- Avebury is the largest stone circle in the world: it is 427m (1401ft) in diameter and covers an area of about 28 acres (11.5 ha).
- The River Kennet rises in Avebury parish, and the village lies on a broad chalk plain just east of the two streams that converge to form the river.
- Visitors can respectively touch the stones of Avebury, walk the pagan avenues or ponder the mysteries of Silbury Hill (the largest Neolithic construction in Europe).
- Avebury , archaeological site in Kennet district, administrative and historic county of Wiltshire , England , some 18.5 miles (30 km) north of Stonehenge .
- The Wiltshire village of Avebury is home to the largest prehistoric stone circle in Britain and the most popular megalithic site after Stonehenge.
- But have you heard of Avebury? Unlike Stonehenge, you can get up close and personal with the stones and access isn’t restricted.
- Only 1500 meters south of the main Avebury rings stands Silbury Hill, the largest, and perhaps the most enigmatic, of all megalithic constructions in Europe.
- Modern yapılanma Avebury'nin orijinal görkeminin yerini alan bir şeyler koydu ama kayıp taşlara rağmen hâlâ görülmeye değer etkileyici bir yerdir.