Thornborough Henges

The Thornborough Henges are a complex of three aligned henges near the River Ure in North Yorkshire, England, each approximately 250 meters in diameter and stretching over a mile in a northwest-southeast alignment. Built around 3500-2500 BC, the banks originally stood up to 4 meters high and were covered with white gypsum, possibly symbolizing celestial or underworld associations. The complex includes a cursus monument at least 1.2 km long, Bronze Age burial mounds, and timber post alignments. Often called the "Stonehenge of the North," the site is now managed by English Heritage.