin, except for linear depressions thought to be cart ruts.

Located at the eastern terminal of the Greater Cursus, this trench was excavated to assess the Cursus ditch and fill to compare with excavations at the western terminal. The eastern terminal ditch was broadly comparable to that of the western terminal.

Julian Richards' 1983 trench investigated the eastern flanking ditch of the Amesbury 42 Long Barrow, and this trench was located alongside. A segment of the ditch and associated features were excavated illuminating the construction and chronology.

Geophysical survey revealed an anomaly covering the area just west of the Avenue, which appeared to correspond to surface finds of sarsen stone. This trench was excavated to verify if this was part of a 'Stonehenge Sarsen dressing area'.
A vast amount of worked stones, with the majority of them being sarsen, flakes of different types of bluestone, and several pieces of spotted dolerite were recorded. Hammer stones, or mauls, which had been used to shape the stones were also recovered.

In 1953, Atkinson noted a number of 'periglacial stripes' just before the Avenue enters Stonehenge. Periglacial stripes consist of parallel undulating irregular gullies formed by alternate periods of freezing and thawing of soil during the Ice Age.
The purpose of Trench 45 was to investigate whether these were actually periglacial stripes or in fact, a series of pre-Avenue parallel cut features as Mike Parker Pearson surmised, and to record exactly where Atkinson’s trench had been located.
The trench was successfully located, upon examination it was clear that Atkinson was correct in his definition of these features and there was no evidence of any previously un-known human activity within the Avenue.

Archaeologists hand excavated here across the linear feature known as the 'Oblique Ditch' where it was cut during Atkinson's excavations in 1953.
The orientation of the Oblique Ditch and appearance of this cutting the northern Avenue ditch, suggests it relates to the use of the Avenue as a track way. However, the function and date of the Oblique Ditch remain obscure.

This trench investigated a linear feature known as the 'Gate Ditch' to gain insight into the composition of the fills found within the feature. Archaeologists found a series of three parallel wheel ruts, and re-recorded previous excavations.

Archaeologists excavated here to encompass three trenches previously excavated by Atkinson and Evans in 1953.

This long trench, 50m in length cut across the lines of both Avenue ditches and a number of medieval ditches. It also intersected with a natural east-west feature identified during a watching brief on the neighbouring swimming pool.

Initially excavated in 2008 to cut across a 30m-wide high resistance anomaly thought to be the buried Avenue. However, archaeologists discovered a Mesolithic surface with microliths and a circular ring ditch, thought to be a possible henge ditch.
In 2009, it was re-excavated and extended. These extensions provided good coverage of the northern circuit of the henge ditch, a portion of the area formerly covered by the external bank of the henge, and the northeast quadrant of the henge interior.
Perhaps the most exciting discovery were the stone holes associated with a Bluestonehenge that formed a ring or oval of standing stones, next to the river, perhaps acting as a marker for the route to the Stonehenge Ritual landscape.

Archaeologists excavated here, hoping that one of the banks of the Bronze Age field system may have preserved an earlier buried soil.
Excavations revealed a huge ditch associated with the field system and samples were taken from what was thought to be earlier buried soils. However, plough damage had affected this area greatly.

Archaeologists placed their trench here to investigate a possible entrance or original terminal. Excavations revealed no entrance, but an interesting Iron Age burial was discovered of a small child buried with a small carved chalk pig toy.

Located at the junction between the main palisade line and the northerly curvilinear extension known as the 'Northern Arm', this trench corresponded to a localised concentration of transverse arrowheads gathered from surface collection.
Archaeologists uncovered two large ditch sections that provided datable artefacts that help link together the chronology of the surrounding Stonehenge landscape.

Located north of the palisade where a short, 18m-long, line of four anomalies were visible on the fluxgate magnetometer survey carried out by geophysicists, and the excavation director suggested these may represent a prehistoric pit alignment.
Upon removal of the turf it was clear that these were naturally produced features such as tree or bush throws. The excavation of these features confirmed this with no substantial finds found.

Investigating a feature known as the 'northern branch of the Avenue', archaeologists wanted to assess if people had modified this natural feature in antiquity.
However, the excavations only revealed a high level of colluvial build up, as well as evidence of wheel ruts running the course of the natural feature, suggesting this was a popular historic track way.

Hand excavated where the Oblique Ditch and northern Avenue ditch intercept each other. Previously excavated in 1953 by Atkinson, no section drawings survive, so a primary aim of the 2008 re-excavation was to expose, clean and record these sections.
The trench consisted of two diagonally opposed quadrants of the junction of the Oblique Ditch with the northern Avenue ditch.

This T-shaped trench was excavated on the line of the northern Avenue ditch in the area of Atkinson's 1953 trench, cutting 39. As no section drawings survive from the 1953 excavations the primary aim was to expose, clean and record the original sections.

