The Avenue
The Avenue is an archaeological site in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England. The Avenue is situated nearby to Nile Clumps, as well as near the archaeological site Stonehenge Avenue.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stonehenge and Stonehenge Avenue.
Stonehenge
Photo: Oni Lukos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stonehenge is a Neolithic and Bronze Age stone monument in a UNESCO World Heritage Site on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. The WHS is quite large and contains many other structures from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages.
Stonehenge Avenue
Archaeological site
Photo: Ashley Columbus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stonehenge Avenue is an ancient avenue on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England. It is part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites UNESCO World Heritage Site. Stonehenge Avenue is situated 2,600 feet west of The Avenue.
Heel Stone
Stone
Photo: Heikki Immonen, CC BY 3.0.
The Heel Stone is a single large block of sarsen stone standing within the Avenue outside the entrance of the Stonehenge earthwork in Wiltshire, England. Heel Stone is situated 3,300 feet west of The Avenue.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stonehenge Landscape and Cursus Barrows.
Stonehenge Landscape
Locality
Photo: Ranger Steve, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Stonehenge Landscape is a property of The National Trust, located on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. The estate covers 2,100 acres surrounding the Neolithic monument of Stonehenge, which is administered by English Heritage.
Cursus Barrows
Locality
Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cursus Barrows is the name given to a Neolithic and Bronze Age round barrow cemetery lying mostly south of the western end of the Stonehenge Cursus, in Wiltshire, England.
Larkhill
Village
Photo: Ashley Columbus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Larkhill is a garrison town in the civil parish of Durrington, Wiltshire, England. It lies about 1+3⁄4 miles west of the centre of Durrington village and 1+1⁄2 mi north of the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge.
The Avenue
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Amesbury, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.18076° or 51° 10′ 51″ northLongitude
-1.81101° or 1° 48′ 40″ westOpen location code
9C3W55JQ+8HOpenStreetMap ID
way 152660264OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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