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Avebury

Avebury (/ˈeɪvbəri/) is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles, around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, in south-west England. One of the best-known prehistoric sites in Britain, it contains the largest megalithic stone circle in the world. It is both a tourist attraction and a place of religious importance to contemporary pagans.

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Mesolithic and Neolithic history

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Development after the Neolithic

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Location and environment

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Construction

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Owner
National Trust
Location
Wiltshire, England
Archaeologists
William Stukeley, Henry Bruce Meux, Harold St George Gray, Alexander Keiller
Built
Neolithic
Criteria
i, ii, iii
Designated
1986 (10th session)

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Location and environment

Mesolithic and Neolithic history

Construction

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Archaeology

Development after the Neolithic

Contemporary Paganism and the New Age movement

Alexander Keiller Museum

Controversial theories

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Avebury

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related to Early Modern period · 33
Avebury → Abury, Around, Aubrey, Aubury, Bath, Britannia, British, Despite, Early, English, English Civil War, He, Hearing, In, In September, It, John Aubrey, John Leland, July, King Charles II
related to Controversial theories · 30
Avebury → Acts, Archaeologists, Aubrey Burl, British, Britons, Europe, Great Britain, Hanoverian, In, Inigo Jones, Iron Age, Most, Neolithic, Political, Roman, Romans, Salisbury Plain, Stone-Heng, Stukeley, Stukeley's
related to Early Mediaeval period · 25
Avebury → Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxons, Aubrey Burl, Britain, British, Britons, Early Middle Ages, Europe, He, In, It, Old English, Roman, The, Thunor, Waden Hill, Waledich, Wanborough, Wansdyke, Wiltshire
related to Alexander Keiller Museum · 24
Avebury → Alexander Keiller, Anglo-Saxon, April, As, British Druid Orders, Charles Street, Charlie, Culture, Department, Early Bronze Age, English Heritage, Faith Vatcher, From, Keiller's, London, Media, National Trust, Neolithic, She, Sport
related to Contemporary Paganism and the New Age movement · 24
Avebury → Awen, Bards, British Druid Order, Caer Abiri, Devil's Chair, Druid Vow, Druidic, Druidry, God, Goddess, Goddess's, Gorsedd, Heathenry, In, Iolo Morganwg, Meanwhile, One, Pagan, Philip Shallcrass, The Druid Prayer
related to Late Mediaeval period · 22
Avebury → Although, Archaeologists, At, Aubrey Burl, Beckhampton Cove, By, Christian, Christianity, Devil, Devil's Brand-Irons, Devil's Chair, Devil's Quoits, England, From, He, Hoby, It, John, Late Middle Ages, North Circle
related to Mesolithic · 21
Avebury → Although, Archaeologists, As, BC, BP, Britain, Doggerland, During, Europe, Gillings, Hambledon Hill, Joshua Pollard, Late Mesolithic, Mark Gillings, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Pollard, Stonehenge, The, They
related to Iron Age and Roman periods · 20
Avebury → AD, Archaeologist Aubrey Burl, Britain, British Iron Age, Britons, Cunetio, Devizes, During, Durocornovium, Empire, Evidence, In, Iron Age Britons, It, Roman, Roman Britain, Roman Empire, Roman Iron Age, Roman-era, Southern
related to Construction · 18
Avebury → According, Aubrey Burl, Avebury's, Avebury's Alexander Keiller Museum, BC, Britain, Caroline Malone, Dorchester, Dorset, English Heritage, For, It, Its, Maiden Castle, Neolithic, Stonehenge, The, These
related to 1934–1939 · 16
Avebury → Alexander Keiller, Denis Grant King, Doris Emerson Chapman, Foreman, It, Keiller, Keiller's, North West, South East, South West, Stuart Piggott, Upwards, West Kennet Avenue, William, Wiltshire, Young

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site monument stones neolithic henge stone monuments around prehistoric britain early circle built period found one circles age stonehenge landscape

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AveburyArchaeologistsWilliam Stukeley, Henry Bruce Meux, Harold St George Gray, Alexander Keiller1.00infobox
AveburyBuiltNeolithic1.00infobox
AveburyCriteriai, ii, iii1.00infobox
AveburyDesignated1986 (10th session)1.00infobox
AveburyExcavation dates1719-1724, 1894, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1914, 1922, 1934-1935, 1937-19391.00infobox
AveburyLocationWiltshire, England1.00infobox
AveburyManagementNational Trust1.00infobox
AveburyMaterialSarsen1.00infobox
AveburyOwnerNational Trust1.00infobox
AveburyPart ofStonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites1.00infobox
AveburyReference no.3731.00infobox
AveburyRegionEurope and North America1.00infobox
AveburyTypeMonument1.00infobox
AveburyTypeCultural1.00infobox
AveburyWebsitewww.nationaltrust.org.uk/avebury1.00infobox

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