Hand excavated across the line of the Gate Ditch in the area of Atkinson's 1953 excavation. Previously un-known post pipes measuring approximately 0.4m across were observed in both sections.
This portion of the Gate Ditch may have also contained a palisade, or timber fence. Unfortunately, no dating evidence was found from the excavation so it was not possible to place the feature within a time period of the Stonehenge landscape.

This small trench was located on the southwest side of the henge discovered in 2008. Archaeologists excavated here to establish the monument's size and shape, and to provide a cross-section east-west through the henge.
As well as this, the possible Stoneholes I- J of the probable bluestone circle, a large oval medieval pit and drainage ditches were also excavated and recorded.

This small trench was excavated 10m northeast of the henge ditch, to establish whether the east ditch of the Avenue extended this close to the river and to the henge.
Archaeologists recorded a number of medieval features consisting of pits, remnants of dung heaps and ditches, one of which truncated a steep and narrow prehistoric ditch, thought to be the eastern Avenue ditch.

Excavated by Mike Allen to sample a prehistoric buried soil, this small trench also recorded a small wheel rut.

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Geophysics

Survey Key
By sending an electrical current into the ground, the earth resistivity survey produce images such as the ones seen in this folder.

Durrington Walls Outline

Bank

Eastern Bank and Ditch Durrington Walls

Northern Bank and Ditch Durrington Walls

Durrington Walls
This large area shows the scale of the activity at Durrington Walls and in most places the bank and ditch are clearly visible. The southern and eastern entrances to the henge can also be observed.

Eastern Entrance
The terminal of the eastern bank and ditch at the eastern entrance can be seen here.

Southern Entrance Bank
The route of the henge bank runs through the middle of this area. As well as this there is a circle of what appears to be at least five high resistance features to the north of the surveyed area.

Southern Entrance Ditch
The route of the henge ditch is clearly visible in this area. Unfortunately the terminal for the southern entrance seems to have been lost to the old route of the A345.

Eastern Entrance

Interpretation

Southern Ditch

Bank Terminal

Northern Bank

Northern Ditch

Eastern Ditch

Eastern Bank

Southern Bank

Old A345

Ditch Terminal

Foot Path

Southern Entrance

Centre of Durrington Walls

West Amesbury

Circular Feature

Modern Disturbance

Eastern Terminal of the Greater Cursus

Western Terminal of the Greater Cursus

Terminal

Long Barrow Ditch

Ditch

North Bank

South Bank

Bulford

Bulford Ring Ditch
The circular ditch surrounding the standing stone is clearly visible, as well as the pit associated with the standing stone and the stone itself.

Circular Ditch

Standing Stone

Larkhill

Larkhill
This area has clearly been very disturbed by post World War 1 and later modern activity.

Evidence of modern wall foundations

Stonehenge Avenue Field

Western Avenue Ditch

Eastern Avenue Ditch

Periglacial Stripes

Palisade

Palisade Ditch

Videos

Amesbury 42 Long Barrow Video
Located at the east end of the Greater Cursus, Amesbury 42 Long Barrow is a mortuary mound dating to the same period as the Cursus. Excavations undertaken by the Stonehenge Riverside Project have helped to unearth some of the secrets of this barrow and how it links into the landscape.
This video uses 3D laserscan data from a Leica ScanStation. The scan is overlaid with an aerial photograph taken by Aerial-Cam. The laserscan were undertaken by Dr Kate Welham and Mark Dover of Bournemouth University. The video and animation was produced by Mark Dover
Photo courtesy of Adam Stanford, Aerial-Cam http://www.aerial-cam.co.uk/

Bluestonehenge Trench Video
Discovered in 2008, this site was excavated as part of the Stonehenge Riverside Project between 2008 and 2009. The excavations revealed part of a ring of up to 26 stone holes, whose sizes and shapes have led archaeologists to believe that they once held some of the Stonehenge bluestones, thus naming it Bluestonehenge. The circle was dismantled around 2400 BC, and the stones are thought to have been taken to Stonehenge. The site is located at the end of the Avenue that runs out of Stonehenge towards the river Avon.
This video uses 3D laserscan data from a Leica ScanStation. The scan is overlaid with an aerial photograph taken by Aerial-Cam. The laserscan and video were undertaken by Dr Kate Welham and Mark Dover of Bournemouth University. The video and animation was produced by Mark Dover
Photo courtesy of Adam Stanford, Aerial-Cam http://www.aerial-cam.co.uk/

Bluestonehenge Stone Holes
A closer view of the stone holes excavated by the Stonehenge Riverside Project at Bluestonehenge.
This video uses 3D laserscan data from a Leica Scan Station. The laserscan and video were undertaken by Dr Kate Welham and Mark Dover of Bournemouth University. The video and animation was produced by Mark Dover

3D Models

Bluestonehenge
Reconstruction of the stone circle discovered by the Stonehenge Riverside Project in 2009.
This circular model is based upon the geo-located plans recorded during the excavation, and the original interpretation by Professor Mike Parker Pearson.
Other interpretations have been made, including an Oval shaped model, as suggested by Henry Rothwell
Created with Google SketchUp by Lawrence Shaw.

