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🪨 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites: Avebury and Associated Monuments

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🪨 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites: Avebury and Associated Monuments
Neolithic ceremonial complex of earth and stone in Wiltshire, England, circa 3000 BCE onwards


🕐 4 min read · Updated 10 Apr 2026 at 17:47

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📌 Fast Facts
  • Type: Neolithic henge monument complex with sarsen stone circles
  • Main feature: Circular earthwork approximately 430 metres in diameter
  • Location: Wiltshire, southern England, chalk downland
  • UNESCO inscription: 1986

Avebury is a Neolithic ceremonial complex in Wiltshire, southern England, that comprises a vast circular henge with nested ...

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