woodhenge
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From wood + henge, by analogy to Stonehenge.
Noun
[edit]woodhenge (plural woodhenges)
- (archaeology) A prehistoric monument composed of a ring of timber (typically surviving as a ring of postholes)
Further reading
[edit]- “woodhenge”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.