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Mount Pleasant Henge
Mount Pleasant Henge, visible as a white cropmark. Conquer Barrow is in the background
Mount Pleasant henge is located in Dorset
Mount Pleasant henge
Shown within Dorset
RegionDorset, England
Coordinates50°42′32″N 2°24′43″W / 50.708905°N 2.412072°W / 50.708905; -2.412072
TypeHenge
History
PeriodsNeolithic

Mount Pleasant henge is a Neolithic henge enclosure in the English county of Dorset. It lies southeast of Dorchester in the civil parish of West Stafford. It still partially survives as an earthwork.[1]

  1. ^ Historic England. "Mount Pleasant (453935)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 13 April 2015.

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