Neolithic House
Reconstruction of a Neolithic house found within the Durrington Walls complex. Although mainly conjecture, this has been modelled around the plans recorded during the excavation and similar structures found in Orkney.
Created with Google SketchUp by Lawrence Shaw

Neolithic House

Southern Circle
Re-creation of the Southern Circle found within Durrington Walls. This model has been constructed using a mixture of Wainwright’s excavation plans, Stonehenge Riverside Project excavation plans and information seen in the geophysical survey undertaken by English Heritage.
At Prof. Mike Parker Pearson's suggestion we've added in wooden lintels as well. This is a conjectural view
The upright wooden posts represent known features, the red and yellow posts are also conjectural.
Created with Google SketchUp by Lawrence Shaw

Southern Circle

Stonehenge
Reconstruction of Stonehenge created by Tom Harvey.
This model was not created as part of the Google Under-the-Earth: Seeing-Beneath-Stonehenge project
This model is freely available through the Google 3D Warehouse

Woodhenge
Reconstruction of Woodhenge created by Henry Rothwell.
This model was not created as part of the Google Under-the-Earth: Seeing-Beneath-Stonehenge project
This model is freely available through the Google 3D Warehouse

Gigapan

Stonehenge (SRP)
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A 360° panorama captured at the centre of Stonehenge.
Images captured by Lawrence Shaw. Panorama created by Mark Dover and uploaded and geo-located by Harry Manley.
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Trench 51 (SRP)
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A 360° panorama of Trench 51 under archaeological excavation during August 2009, as part of the Stonehenge Riverside Project.
Images captured by Lawrence Shaw. Panorama created, uploaded and geo-located by Harry Manley and Mark Dover.
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Stonehenge Avenue (SRP)
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A 360° panorama captured near the corner of the Avenue.
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East Terminal of the Greater Cursus (SRP)
A 360° panorama captured at the East terminal of the Cursus.
Images captured by Lawrence Shaw. Panorama created, uploaded and geo-located by Harry Manley and Mark Dover.

Durrington Walls centre (SRP)
A 360° panorama captured at the centre of Durrington Walls henge.
Images captured by Lawrence Shaw. Panorama created by Mark Dover and uploaded and geo-located by Harry Manley.

West terminal of the Greater Cursus (SRP)
A 360° panorama captured at the west terminal of the Greater Cursus.
Images captured by Harry Manley. Panorama created, uploaded and geo-located by Harry Manley and Mark Dover.

Woodhenge (SRP)
A 360° panorama captured in the centre of Woodhenge.
Images captured by Harry Manley. Panorama created, uploaded and geo-located by Harry Manley and Mark Dover.

Western end of the Greater Cursus (SRP)
A 360° panorama captured near the western terminal of the Greater Cursus.

Archaeology

Bluestonehenge
This layer contains information exported from GIS, (Geographic Information Systems), and shows provisional plans of the archaeological features associated with Bluestonehenge, excavated by the Stonehenge Riverside Project from 2008 to 2009.
it was created by Mark Dover

Bluestonehenge Features

ditch fill

ditch segment

Labels for Bluestonehenge Features

stoneholes

Neolithic Houses Archaeological Features
This layer contains information exported from GIS, (Geographic Information Systems), and shows provisional plans of the archaeological features associated with the Neolithic houses excavated by the Stonehenge Riverside Project from 2004 to 2007.
Each archaeological feature is colour-coded, click on them to find out more.
• Try turning on the 3D model of the Neolithic House while viewing the Trench 1 houses!
it was created by Mark Dover

Neolithic Houses Features

burnt turf

burrow

chalk

disturb

door post

door post?

floor

gully

hearth

layer

other

pit

pit?

pit?
possible pit

plaster

plaster layer

post

post hole ramp

post?

post?
hollow

post?
unexcavated

posthole

scoop

scoop pit

slot

slot?

slot?
hollow

hollow

stake

stake?

wall line

wall line
shallow cut

Neolithic Houses Features Labels

possible pit

Stonehenge Stone Holes
This layer contains information exported from GIS, (Geographic Information Systems), and shows the position of the various stoneholes at Stonehenge.
it was created by Mark Dover