Avebury - Knowledge (XXG)

2068:. Ley lines are commonly seen as tracks on the land, intersecting at various monuments and landmarks, supposedly connecting "earth energies". They are recalled to be ancient paths that connected sacred spaces. Those who study crop circles claim that the circles are formed by extraterrestrial creatures trying to warn the world about events such as climate change or people trying to communicate from an alternate universe. Others believe in natural methods of explaining the phenomena, such as vortexes or ball lightning. There are a great number of crop circles in Wiltshire, including Stonehenge and Avebury. Crop circle season often begins at the end of May and ends by September, when the harvesting of the crops cuts away the circular patterns. 1087: 47: 1771: 1985:

interested in proving an association with his antiquarian work and the Avebury stones to provide additional information on the holy doctrine of the Trinity. He believed that the snake illustrated on the stones represented the Messiah and the circle meant "divine," a symbol for God. In the remaining part of the trinity, wings, which were not depicted on the stones, represent the holy spirit. He concluded that the absence of wings on the pattern of stones at Avebury was because of the challenge of depicting them on stones. Terence Meaden held the theory that Neolithic inhabitants carved faces in the stones.

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point in the early 14th century, villagers began to demolish the monument by pulling down the large standing stones and burying them in ready-dug pits at the side, presumably because they were seen as having been erected by the Devil and thereby being in opposition to the village's Christian beliefs. Although it is unknown how this situation came about, archaeologist Aubrey Burl suggests that it might have been at the prompting of the local Christian priest, with the likely contenders being either Thomas Mayn (who served in the village from 1298 to 1319), or John de Hoby (who served from 1319 to 1324).

501: 1959:, priests of the Iron Age peoples of north-western Europe, who were persecuted by Roman invaders. Political events such as the Acts of Union 1707 and the Hanoverian succession of 1714 motivated British nationalism and Stukeley's antiquarian ideals. In the 1720s scholarly opinion was largely based on the idea that the stones were Roman works. Most believed that ancient Britons were "too unsophisticated" to construct an intricate architectural structure. Archaeologists since then have identified the monument as having been constructed two thousand years before the Iron Age, during the Neolithic. 1877: 1210: 63: 2854: 70: 890: 1574:, a fortnight later, and the site further captivated the king's interest, who commanded Aubrey to dig underneath the stones in search of any human burials. Aubrey, however, never undertook the king's order. In September 1663, Aubrey began making a more systematic study of the site, producing a plan that has proved invaluable for later archaeologists, for it contained reference to many standing stones that would soon after be destroyed by locals. 1108:

the people would have been watching ceremonies or standing on the earthen banks. A lack of pottery and animal bone from excavations at Avebury suggest that the entrance to the henge was prohibited. The lack of "mess" and archaeological finds indicates "sanctity". Many of the stones had former uses before being transported to Avebury. For instance, many of the sarsens had been used to polish stone axes, while others had been "heavily worked".

1989: 796: 1387:, a type of timber hut with a sunken floor, being constructed just outside the monument's west bank in the 6th century. Only a few farmers appeared to have inhabited the area at the time, and they left the Avebury monument largely untouched. In the 7th and 8th centuries, the Anglo-Saxon peoples began gradually converting to Christianity, and during the 10th century a church was built just west of the monument. 714: 753:, dated between 7000 and 4000 BC, having been found in the area. The most important of these discoveries is a densely scattered collection of worked flints found 300 m (980 ft) to the west of Avebury, which has led archaeologists to believe that that spot was a flint working site occupied over a period of several weeks by a group of nomadic hunter-gatherers who had set up camp there. 1480: 4786: 365:(a bank and a ditch) with a large outer stone circle and two separate smaller stone circles situated inside the centre of the monument. Its original purpose is unknown, although archaeologists believe that it was most likely used for some form of ritual or ceremony. The Avebury monument is a part of a larger prehistoric landscape containing several older monuments nearby, including 570: 2057:. Researcher and author Paul Devereux deemed the monuments in the Avebury landscape to be associated with one another by "engineered sightlines" towards Silbury Hill. He believed that the terracing towards the top of the mound indicated a connection between the complex constructions in the area. Environmental evidence from buried soil under Silbury Hill showed no evidence of soil 1051: 443: 622: 508: 1471: 556: 787: 524: 638: 590: 540: 606: 958: 1566:, who privately made many notes about Avebury and other prehistoric monuments which remained unpublished. Aubrey had first encountered the site whilst out hunting in 1649 and, in his own words, had been "wonderfully surprised at the sight of those vast stones of which I had never heard before." Hearing of Avebury and taking an interest in it, 1347:, where they may have come into conflict with the Britons already settled there. Aubrey Burl suggested the possibility that a small group of British warriors may have used Avebury as a fortified site to defend themselves from Anglo-Saxon attack. He gained this idea from etymological evidence, suggesting that the site may have been called 988: 1250:. Coins dating from the 1320s were found with the skeleton, and the evidence suggests that the man was fatally injured when the stone fell on him whilst he was digging the hole in which it was to be buried in a mediaeval "rite of destruction". As well as the coins, Keiller's team found a pair of scissors and a 1258:

