Thesaurus Term/Concept: TIMBER CIRCLE

Identifier 70198
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note Approximately circular or oval setting of spaced post holes indicating the former presence of a free-standing arrangement of upright timber posts. Often regarded as a wooden equivalent of the better known stone circles.

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Context Record
Monument Type MDO41879 Bronze Age circular post hole structure, Coppice Street, Shaftesbury (Monument)
Monument Type MDO18814 Church Street, Dorchester; Neolithic post-pits (Monument)
Monument Type MDO18108 Greyhound Yard Late Neolithic Post Pit Arc 5540 (Monument)
Monument Type MDO40185 Ring ditch and associated timber circle and avenue, Ogden Down, Gussage St Michael (Monument)
Monument Type MDO42462 Timber circle at Hilly Ground, Hinton St Mary (Monument)
Monument Type MDO6743 Wallisdown Round Barrow, Poole (Monument)
Monument Type MDO18231 Wessex Court, Charles Street, Dorchester; Late Neolithic Post Pit Arc 1601 (Monument)