Thornborough Henges

Located in North Yorkshire and constructed around 3000BC.

The central Henge is built over a previously existing 1.1km long ‘Cursus’ eathworks possibly constructed 1000 years earlier. The three Henges are said to have been laid out to mirror the stars of Orions belt and their southern entrances framed the bright rising star ‘Sirius’, which meant that their axis aligned on the midwinter solstice. These astronomical associations were emphasised by the banks of the Henges being coated in brilliant white gypsum, mined locally from adjacent gysum pits. Neolithic people likely thought they were at the very centre of the cosmos as they worshipped the heavens above.

Located in North Yorkshire and constructed around 3000BC. The central Henge is built over a previously existing 1.1km long Cursus possibly constructed 1000 years earlier. The three Henges are said to have been laid out to mirror the stars of Orions belt and their southern entrances framed the bright rising star Sirius, which meant that their axis aligned on the midwinter solstice. These astronomical associations were emphasised by the banks of the Henges being coated in brilliant white gypsum, mined locally from adjacent gysum pits. Neolithic people likely thought they were at the very centre of the cosmos as they worshipped the heavens above.