🗿 Avebury Solstice site
Neolithic henge and stone circle complex in Wiltshire, England, built circa 3000–1600 BC
📌 Fast Facts
- Type: Neolithic henge and stone circle complex
- Outer circle diameter: 331 metres
- Construction period: circa 3000–1600 BC
- UNESCO inscription: 1986
Avebury is a Neolithic henge and stone circle complex in Wiltshire, England that spans a larger area than the village that now sits within it. Built over roughly 1,400 years during the third millennium BC, the monument comprises an outer bank-and-ditch henge, a massive outer stone circle originally containing more than 100 sarsen stones, and two inner circles connected by stone avenues across the landscape. Avebury was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986. As of 2026, the site ...