Avebury, England: Form and Function.
Visit the National Trust at Avebury in Wiltshire. Home to the world's largest prehistoric stone circle, museum, 16th Century manor house and garden.
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A Mystical Connection to the Ancestors Avebury Stone Circle in Wiltshire The Avebury Stones in Wiltshire are one of the oldest and most intriguing stone circles in Britain. The reasons for building the Neolithic monument are unclear although archaeologists suspect Avebury served as a ceremonial centre devoted to the pagan gods. Some suggest that the…
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Visit the World Heritage Site of Avebury with its Neolithic henge and stone circles, historic village, manor house, West Kennet Long Barrow and Silbury Hill.
Avebury Manor in Avebury, near Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, is a Grade I listed early16th Century manor house. constructed of rendered sarsen and limestone with stone tiled rooves. The original east front is of four bays with 2 storeys and an attic, adjoined on the south by an extension of 1601 which returns to form the new main front to the south. A further west wing was added to complete a 'U' courtyard c1730 and a library was added c1907.
A section of the inner circle with two stones of the outer circle and bank beyond.
The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain.
Plan of AVEBURY: inside the great circle there are two stone circles. They both had stones positioned in their centres. The North Circle is centerd by a Cove whose axis is aligned on the midsummer sunrise. The South Circle was centred by a high phallic stone -Obelisk- one of whose functions was, it is argued, to identify by shadow-casting the chief festival dates of the Neolithic agricultural calendar. The Obelisk was destroyed soon after 1725; a short concrete replacement marks the spot.
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One of the standing stones that make up the northern inner circle of the Avebury monument. #ancient #interestinghistory #architecturelovers
C. 2850 - 2200 BC. Avebury, Wiltshire
Avebury and its pre-historic past - a detailed description of the neolithic monuments and their colourful history.
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Wiltshire, Nov 06
Troisième étape de notre weekend dans le sud-ouest anglais : les cromlechs d'Avebury et la colline de Silbury.
