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Stonehenge, Amesbury, Salisbury SP4 7DE, United Kingdom
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Stonehenge Ritual Landscape – Durrington and Woodhenge

Understand the wider ritual complex: settlements, timber circles, and routes that give Stonehenge its landscape meaning.

12/1/2025
16 min read
Circular post layout at Woodhenge site

Bottom line: Stonehenge is part of a constellation of places.


Key Sites

  • Durrington Walls: settlement and feasting.
  • Woodhenge: timber circle with distinct ritual logic.

Image Highlights

Woodhenge Landscape map Paths


Meaning Through Movement

  • Routes stitch activities into shared time.
  • Water, timber, stone: materials as metaphors.

Visiting Tips

  • Consider guided walks that link multiple sites.

Bottom Line

Place-making spreads beyond the circle into the plain.


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About the Author

Landscape Features Editor

Landscape Features Editor

I built this to help you enjoy Stonehenge calmly—clear pacing, better timing, and context that makes the stones and landscape resonate.

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ritual landscape
Woodhenge
Durrington Walls
movement
gathering

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