publish a full report. The archeologist Isobel Smith was commissioned by Gabrielle Keiller to synthesise and complete the full report. Smith completed the publication in 1965, reorganised the stone numbering system for the landscape, and put Windmill Hill, Avebury and West Kennet Avenue into context.

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Alexander Keiller financed and led excavations on West Kennet Avenue in 1934 and 1935; the North West sector of Avebury in 1937; the South West sector in 1938, and the South East sector in 1939. It can reasonably be said that "Avebury today is largely Keiller's creation", as Keiller directed his team

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Archaeologist Aaron Watson highlighted the possibility that by digging up earth and using it to construct the large banks, those Neolithic labourers constructing the Avebury monument symbolically saw themselves as turning the land "inside out", thereby creating a space that was "on a frontier between

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Stukeley most likely shared his theories with his friends within the Antiquarian Society or the Roman Knights. He was motivated in proving that the Druids had formed the stones because he could prove that ancient Britons were well-informed about science, disproving sceptics like Hearne. Stukeley was

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around the site, preventing many souvenir shops from opening up in an attempt to keep the area free from the "customary gaudiness that infiltrates most famous places" in the United Kingdom. Two shops have been opened in the village catering to the tourist market, one of which is the National Trust's

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The construction of large monuments such as those at Avebury indicates that a stable agrarian economy had developed in Britain by around 4000–3500 BC. The people who built them had to be secure enough to spend time on such non-essential activities. Avebury was one of a group of monumental sites

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During the Late Neolithic, British society underwent another series of major changes. Between 3500 and 3300 BC, these prehistoric Britons ceased their continual expansion and cultivation of wilderness and instead focused on settling and farming the most agriculturally productive areas of the island:

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near the monument's southern entrance that would have once supported a large wooden post. Although this posthole was never dated when it was excavated in the early 20th century, and so cannot definitely be ascribed to the Mesolithic, Gillings and Pollard noted that its positioning had no relation to

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Stukeley determined that by gathering a mass of information about all known stone circles and other archaeological sites, one could build a typology and provide an accurate understanding of prehistoric sites. He formed a typology of "Celtic" stone temples, attempting to associate the monuments with

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requested that the skeleton be re-buried in 2006, but in April 2010 the decision was made to keep it on public view. From the mid 1960s to her death in 1978, Faith Vatcher was the curator of the museum. She was heavily involved in the excavations on the western side of the henge in 1969 and in what

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in 1837, the majority of Neolithic standing stones at Avebury had gone, having been either buried by pious locals in the 14th century or broken up for building materials in the 17th and 18th. Meanwhile, the population of Avebury village was rapidly increasing, leading to further housing being built

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visited the site, where he witnessed the destruction being undertaken by the local people. Between then and 1724 he visited the village and its monument six times, sometimes staying for two or three weeks at the Catherine Wheel Inn. In this time, he made meticulous plans of the site, considering it

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hit the village in 1349, almost halving the population. Those who survived focused on their agricultural duties to grow food and stay alive. As a result, they would not have had the time or manpower to once more attempt to demolish any part of the non-Christian monument, even if they had wanted to.

