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Aerial photo of Durrington Walls © English Heritage - NMR 4482/16
Durrington Walls is a massive henge monument, its banks are still visible

    
Aerial photo of Durrington Walls © English Heritage - NMR 4482/16 Pottery found at Durrington Walls courtesy of Wiltshire Heritage Museum © English Heritage Artist's impression of how Durrington Walls may have looked © English Heritage Photo of Excavations at Durrington Walls © English Heritage

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Durrington Walls - An Overview

Durrington Walls is a massive circular earthwork, or henge, about 500 metres in diameter (nearly 1/3 mile), located north of Woodhenge. Despite having been much damaged by ploughing and cut through by the A345 road, its tall banks are still visible.

It was built in the Neolithic period (around 3100-2400BC). Excavations in 1967 revealed two circular timber structures and vast quantities of animal bones which could indicate that feasting took place there.

It has been suggested that Durrington Walls fell into disuse as a ritual centre when the stone circle was built at Stonehenge.