- Some people believe there is an extra-terrestrial link. Avebury stone circles are thought to have been constructed in neolithic times between 2,500 to 2,000 B.C.
- But have you heard of Avebury? Unlike Stonehenge, you can get up close and personal with the stones and access isn’t restricted.
- The Wiltshire village of Avebury is home to the largest prehistoric stone circle in Britain and the most popular megalithic site after Stonehenge.
- 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.
- Avebury is a small village in the centre of the county of Wiltshire to the south of Swindon and west of Marlborough.
- Avebury is the site of a large henge and several stone circles in the English county of Wiltshire surrounding the village of Avebury.
- Avebury's outer circuit of stones. 11. Avebury's Cove is shown above correctly placed in the middle of Avebury's so-called 'Northern Circle' - an egg.
- The name Avebury, however, implies that at some time in its history, it was a burial site and was referred to as such in the 10th-century charter of King Athelstan.