Woodhenge
- Date
- 1925 · confidence high
- Place
- Durrington, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- Gilbert Stuart Martin Insall
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
A Neolithic monument of timber post circles near Stonehenge, spotted from the air by pilot Gilbert Insall and excavated from 1926 by Maud Cunnington.
What it led to
- Advancement of British aerial archaeology
- Reinterpretation of timber henges as counterparts to Stonehenge
- Inclusion within the Stonehenge World Heritage Site
- New dating work refining its chronology