EAW007048 ENGLAND (1947). Avebury Henge and Stone Circles surrounding the village, Avebury, 1947
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| Pennawd | [EAW007048] Avebury Henge and Stone Circles surrounding the village, Avebury, 1947 |
| Cyfeirnod | EAW007048 |
| Dyddiad | 11-June-1947 |
| Dolen | |
| Enw lle | AVEBURY |
| Plwyf | AVEBURY |
| Ardal | |
| Gwlad | ENGLAND |
| Dwyreiniad / Gogleddiad | 410161, 170060 |
| Hydred / Lledred | -1.8538278155373, 51.428961943555 |
| Cyfeirnod Grid Cenedlaethol | SU102701 |
Pinnau
 Standing stone on the West Kennet Avenue. There were originally as many as 100 pairs of standing stones, marking a corridor about a mile and a half 92.3km) long. It ran out to a site known as The Sanctuary, its stones largely destroyed in 1724, but already in ruins when Stukeley sketched it in July 1723 |
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Sunday 15th of June 2014 10:19:01 PM |
| St James's Church retains an Anglo-Saxon nave, altered by the Normans. The tower is fifteenth century. Details here:
history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getchurch.php?id=11 |
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Sunday 15th of June 2014 10:08:07 PM |
| The Red Lion inn, first licensed in 1802 |
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| Standing stone remaining from the Northern Circle |
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Sunday 15th of June 2014 10:03:40 PM |
| The ditch was originally between 23 (7m) and 33 feet deep, and 13 feet wide at its base. It has silted up to half its original depth. A section was excavated between 1908 and 1922. In places the bank and ditch were covered in trees and scrub in the mid 1930s |
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Sunday 15th of June 2014 10:02:40 PM |
| The main outer 'circle' is thought to originally have consisted of 98 standing stones |
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Sunday 15th of June 2014 09:56:39 PM |
| The Cove - originally three large Sarsen stones roughly at the centre of the Northern Circle |
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Sunday 15th of June 2014 09:55:33 PM |
| 29 standing stones originally formed the Southern Circle, which had a diameter of 340 feet (102m) |
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Sunday 15th of June 2014 09:51:32 PM |
| Site of The Obelisk in the centre of the Southern Circle. Since 1939 it has been marked by a specially-designed concrete plinth |
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Sunday 15th of June 2014 09:44:47 PM |