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antlers as their primary digging tool, producing a henge ditch with a 9-metre (30 ft) high bank around its perimeter. Gray recorded the base of the ditch as being 4 metres (13 ft) wide and flat, but later archaeologists have questioned his use of untrained labour to excavate the ditch and

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to the south, has caused some to describe the area as a "ritual complex"—a site with many monuments of interlocking religious function. Based on the scale of the site and wealth of archaeological material found in its ditches, particularly animal bone, it is theorised that the enclosure on Windmill

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The southern inner ring was 108 metres (354 ft) in diameter before its destruction in the 18th century. The remaining sections of its arc now lie beneath the village buildings. A single large monolith, 5.5 metres (18 ft) high, stood in the centre along with an alignment of smaller stones.

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Within the henge is a great outer circle. With a diameter of 331.6 metres (1,088 ft), this is one of Europe's largest stone circles, and Britain's largest. It was either contemporary with, or built around four or five centuries after, the earthworks. It is thought that there were originally 98

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The top of the bank is irregular, something Caroline Malone suggested was because of the irregular nature of the work undertaken by excavators working on the adjacent sectors of the ditch. Later archaeologists such as Aaron Watson, Mark Gillings and Joshua Pollard have, however, suggested that this

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studies of recent and contemporary societies, Gillings and Pollard suggest that forests, clearings, and stones were important in Neolithic culture, not only as resources but as symbols; the site of Avebury occupied a convergence of these three elements. Neolithic activity at Avebury is evidenced by

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that included pottery. These developments allowed hunter-gatherers to settle down and produce their own food. As agriculture spread, people cleared land. At the same time, they also erected the first monuments to be seen in the local landscape, an activity interpreted as evidence of a change in the

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and analysis of pollen and occasionally insects in buried soils have shown that the environment of lowland Britain changed around 4250–4000 BC. During the Neolithic period, argillic (clayey) brownearths reigned in the landscape formed by the acidifying conditions of a closed woodland, becoming

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in 1993, those assembled divide into two groups, one referred to as the God party and the other as the Goddess party. Those with the Goddess party go to the "Devil's Chair" at the southern entrance to the Avebury henge, where a woman representing the spirit guardian of the site and the Goddess who

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Alexander Keiller and Stuart Piggott published short reports from the excavations, however the outbreak of World War II, Keiller's failing health and dwindling finances, and Piggott's career which took him abroad during the war and into new archaeological projects post war, meant that they did not

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The purpose which Neolithic people had for the Avebury monument has remained elusive, although many archaeologists have postulated about its meaning and usage. Many suggest that the henge could have been a meeting place for the citizens of the area for seasonal fairs or festivals. During that time

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viewpoint to the monument, believed that the way in which the Avenue had been constructed in juxtaposition to Avebury, the Sanctuary, Silbury Hill and West Kennet Long Barrow had been intentional, commenting that "the Avenue carefully orchestrated passage through the landscape which influenced how

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speaks through her sits in the chair-like cove in the southern face of the sarsen stone. Meanwhile, those following the God party process around the outer bank of the henge to the southern entrance, where they are challenged as to their intent and give offerings (often of flowers, fruit, bread or

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Stukeley was disgusted by the destruction of the sarsen stones in the monument, and named those local farmers and builders who were responsible. He remarked that "this stupendous fabric, which for some thousands of years, had brav'd the continual assaults of weather, and by the nature of it, when

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in the popular imagination of the locals. The largest stone at the southern entrance became known as the Devil's Chair, the three stones that once formed the Beckhampton Cove became known as the Devil's Quoits and the stones inside the North Circle became known as the Devil's Brand-Irons. At some

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that vehemently denounced things considered to be "pagan", which would have included pre-Christian monuments like Avebury. The majority of the standing stones that had been a part of the monument for thousands of years were smashed up to be used as building material for the local area. This was

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techniques. Environmental factors may also have made a contribution. The long grassland area formed a dense vegetational mat which eventually led to the decalcification of the soil profile. In the Mesolithic period, woodland was dominated by alder, lime, elm and oak. There is a major decline in

