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PeterH
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Re: Henge corrals?
Dec 20, 2005, 12:58
Surely a ditch, bank and stockade would be the most effective combination. Fence alone would do little, neither would a ditch or a bank alone, but the three combined? The fence would not necessarily have left much trace if it had been of the hurdle type. We can assume that any corral would have contained domestic animals rather than wild ones. So, with the exception of goats that are just about uncontainable, there is no need to envisage frantic animals hurling themselves at the barriers desperately seeking freedom. Just look at modern domestic animals in an enclosure. Are they trying to get out? They accept the barriers and don't challenge them. A determined horse or a bull could leap over or charge through hedge or fence, but they don't.
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