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.Photo: Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: Neolithic henge monument in Wiltshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Avebury henge”, “Avebury henge and stone circles”, “Avebury stone circle”, and “Avebury Stones”
Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Silbury Hill and West Kennet Long Barrow.
Silbury Hill
Nature reserve
Photo: Gobeirne, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Windmill Hill
Archaeological site
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Windmill Hill is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure in the English county of Wiltshire, part of the Avebury World Heritage Site, about 1 mile northwest of Avebury.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Berwick Bassett and Winterbourne Monkton.
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.
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.
Fyfield
Village
Photo: andy dolman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fyfield is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire, in the Kennet Valley about 2.5 miles west of Marlborough. The village is on the A4 road which was historically the main route from London to the west of England.
Avebury
- Categories: archaeological site, stone circle, henge, tourism, recreation area, tourist attraction, historic site, and meadow
- Location: Avebury, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.4286° or 51° 25′ 43″ northLongitude
-1.8537° or 1° 51′ 13″ westOpen location code
9C3WC4HW+FGOpenStreetMap ID
way 353244910OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=meadowOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q661855
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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: “埃夫伯里石圈”
- 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 Pan Bridge.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Silbury House and Perry’s Cottage.
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