Maelmin Henge
Maelmin Henge is modern interpretation/reconstruction of a henge monument near the village of Milfield, Northumberland in the Till Valley.
Carved posts in the henge, since replaced with new posts
It was built in the spring of 2000.
The landscape in which the contemporary monument sits held a number of Neolithic and early Bronze Age henge monuments around 5,000 years ago and the new monument is based on excavations of one of these, the site of which is close by.
The monument was created by Clive Waddington, who has written a guide to interpret it.
Heritage Trail
There is a heritage trail leading on from the henge.
Stewardship
The site maintenance is taken care of by Newcastle University, and the monument exists thanks to support from local people and supporters.
See also
Other modern henge monuments include:
- The Devil's Quoits site restoration in Oxfordshire (between 2002 and 2008)
- Arctic Henge Raufarhöfn, Iceland (1996)
- Achill-henge (2011)
- Sark Henge (2015)
References
- ^ Burnham, Andy (2019). The Old Stones of the North of England & Isle of Man: A field guide to megalithic and other prehistoric sites. London, UK: Watkins Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78678-240-3. OCLC 1082256228.
- ^ Chessell, Antony (2014). Breamish & Till : From source to tweed. Northumberland, UK: TillVAS. ISBN 978-1-291-58938-2. OCLC 887099558.
- ^ "The Henge". maelmin.org.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Burl, Aubrey (2000). The stone circles of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-08347-5. OCLC 43083391.
- ^ "Till Valley, History Society". Northumberland Gazette. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
Till Valley Archaeological Society migrated to the Cheviot Centre in Wooler for a well attended meeting on February 7.
- ^ Simpson, David (ed.). "Till and Tweed: Ford, Etal, Milfield, and Norham". England's North East. c. 1991~2017. post 7742. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Milfield Henge: An ancient monument reconstructed". Huffington Post. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Williams, Howard (June 2014). "Maelmin". The past in its place. University of Exeter. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Passmore, David Glynn; Waddington, Clive; Bayliss, Alexandra (2009). Managing archaeological landscapes in Northumberland : Till Tweed studies. Vol. 1 (e‑Book ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxbow Books. ISBN 978-1-78297-310-2. OCLC 880878623.
- ^ Williams, Howard (September 2014). "Maelmin afterlives". The past in its place. University of Exeter. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Edwards, Benjamin (2009). Pits and the architecture of deposition narratives of social practice in the neolithic of North-East England. Durham, UK: Durham University.
- ^ "Maelmin home page". maelmin.org.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Support Maelmin". maelmin.org.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "The Arctic Henge". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Is Ireland's Achill-henge a beauty or a blight?". BBC News. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Sark Henge". sark.co.uk. Sark Island Tourism. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
External links
- "Maelmin official website". maelmin.org.uk.
55°35′47″N 2°05′48″W / 55.59626°N 2.09677°W
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