Tour Wiltshire
BEAT THE PANDEMIC, PLEASE FOLLOW THE RULES
  • Home
  • Historical Attractions and Gardens
    • Avebury Manor
    • Avebury Stones and Henge
    • Bowood House
    • Corsham Court
    • Durrington Walls and Wood Henge
    • Great Chalfield Manor
    • Heale Gardens
    • Iford Manor Gardens
    • Lacock Abbey
    • Longleat House
    • Mompesson House
    • Old Sarum
    • Old Wardour Castle
    • Salisbury Cathedral
    • Stonehenge
    • Stourhead
    • The Courts Garden
    • Westwood Manor
    • Wilton House
    • Wilton Windmill
  • Towns & Villages
    • Aldbourne
    • Ashton Keynes
    • Biddestone
    • Bishopstrow
    • Box
    • BRADFORD ON AVON
    • Bratton
    • Broad Chalke
    • Broughton Gifford
    • Castle Combe
    • CHIPPENHAM
    • Colerne
    • CORSHAM
    • CRICKLADE
    • Crockerton and Longbridge Deverill
    • DEVIZES
    • Dinton
    • Downton
    • Edington
    • Great Bedwyn
    • Grittleton
    • Heytesbury
    • Hindon
    • Horningsham
    • Imber
    • Keevil
    • Lacock
    • MERE
    • Pewsey
    • Potterne
    • SALISBURY
    • Seend
    • Sherston
    • Steeple Ashton
    • Stourton
    • Sutton Veny
    • Teffont Magna and Teffont Evias
    • Tisbury
    • TROWBRIDGE
    • Tytherington
    • WARMINSTER
    • WESTBURY
    • West Lavington
  • Also
    • Compton Abbas Airfield
    • Hope Nature Centre
    • Longleat Safari Park
  • Walks
    • Bishopstrow Walk
    • Broughton Gifford, Great Chalfield, The Courts
    • Chalke Valley
    • Harnham Water Meadows
    • Heaven's Gate
    • Kennet and Avon Canal
    • Longleat Pleasure Walk
    • Savernake Forest
    • Shearwater Lake
    • Smallbrook Meadows
    • Warminster Park
    • Westbury White Horse
    • White Sheet Lane
    • Win Green
  • Quiz
  • Wiltshire Houses
  • Contact/About

⭐⭐
Durrington Walls and Wood Henge, Wiltshire

Woodhenge, Wiltshire, SP4 7AR
Just two miles from Stonehenge, and making for a pleasant walk to there, is Durrington Walls. Built during the late Neolithic period, sometime around 2500 years before the birth of Jesus Christ at 640ft Durrington Walls is the longest complete henge in Britain, and is managed by the National Trust. The bank and ditch are now covered with grass and bushes, and open 24/7 with free access.

Wood Henge, managed by English Heritage, was first thought to be a Neolithic burial site, but more recent excavations suggest the existence of multiple vertical posts, like totem poles, painted and roofless. Their purpose is entirely unknown. Together with the adjacent Durrington Walls Wood Henge may have been home to the builders of Stonehenge, and/or a site of regional pagan rituals. Wood Henge also offers free access 24/7.


The Cuckoo Stone, in the field to the south of Durrington Walls, is of the same stone as that of Stonehenge, its name's origins and purpose are unknown, though it is believed to be now laying on its side, unlike the stones of Stonehenge you can touch it and speculate.
Picture
Wood Henge and builder's or worshippers village?
Picture
An approximation of where the posts stood.
Picture
How Wood Henge may have looked?
Picture
Durrington Walls
Picture
The Cuckoo Stone
STAY SAFE AND BEAT CORONAVIRUS
by the same photographer:
Chicken Leg | Imber Village