Catholme Ceremonial Complex

Neolithic ceremonial site in Staffordshire, England, near the confluence of the Rivers Trent, Tame, and Mease. Discovered through aerial reconnaissance in the 1960s-70s as cropmarks invisible at ground level. The site features a timber circle (sometimes called a woodhenge) of about 225 closely spaced postholes forming five concentric rings approximately 50 metres in diameter, with radial alignments creating a distinctive sunburst pattern. The radiating pit alignments are the earliest features, with the timber circle built c. 2500 BC during the late Neolithic to early Bronze Age transition. Investigated by Birmingham Archaeology from 2002-2004 using geophysical survey, LiDAR, and excavation. It is a scheduled monument.