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Henge
A roughly circular earthwork of the Neolithic in Britain, with its ditch outside its bank, the reverse of a defensive work.
See also: Trilithon
Rules that use the word
The henge: the ditch inside the bank. Enclose the gathering place with a circular bank of chalk and dig the ditch on the inside of it, so that the earthwork marks off a sacred interior rather than defending it; leave causeways of undug ground for the entrances.
Where it appears in the book
A feature of Prehistoric and Megalithic architecture.
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