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The ditch was continuous but had been dug in sections, like the ditches of the earlier causewayed enclosures in the area.

The chalk dug from the ditch was piled up to form the bank.

This first stage is dated to around 3100 BC, after which the ditch began to silt up naturally.

The pits may have contained standing timbers creating a timber circle, although there is no excavated evidence of them.