Title
Neolithic long mortuary enclosures, Stoke Hammond, Buckinghamshire, 2011
Caption
Neolithic long mortuary enclosures, Stoke Hammond, Buckinghamshire, 2011. Features below the plough soil that cause cropmarks can be man-made or natural. In this case it is both. The man-made features are two elongated, capsule shaped enclosures, a circular enclosure and a few large pits. The rest are marks in the gravel, created naturally during the Ice Age. The capsule shaped enclosures are examples of one of the oldest types of monument in Britain called Neolithic Long Mortuary Enclosures. They're thought to be areas where dead bodies were placed before burial although there's debate within the archaeological community about what really went on in these enigmatic places!
Date
2011
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive
Reference
HRM19B36_340
Model release
Non
License type
Droits gérés
Available size
69.8Mo (3.8Mo) / 51.2cm x 34.1cm / 6048 x 4032 (300dpi)