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Figsbury Ring, the Glossary

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Figsbury Ring is an 11.2 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England, notified in 1975.[1]

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  1. 23 relations: Bell Beaker culture, Berm, Biodiversity Heritage Library, Bournemouth University, Causewayed enclosure, E. M. Forster, Firsdown, Flint, Geophysical survey (archaeology), Grooved ware, Hectare, Henge, Hillfort, Isobel Smith, Magnetic survey (archaeology), Mangelwurzel, Maud Cunnington, National Trust, Peggy Guido, Site of Special Scientific Interest, The Longest Journey (novel), Wiltshire, Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine.

  2. National Trust properties in Wiltshire
  3. Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1975

Bell Beaker culture

The Bell Beaker culture, also known as the Bell Beaker complex or Bell Beaker phenomenon, is an archaeological culture named after the inverted-bell beaker drinking vessel used at the very beginning of the European Bronze Age, arising from around 2800 BC.

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Berm

A berm is a level space, shelf, or raised barrier (usually made of compacted soil) separating areas in a vertical way, especially partway up a long slope.

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Biodiversity Heritage Library

The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives.

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Bournemouth University

Bournemouth University is a public university in Bournemouth, England, with its main campus situated in neighbouring Poole.

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Causewayed enclosure

A causewayed enclosure is a type of large prehistoric earthwork common to the early Neolithic in Europe.

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E. M. Forster

Edward Morgan Forster (1 January 1879 – 7 June 1970) was an English author.

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Firsdown

Firsdown is a civil parish in Wiltshire, England, northeast of Salisbury.

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Flint

Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone.

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Geophysical survey (archaeology)

In archaeology, geophysical survey is ground-based physical sensing techniques used for archaeological imaging or mapping.

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Grooved ware

Grooved ware is the name given to a pottery style of the British Neolithic.

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Hectare

The hectare (SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), that is, 10,000 square meters (10,000 m2), and is primarily used in the measurement of land.

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Henge

A henge loosely describes one of three related types of Neolithic earthwork.

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Hillfort

A hillfort is a type of fortified refuge or defended settlement located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage.

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Isobel Smith

Isobel Foster Smith (22 December 1912 – 18 November 2005) was a Canadian-born British archaeologist who is best known for her work at Avebury and its surroundings.

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Magnetic survey (archaeology)

Magnetic surveying is one of a number of methods used in archaeological geophysics.

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Mangelwurzel

Mangelwurzel or mangold wurzel (from German Mangel/Mangold, "chard" and Wurzel, "root"), also called mangold,Wright, Clifford A. (2001) Mediterranean Vegetables: a cook's ABC of vegetables and their preparation in Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, the Middle East, and north Africa with more than 200 authentic recipes for the home cook Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard Common Press,, mangel beet, field beet, fodder beet and (archaic) root of scarcity, is a cultivated root vegetable.

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Maud Cunnington

Maud Edith Cunnington (née Pegge; 24 September 1869 – 28 February 1951) was a Welsh archaeologist, best known for her pioneering work on some of the most important prehistoric sites of Salisbury Plain.

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National Trust

The National Trust (Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol; Iontaobhas Náisiúnta) is a heritage and nature conservation charity and membership organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Peggy Guido

Cecily Margaret Guido, (née Preston; 5 August 1912 – 8 September 1994), also known as Peggy Piggott, was an English archaeologist, prehistorian, and finds specialist.

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Site of Special Scientific Interest

A site of special scientific interest (SSSI) in Great Britain, or an area of special scientific interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland, is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man.

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The Longest Journey (novel)

The Longest Journey is a bildungsroman by E. M. Forster, first published in 1907.

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Wiltshire

Wiltshire (abbreviated to Wilts) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine

Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine is a county journal published by the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (WANHS), based in Devizes, England.

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See also

National Trust properties in Wiltshire

Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1975

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figsbury_Ring