Aubrey holes
The Aubrey holes are a ring of 56 chalk pits at Stonehenge, named after seventeenth-century antiquarian John Aubrey. They date to the earliest phases of Stonehenge in the late fourth and early third millennium BC.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: Neolithic monument
- Also known as: “Aubrey Hole”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Stonehenge and Station Stones.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stonehenge Landscape and Larkhill.
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Aubrey holes
- Categories: quarry and historic site
- Location: Amesbury, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.17873° or 51° 10′ 43″ north
Longitude
-1.82677° or 1° 49′ 36″ west
Open location code
9C3W55HF+F7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
Wikidata ID
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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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