Living with sacred spaces: the henge monuments of Wessex

Abstract

By asking why henge monuments might be constructed in the first place, and in the locations where they were, we might better be able to understand their form and purpose.Here the matter is approached at two scales: first at a macro level by asking why the Wessex region should have become such a focus for monument construction during the first three quarters of the 3rd millennium BC.The second is more specific and seeks to understand the local conditions in which places might be transformed and become sufficiently sanctified to require monumentalisation.It is argued that places and their properties, powers and politics all played their part.

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