Английская Википедия:Broadlea henge

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Broadlea henge (Шаблон:Gbmapping) is a Neolithic or Bronze Age monument in the parish of Middlebie, Dumfries and Galloway.[1] It is one of very few henge monuments in southern Scotland. The only other well preserved site is the considerably smaller Pict's Knowe near Dumfries. While Pict's Knowe is a single entrance, Class I henge, Broadlea has two entrances, making it a Class II henge.[2][3] It measures 50m by 45m inside its ditch, which is as wide as 10m.[3] The banks have been flattened over time but still rise in parts to around four feet high.[4]

The henge overlooks the Mein Water valley; the Roman fort of Birrens is located on the opposite side of the valley.[4] The aerial photographs which identified the henge also identified a Roman marching camp, whose ditch passes through the north-west entrance of the henge and out through the south-east entrance.[5][3]

The monument is scheduled as "Birrens to Broadlee,Roman forts & camps & henge".[6]

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