Heelstone Ditch

Heelstone Ditch is a roughly circular feature surrounding the Heel Stone at Stonehenge.

A broad arcing trench found in 1923 by Lt-Col William Hawley 9 ft (2.7m) wide cuts this ditch from the West, deepening towards the stone.

The ditch was probably dug after the stone in Stonehole 97 was moved but possibly before that.

Only a small part of the Heelstone Ditch, immediately behind the Highways Agency A344 roadside fence, now remains unexplored or undisturbed.

General nature of the ditch and fill described in 1979 by Michael W. Pitts, et al. [1], compares well with Hawley's (1923, 1925).