Prehistoric Monuments of Avebury: WiltshireAvebury stone circle is over 4000 years old. It is one of the largest prehistoric henges in Britain, and has been designated as a World Heritage Site. This is an account of Avebury's ceremonial sites, ancient avenues and barrows. |
Common terms and phrases
Alexander Keiller Alexander Keiller Museum animals archaeological artist's impression Aubrey and Stukeley Avebury area Avebury Circle Avebury monuments Avebury stones bank and ditch barber-surgeon Beckhampton Avenue bones Britain Bronze Age buried camp causeway entrance causewayed enclosure cavated centre century chalk church constructed Cove downland Earlier Neolithic east English Heritage excavated and restored flint tools footpath henge John Aubrey Kennet Long Barrow landscape Later Neolithic lithic located medieval Metres mile mound National Trust North-west NORTHERN INNER CIRCLE Obelisk original Overton Hill Phase PIGGOTT pits Portal Stones posts pottery prehistoric Prehistoric Britain probably Ridgeway Roman road round barrows Sanctuary sarsen stones Saxon settlement Silbury Hill skeleton soil South Street South-west Sector southern causeway southern circle Southern Inner square enclosure standing stones stone circle Stonehenge structure Stukeley recorded Stukeley's suggests tomb types Wessex Culture West Kennet Avenue West Kennet Barrow West Kennet Long William Stukeley Wiltshire Windmill Hill wooden