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

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

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: Watkins Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78678-240-3. OCLC 1082256228.
  2. Chessell, Antony,. Breamish & Till : from source to tweed. [Northumberland]. ISBN 978-1-291-58938-2. OCLC 887099558.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. "The Henge - maelmin.org.uk". www.maelmin.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  4. Burl, Aubrey. (2000). The stone circles of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-08347-5. OCLC 43083391.
  5. "Till Valley, History Society". www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  6. "Till and Tweed: Ford, Etal, Milfield and Norham". England's North East. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  7. "Milfield Henge: An Ancient Monument Reconstructed". HuffPost. 2016-11-22. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  8. howardwilliams. "Maelmin | The Past in its Place". Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  9. Passmore, David G. (David Glynn). Managing archaeological landscapes in Northumberland : Till Tweed studies. Vol. 1. Waddington, Clive., Bayliss, Alexandra. Oxford, UK. ISBN 978-1-78297-310-2. OCLC 880878623.
  10. howardwilliams. "Maelmin Afterlives | The Past in its Place". Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  11. Edwards, Benjamin (2009). Pits and the architecture of deposition narratives of social practice in the neolithic of North-East England. Durham: Durham University. line feed character in |title= at position 54 (help)
  12. "Home - maelmin.org.uk". www.maelmin.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  13. "Support Maelmin - maelmin.org.uk". www.maelmin.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  14. "The Arctic Henge". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  15. "Is Ireland's Achill-henge a beauty or a blight?". BBC News. 2012-02-16. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  16. "Sark Henge | Sark Island Tourism". 2016-01-19. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
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