Neolithic, with later Roman and Civil War modifications
Site notes
Public access
Yes
Scheduled monument
Official name
Henge, Romano-British amphitheatre and Civil War fieldworks known collectively as Maumbury Rings
Designated
1 October 1962
Reference no.
1003204
Maumbury Rings is a Neolithic henge in the south of Dorchester town in Dorset, England (grid reference SY690899). It is a large circular earthwork, 85 metres in diameter, with a single bank and an entrance to the north east. It was modified during the Roman period when it was adapted for use as an amphitheatre, and the site was remodelled again during the English Civil War when it was used as an artillery fort guarding the southern approach to Dorchester. The monument is now a public open space, and used for open-air concerts, festivals and re-enactments.
MaumburyRings is a Neolithic henge in the south of Dorchester town in Dorset, England (grid reference SY690899). It is a large circular earthwork, 85...
century. By the middle of this century, the town defences were added and MaumburyRings, a neolithic henge monument, was converted for use as an amphitheatre...
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Constructions in Malta (Skorba temples). c. 3600 BC: Constructions in England (MaumburyRings and Godmanchester), and Malta (Ġgantija and Mnajdra temples). c. 3500 BC:...
as Mount Pleasant henge lies around 500 metres to the east, whereas MaumburyRings lie about 1500 metres to the west. Flagstones Enclosure at the Megalithic...
of the Atlantic, she was invited to speak at a vast peace rally at MaumburyRings in Dorchester, where she shared a platform with various pacifists, including...
Antequera Dolmens Site, Málaga). c. 3600 BCE: Constructions in England (MaumburyRings and Godmanchester), and Malta (Ġgantija and Mnajdra temples). c. 3500 BCE:...
Iter Septimum Antonini Aug. He also wrote an account of Dorchester's MaumburyRings in October 1723 as Of the Roman Ampitheatre at Dorchester. It was while...
megalithic tradition of monuments consisting of standing stones arranged in rings. These were constructed from 3300 to 900 BCE in Britain, Ireland and Brittany...
Class II henge. King Arthur's Round Table, Neolithic Class II henge. MaumburyRings, Neolithic henge later used as a Roman amphitheatre. Mayburgh Henge...
prison she gave birth to a son on 19 December. Channing was burnt at MaumburyRings on 21 March 1706. Her execution was witnessed by about 10,000 people...
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Burl identifies "sexual carvings", such as the chalk phallus found at MaumburyRings or the goddess figurine from Grimes Graves as evidence of this. He also...
the sites. From 1908 to 1913 he was responsible for excavations at MaumburyRings, and from 1908 to 1923 at Avebury. His discovery of over forty antler...
Dorset, with the poet William Barnes he was involved in protecting the MaumburyRings which resulted in their statutory protection from the route of the proposed...
Anglo-Basotho Relations. Christopher Francis Kent Greenwood, Officer in Charge, Maumbury House Community Home for Children. For services to Child Care in Dorset...
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