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An area of ground that has a bank and ditch structure around it.The area inside was normally used for 'rituals'.
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literally, "hanging rock," this term is often applied to the Neolithic stone monoliths found in Britian.
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a circular area enclosed by stones or wood posts set up by Neoloithic peoples. It is usually bounded by a ditch and raised embankment.
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a banked and ditched enclosure, there is a central platform enclosed by a deep ditch, the ditch material is then thrown onto the outer edge to form a bank around the whole
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