Maelmin Henge

Maelmin Henge is modern interpretation/reconstruction of a henge monument near the village of Milfield, Northumberland in the Till Valley.[1][2]

Maelmin Henge
Maelmin Henge

It was built in the spring of 2000.[3]

The landscape in which the contemporary monument sits held a number of Neolithic and early Bronze Age henge monuments[4][5] around 5,000 years ago and the new monument is based on excavations of one of these,[6] the site of which is close by.[7][8]

The monument was created by Clive Waddington,[9] who has written a guide to interpret it.[10][11]

Heritage Trail
Carved posts in the henge, since replaced with new posts
Carved posts in the henge, since replaced with new posts

There is a heritage trail leading on from the henge.[12]

Stewardship

The site maintenance is taken care of by Newcastle University, and the monument exists thanks to support from local people and supporters.[13]

See also

Other modern henge monuments include:

References
  1. 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.
  2. Chessell, Antony (2014). Breamish & Till : From source to tweed. Northumberland, UK: TillVAS. ISBN 978-1-291-58938-2. OCLC 887099558.
  3. "The Henge". maelmin.org.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. Burl, Aubrey (2000). The stone circles of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-08347-5. OCLC 43083391.
  5. "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.
  6. Simpson, David (ed.). "Till and Tweed: Ford, Etal, Milfield, and Norham". England's North East. c. 1991~2017. post 7742. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  7. "Milfield Henge: An ancient monument reconstructed". Huffington Post. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  8. Williams, Howard (June 2014). "Maelmin". The past in its place. University of Exeter. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  9. 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.
  10. Williams, Howard (September 2014). "Maelmin afterlives". The past in its place. University of Exeter. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  11. Edwards, Benjamin (2009). Pits and the architecture of deposition narratives of social practice in the neolithic of North-East England. Durham, UK: Durham University.
  12. "Maelmin home page". maelmin.org.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  13. "Support Maelmin". maelmin.org.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  14. "The Arctic Henge". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  15. "Is Ireland's Achill-henge a beauty or a blight?". BBC News. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  16. "Sark Henge". sark.co.uk. Sark Island Tourism. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

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