Avebury

Avebury is a village in , 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 20 mi to the south.
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  • Type: Village with 486 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Abery” and “Avebury, Wiltshire”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Avebury and Silbury Hill.

Nature reserve
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is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles, around the village of in , in south-west England. One of the best-known prehistoric sites in Britain, it contains the largest megalithic stone circle in the world.

Nature reserve
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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.

Archaeological site
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The , 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 West Overton and Berwick Bassett.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the English county of , about 3.5 miles west of . The runs immediately north of the village, separating it from the A4 road. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Avebury.

Village
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is a small village and civil parish in , England, about 6 miles northwest of and 8 miles southwest of . The village is on the west bank of a headstream of the and close to the A4361 road, formerly the A361, which links and Avebury with and Swindon. is situated 2 miles north of Avebury.

Village
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is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 1 mile north of Avebury Stone Circle and 6 miles northwest of . The village lies immediately west of the A4361 road between and .

Avebury

Latitude
51.4278° or 51° 25′ 40″ north
Longitude
-1.8598° or 1° 51′ 35″ west
Population
486
Elevation
502 feet (153 metres)
Open location code
9C3WC4HR+43
Open­Street­Map ID
node 23212681
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­henge
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2656760
Wiki­data ID
Q1234698
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Avebury” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Avebury (herria)”
  • Basque: “Avebury”
  • Catalan: “Avebury”
  • Cebuano: “Avebury”
  • Chinese: “Avebury”
  • Chinese: “埃夫伯里村”
  • Dutch: “Avebury”
  • Finnish: “Avebury”
  • Finnish: “Aveburyn kivikehä”
  • French: “Avebury”
  • German: “Avebury”
  • Hebrew: “אייוובורי”
  • Irish: “Avebury”
  • Italian: “Avebury”
  • Japanese: “エーヴベリー”
  • Ladin: “Avebury”
  • Latin: “Avebury”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Avebury”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Avebury”
  • Norwegian: “Avebury”
  • Persian: “اوبری، ویلتشر”
  • Polish: “Avebury”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “SU 103699”
  • Spanish: “Avebury”
  • Swedish: “Avebury”
  • Turkish: “Avebury (köy)”
  • Turkish: “Avebury”

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