Avebury
Avebury is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles, around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, in south-west England. One of the best-known prehistoric sites in Britain, it contains the largest megalithic stone circle in the world.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: Neolithic henge monument in Wiltshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Avebury henge and stone circles”, “Avebury stone circle”, and “Avebury Stones”
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Silbury Hill and West Kennet Long Barrow.
Silbury Hill
Nature reserve
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Silbury Hill is a prehistoric artificial chalk mound near Avebury in the English county of Wiltshire. It is part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites UNESCO World Heritage Site.
West Kennet Long Barrow
Archaeological site
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The West Kennet Long Barrow, also known as South Long Barrow, is a chambered long barrow near the village of Avebury in the south-western English county of Wiltshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Avebury and Winterbourne Monkton.
Avebury
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Avebury is a village in Wiltshire, famous for its neolithic stone circle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The henge and stone circles are thought to date from about 2500 BC to 2000 BC and are roughly contemporary with the more famous Stonehenge 20 mi to the south.
Winterbourne Monkton
Village
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Winterbourne Monkton is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 1 mile north of Avebury Stone Circle and 6 miles northwest of Marlborough. The village lies immediately west of the A4361 road between Swindon and Devizes.
Berwick Bassett
Village
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Berwick Bassett is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 6 miles northwest of Marlborough and 8 miles southwest of Swindon. The village is on the west bank of a headstream of the River Kennet and close to the A4361 road, formerly the A361, which links Devizes and Avebury with Wroughton and Swindon. Berwick Bassett is situated 2½ miles north of Avebury.
Avebury
- Categories: archaeological site, stone circle, and henge
- Location: Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Avebury” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أفيبري”
- Armenian: “Էյվբերի”
- Basque: “Avebury”
- Belarusian: “Эўбюры”
- Breton: “Avebury”
- Bulgarian: “Авебурй”
- Catalan: “Avebury”
- Cebuano: “Avebury Stones”
- Cebuano: “Avebury”
- Chinese: “埃夫伯里”
- Chinese: “埃夫伯里村”
- Chinese: “埃夫伯里石阵”
- Chinese: “埃夫伯里石陣”
- Chinese: “阿弗伯利”
- Croatian: “Avebury”
- Czech: “Avebury”
- Danish: “Avebury”
- Dutch: “Avebury”
- Esperanto: “Ŝtoncirklo de Avebury”
- Finnish: “Avebury”
- French: “Avebury”
- Galician: “Avebury”
- Georgian: “ეივბერი”
- German: “Avebury Stone Circle”
- German: “Avebury”
- Greek: “Έιβμπουρι”
- Hebrew: “אייוובורי”
- Hebrew: “אייווברי”
- Hungarian: “Avebury”
- Icelandic: “Avebury”
- Irish: “Avebury”
- Italian: “Avebury”
- Japanese: “エーヴベリー”
- Kannada: “ಆವ್ಬರಿ”
- Korean: “에이브베리”
- Lithuanian: “Eivberis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Avebury”
- Norwegian: “Avebury”
- Persian: “ایوبری”
- Polish: “Avebury”
- Portuguese: “Avebury”
- Romanian: “Avebury”
- Russian: “Эйвбери”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Avebury”
- Slovenian: “Avebury”
- Spanish: “Avebury”
- Swedish: “Avebury Stones”
- Swedish: “Avebury”
- Turkish: “Avebury”
- Ukrainian: “Ейвбері”
- Vietnamese: “Avebury”
- Welsh: “Avebury”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Avebury Trusloe and Beckhampton.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Silbury Hill and Waden Hill.
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