A ruined 12th century Norman church, sitting right in the middle of a Neolithic henge. I’m always amazed at the locations of the henges. What was it about this particular bit of landscape that suggested to our forebears that it should have significance enough to kick off a huge amount of landscaping?

The central henge is surrounded by other earthworks nearby, so clearly there was a good deal of activity in this part of Dorset.

Four thousand years later, I like to believe that a Norman turned up and thought “oh look, some old stuff, let’s build a church right there, that’ll show ’em”.

What was that Norman trying to do? Impose Norman will on the locals? Just… liked the place? We do know Cranbourne Chase was part of a Norman hunting ground.

This piece was recorded with no real timing or bars, just freeform and circular, rather like the original henge itself.

Here’s the piece:

And the trailer film…