Priddy Circles
Archaeological site · Bristol
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Priddy Circles are four Neolithic earthwork enclosures set in a line across the Mendip plateau, each nearly 200 metres across and spread over about 1.2 kilometres. Dated to roughly the same era as Stonehenge, they are unusual among henges for their outward-facing ditches and their upland, springless setting. Best appreciated from the air, the banks still show clearly in the pasture at ground level.
From Wikipedia
Priddy Circles are a linear arrangement of four circular earthwork enclosures near the village of Priddy on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. The circles have been listed as Scheduled Ancient Monuments, and described as 'probable Neolithic ritual or ceremonial monuments similar to a henge'. The southernmost Priddy Circle falls on adjoining land to a house and stables that are owned by retired businessman Roger Penny. In 2012 Penny was fined £10,000 after the earthwork was damaged by work he had permitted.