Avebury

• Avebury is a Henge Monument in Wiltshire, England, constructed around 2,600 BCE.
• It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Unesco World Heritage Site.

The Site

• Henge
  • Avebury consists of a Henge with an internal ditch.
• Stone Circle
  • It contains the largest circle of Standing Stones in Britain, with 98 Sarsen Standing Stones, some weighing up to 40 tons. Sarsen Stones were also used at Stonehenge.
• Sarsen Stones
  • Sarsen stones are mostly found lying naturally upon Salisbury Plain and upon the Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire.
• Circles
  • Inside the outer ring are two smaller inner circles of Standing Stones.
• The Avenue
  • From the southeast of Avebury, an Avenue of paired Standing Stones leads down to the river Kennet.
  • Another Avenue appears to have led from the western entrance.

Nearby Sites

• West Kennet Long Barrow
• Silbury Hill
• Stonehenge
• Durrington Walls
• Woodhenge
• The Ridgeway
• Uffington White Horse (c.1,000 BCE) on the Ridgeway.
• Uffington Castle (c.800-700 BCE) on the Ridgeway.

Similar Bronze Age Monuments

• Stonehenge
• Orkney Monuments
• Callanish Standing Stones
• Newgrange
• Carnac

Avebury National Trust Car Park, Wiltshire: