Avebury's stone circles & henge | Wiltshire - National Trust
The outer stone circle is the largest prehistoric circle of standing stones in the world and there are the remains of two other smaller stone circles within it. The stones are huge with the largest weighing at least 100 tonnes, making it the heaviest in Britain. The stones are a locally sourced hard grey sandstone known as sarsen.
Avebury - Wikipedia
Avebury (/ ˈeɪvbəri /) 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.
Avebury | English Heritage
With its huge circular bank and ditch and inner circle of great standing stones, covering an area of over 28 acres, Avebury forms one of the most impressive prehistoric sites in Britain
History of Avebury Henge and Stone Circles | English Heritage
It was built and altered over many centuries from about 2850 BC until about 2200 BC and is one of the largest, and undoubtedly the most complex, of Britain's surviving Neolithic henge monuments. The exact sequence of construction of the banks, ditches and stone circles at Avebury is still not completely understood.
Avebury Stone Circle And Henge, Wiltshire
Just inside the henge stood about a hundred unworked local sarsen stones ranging in height from 3-6 metres and weighing up to 20 tons that formed the Outer Stone Circle. Many of these stones were pulled down and buried in the 14th century while later William Stukeley recorded that others were broken up in the early 18th century and used for ...
Avebury - Stone Circles | British Heritage
1997年9月23日 · The Avebury stone circles (there are three distinct circles on the site) are the largest in Britain, and considered by many to surpass even Stonehenge in grandeur. While at first glance, the complexity of the design of Stonehenge seems to overshadow that of Avebury, the most impressive features at Avebury are those that are most modest at ...
Avebury Stones - Avebury Stones
Avebury is one of the 14 British UNESCO World Heritage sites and includes the largest stone circle in Europe. It also has the largest prehistoric mound – in the form of Silbury Hill, as well as one of the longest burial mounds.
Exploring Avebury’s History: Pagans, Rituals, Stone Circles and …
2021年5月14日 · Avebury’s outer stone circle is the largest in Britain (331.6 metres in diameter). The original circle contained 94 sarsen standing stones, although now only 27 remain. Some of the larger stones weigh in excess of 40 tonnes, making it all the more mysterious how ancient Britons managed to extract, move, and configure them in circular shapes.
Avebury Stone Circle | Wiltshire, England - Lonely Planet
With a diameter of 348m, Avebury is the largest stone circle in the world. It's also one of the oldest, dating from 2500 to 2200 BC. Today, more than 30 stones are in place; pillars show where missing stones would have been.
MNA138326 | National Trust Heritage Records
All the stones at Avebury are natural blocks of sarsen, and none are dressed, unlike the stones at Stonehenge. The diameter of the northern inner circle was originally about 96m and it contained 27 stones, if the average interval of 10.8m between stones used throughout Avebury is …