Much neglected when compared with their stone/timber circle cousins, the super henge group is comprised of some truly monumental. . . er. . . monuments.

Everyone has heard of Avebury, and many have heard of Durrington Walls, but what of Marden, Knowlton and Mount Pleasant? Well here they are. . .

This represents the first foray into Wiltshire territory, and what better tactic than to take all their forts in one fell swoop?

As usual, the .kmz file is available for download. Details of monuments from the Wiltshire Sites and Monuments Record. Click here or on the picture for details of all 45 Wiltshire hillforts.

Somerset, like most Southern counties, is dotted with Iron Age hillforts (44 of them, compared with 45 in Wiltshire). Once thought of as purely defensive, work by pioneers like Prof. Barry Cunliffe is suggesting a more communal function.
Find out about the Hillforts of Somerset here or by clicking on the image.

Henge Monuments are defined by having a circular bank and ditch, with the ditch on the inside. Which, ironically enough, disqualifies Stonehenge. Somerset has the second largest stone circle in Britain (after Avebury), and a set of four giant henges, all in a row (more or less), both of which are comparatively little known.
Find out more here, or by clicking on the image.

The Sweet Track is the best known of the prehistoric trackways on the Somerset Levels. Often touted as Europe's first road (which it isn't - not by a long stretch of the imagination) it, and its contemporaries provided easy access into some prime hunting grounds, and bridged surprising distances between 'islands' of high ground.
Find out about the Sweet Track and the other trackways here or on the image.

Long barrows have long been viewed as houses of the dead, and archaeologists excavating the channel tunnel rail link* added to this supposition when they encountered that rarest of prehistoric British architectural styles - a long-house.

*ADHS hosted report here, British Archaeology news story from 1999 here.