- Avebury, görünüşte geniş bir kutsal manzara oluşturan Neolitik ve Bronz Çağı tören alanlarından oluşan alışılmadık bir grubun parçasıdır.
- Avebury is Britain’s oldest and most important megalith. ... From an aerial view, Avebury appears to be a Celtic, or circled, cross.
- To understand and appreciate Avebury henge you really need to appreciate the work of Alexander Keiller, the man who discovered Avebury in the 1930s.
- 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.
- Its original purpose remains a mystery, but archaeologists suggest it was for rituals or ceremonies. Avebury forms part of a larger prehistoric landscape.
- 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.
- 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).
- But have you heard of Avebury? Unlike Stonehenge, you can get up close and personal with the stones and access isn’t restricted.