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The article discusses that henges in the villages of Marden and Wisford in England have never been given enough importance owing to the presence of neolithic and prehistoric works in Avebury and Stonehenge in England and efforts of archaeologists to establish the significance of Marden in Wiltshire

The article discusses the Thornborough Henges in Wessex, England. Topics include the history of Neolithic and Bronze Age in the country, the recognition of the Thornborough henges as an important prehistoric landscape where the gravel and sand extraction was sited, and a 2002 protest against the plans of Tarmac Ltd. to expand the quarrying activities in the area.

The article focuses on the reexcavation of a series of henge sites in Scotland. It notes that the ultimate goal of the reexcavation project is to determine the significant role played by henge sites in the British prehistory. It claims that the aforementioned project also tries to compare and contrast Scottish henges and English henges.

The article features the Marden Henge, which is located in Wiltshire, England. Although not as famous as the Stonehenge and Avebury Neolithic sites in the area, Marden could be the biggest henge in the country. It presents several earlier works conducted at Marden, including the team led by antiquarian Richard Colt Hoare in the 19th century, as well as Helen Winton, Louise Martin and Dave Field in 2007.

The article offers information on Bluestonehenge, a second bluestone circle discovered in summer 2009 in England. Its discovery, according to the author, provided convincing evidence that the River Avon plays an important linking role between Durrington Walls and the Durrington Avenue and Stonehenge and its Avenue. One archaeologist interprets the henges as the closure of the active phase in the life of a monument. Another hypothesises that the Stonehenge was built by pioneering Neolithic farmers in search of good grazing land.

The article reports that according to geophysical survey there are huge monument under Durrington Walls' super-henge near Stonehenge, England and mentions that Wolfgang Neubauer, head of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection, has revealed the presence of standing stones.

This section offers news briefs related to archaeology in Great Britain, including the arrest of a man in connection with the partial destruction of the Priddy Circles Neolithic henge monuments in Somerset, England, the remains of a Medieval public house at a Museum of London Archaeology excavation, and the 95,000 British pounds donated by the National Heritage Memorial Fund to Leeds Museum's campaign to keep an Anglo-Saxon jewelry hoard in the city.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article about how the new henge in Kent, England complements the concentration of neolithic long barrows with sarsen megaliths along both sides of the lower Medway.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article about the Bluestonehenge that appeared in an issue.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article on Bluestonehenge, as well as the chisel arrowhead in the packing deposits that appeared in an issue.