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SEAHENGE AND ITS SISTER

Seahenge was a prehistoric monument in Holme-next-the-Sea which consisted of a timber circle with an upturned tree root in the centre; it was coined as such by the media due to its resemblance to Stonehenge in Wiltshire. Seahenge consisted of a large tree stump weighing well over a tonne buried upside down with its roots pointing upwards, measuring 2.5 metres in length and width. 55 timber posts were then placed in a circular trench surrounding the stump and were cut from at least 20 oak trees. This created a surrounding palisade that originally stood up to 3 metres tall and measured 6.6 metres in diameter. One of the posts was forked, allowing for access inside. Radiocarbon dating and dendrochronology revealed that the circle was built during the spring or summer of 2049 BC. The four-thousand-year-old monument was originally constructed in the Early Bronze Age on a saltmarsh, where it would have been protected from the sea by sand dunes and mud flats. Gradually, the sea has encroached the land and covered the peat beds which were preserving the oak. One hundred metres to the east of the timber circle, the ‘sister’ to Seahenge (Holme II) was constructed at the same time which consisted of 2 logs in the centre with a fence of wicker and enclosed by a second palisade.