Avebury Stones
Avebury Stones is an archaeological site in Avebury, Wiltshire, England. Avebury Stones is situated nearby to the house Carpenter’s Cottage, as well as near Alexander Keiller Museum.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Avebury and Alexander Keiller Museum.
Avebury
Nature reserve
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.
Alexander Keiller Museum
Museum
Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Alexander Keiller Museum is situated 1,200 feet west of Avebury Stones.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Winterbourne Monkton and Berwick Bassett.
Winterbourne Monkton
Village
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 2 miles north of Avebury Stones.
Yatesbury
Village
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yatesbury is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Cherhill, in Wiltshire, England. It is in the northeast of Cherhill parish, 1 mile north of the A4 road approximately 4 miles east of Calne and 9 miles west of Marlborough. Yatesbury is situated 2½ miles northwest of Avebury Stones.
Avebury Stones
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Avebury, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.42934° or 51° 25′ 46″ northLongitude
-1.85284° or 1° 51′ 10″ westElevation
525 feet (160 metres)Open location code
9C3WC4HW+PVGeoNames ID
8739717
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