henge

noun

ˈhenj

plural -s

: a circular Bronze Age structure (as of wood) with a surrounding bank and ditch found in England

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from Stonehenge, an assemblage of upright Bronze Age monuments on Salisbury Plain, near Salisbury, England

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