Editing Henge (section)

==Etymology==
The word ''henge'' is a [[backformation]] from [[Stonehenge]], the famous monument in [[Wiltshire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/henge|title=Henge definition|last=Anon|work=dictionary.com|publisher=Dictionary.com LLC|access-date=4 September 2009}}</ref> Stonehenge is not a true henge, as its ditch runs outside its bank, although there is a small extant external bank as well. The term was first coined in 1932 by [[T. D. Kendrick|Thomas Kendrick]], who later became the Keeper of British Antiquities at the [[British Museum]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://digitaldigging.net/henges-or-the-archaeology-of-etymology-or-vice-versa/|title=Henges – or the archaeology of etymology (or vice versa); The man who gave us the word|last=Rothwell|first=Henry|work=Digital digging|access-date=4 September 2009}}</ref><ref name="Pitts">{{cite book | title = Hengeworld | last1 = Pitts | first1 = Michael | author-link = Mike Pitts (archaeologist) | publisher = [[Random House]] | year = 2011 | pages = 26–28 | quote = Stonehenge is not a henge. This bizarre contribution … was first used by … Thomas Kendrick. … Technically, [henges] are earthwork enclosures in which a ditch was dug to make a bank, which was thrown up on the outside edge of the ditch. }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Garrow |first1=Duncan |last2=Wilkin |first2=Neil |title=The World of Stonehenge |date=2022 |publisher=British Museum Press |location=London |isbn=978-07141-2349-3 |page=19}}</ref> A broader usage of ''henge'' to refer to standing-stone monuments was recorded in Yorkshire in 1740, from [[Old English]] usage dating to at least the 10th century,<ref name="OEDhenge">{{cite book |title=[[Oxford English Dictionary]] |chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/oxfordenglishdic0008unse |chapter-url-access = registration |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |date=1989 |edition=2nd |chapter=Stonehenge; henge<sup>2</sup>}} Quotes [[William Stukeley]] (1740): "Pendulous rocks are now called henges in Yorkshire&nbsp;... I doubt not, ''Stonehenge'' in Saxon signifies the 'hanging stones'."</ref> with a root of either {{lang|ang|hencg}} {{gloss|[[hinge]]}}, or {{lang|ang|hen(c)en}} {{gloss|[[hanging|to hang]], to suspend}}.<ref>{{cite book |last=Chippindale |first=Christopher |author-link=Christopher Chippindale |title=Stonehenge Complete |publisher=Thames and Hudson |location=London |date=2004 |isbn=0-500-28467-9}}</ref>