Aubrey holes

The Aubrey holes are a ring of 56 chalk pits at , named after seventeenth-century antiquarian John Aubrey. They date to the earliest phases of Stonehenge in the late fourth and early third millennium BC.
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  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: Neolithic monument
  • Also known as: “Aubrey Hole”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Stonehenge and Station Stones.

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is a Neolithic and Bronze Age stone monument in a UNESCO World Heritage Site on Salisbury Plain in , . The WHS is quite large and contains many other structures from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages.

Stone
The are elements of the prehistoric monument of . Originally there were four stones, resembling the four corners of a rectangle that straddles the inner sarsen circle, set just inside Stonehenge's surrounding bank.

Stone
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The is a recumbent central megalith at in , dating to Stonehenge phase 3i, around 2600 BCE. It is identified as Stone 80 in scholarly articles. Its name probably comes from a 1620 comment by Inigo Jones who wrote:…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stonehenge Landscape and Larkhill.

Locality
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The is a property of The National Trust, located on in , England. The estate covers 2,100 acres surrounding the Neolithic monument of , which is administered by English Heritage.

Village
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is a garrison town in the civil parish of , 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 .

Village
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is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village lies about 2 miles north of the town of , 10 miles north-northeast of the city of , and 2+1⁄2 miles northeast of the monument. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Aubrey holes.

Aubrey holes

Latitude
51.17873° or 51° 10′ 43″ north
Longitude
-1.82677° or 1° 49′ 36″ west
Open location code
9C3W55HF+F7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 422721476
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q4819208
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In Other Languages

From Esperanto to Spanish—“Aubrey holes” goes by many names.
  • Esperanto: “Truoj de Aubrey”
  • Hebrew: “בורות אוברי”
  • Persian: “گودال‌های اوبری”
  • Spanish: “Aubrey holes”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Station Stone and Slaughter Stone.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Aubrey Hole and Aubrey Hole.

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