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have interpreted Avebury and its neighbouring prehistoric monuments differently from academics. These interpretations have been defined by professional archaeologist Aubrey Burl as being "more phony than factual", and in many cases "entirely untenable". Such inaccurate ideas originated with

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Due to the fact that various Pagan, and in particular Druid groups, perform their ceremonies at the site, a rota has been established, whereby the Loyal Arthurian Warband (LAW), the Secular Order of Druids (SOD) and the Glastonbury Order of Druids (GOD) use it on Saturdays, whilst the

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under one of the toppled stones in 1938. He had been carrying a leather pouch, in which were three silver coins dated to around 1320–25, as well as a pair of iron scissors and a lancet. From these latter two items, the archaeologists surmised that he had probably been a travelling

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believed that the Iron Age Britons living in the region would not have known when, why or by whom the monument had been constructed, perhaps having some vague understanding that it had been built by an earlier society or considering it to be the dwelling of a supernatural entity.

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and later artefacts collected from across the Avebury landscape. As well as financing excavations at Avebury, Alexander Keiller demolished some newer structures and built the museum now bearing his name. The museum is housed in the 17th-century stables, and is operated by

1645:, which had been published in 1723. Whereas Stukeley claimed that Avebury and related prehistoric monuments were the creations of the druids, Twining thought that they had been constructed by the later Romans, justifying his conclusion on the fact that Roman writers like 1529:, in 1586, he made no mention of it. He rectified this for his English language version in 1610, but even in this he only included a fleeting reference to the monument at "Abury", believing it to have been "an old camp". In 1634, it was once more referenced, this time in 1448:

or even the Devil himself. The event appears to have left a significant influence on the minds of the local villagers, for records show that in the 18th and 19th centuries there were still legends being told in the community about a man being crushed by a falling stone.

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who journeyed between market towns offering his services. It appears that the death of the barber-surgeon prevented the locals from pulling down further stones, perhaps fearing that it had in some way been retribution for toppling them in the first place, enacted by a

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In April 2003, during preparations to straighten some of the stones, one was found to extend at least 2.1 metres (7 ft) below ground. It was estimated to weigh more than 100 tons, making it one of the largest found in the UK. Later that year, a

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invaded southern Britain, making alliances with certain local monarchs and subsuming the Britons under their own political control. Southern and central Britain would remain a part of the Empire until the early 5th century, in a period now known as

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survey of the southeast and northeast quadrants of the circle by the National Trust revealed at least 15 of the megaliths lying buried. The survey identified their sizes, the direction in which they are lying, and where they fitted in the circle.

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the rest of the henge, and that it may therefore have been erected centuries or even millennia before the henge was actually built. They compared this with similar wooden posts that had been erected in southern Britain during the Mesolithic at

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A great deal of interest surrounds the morphology of the stones, which are usually described as being in one of two categories; tall and slender, or short and squat. This has led to numerous theories relating to the importance of gender in

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In the 4th millennium BC, around the start of the Neolithic period in Britain, British society underwent radical changes. These coincided with the introduction of domesticated species of animals and plants, as well as a changing

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in the ditch-fill but he did recover scattered human bones, amongst which jawbones were particularly well represented. At a depth of about 2 metres (7 ft), Gray found the complete skeleton of a 1.5-metre (5 ft) tall woman.

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The museum was first built to house Keiller's collection of artefacts from Windmill Hill and Avebury, with artefacts brought to the site from his Charles Street, London, address in 1938. The collections feature artefacts mostly of

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and visited Avebury and its surrounding prehistoric monuments via a newly constructed road. Evidence of visitors at the monument during this period has been found in the form of Roman-era pottery sherds uncovered from the ditch.

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The question of access to the site at certain times of the year has been controversial and the National Trust, who steward and protect the site, have held discussions with a number of groups. The National Trust have discouraged

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as an inspector of monuments and was the curator of Avebury's Alexander Keiller Museum, it is possible that the monuments associated with Neolithic sites such as Avebury and Stonehenge constituted ritual or ceremonial centres.

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in the 18th century and the later Druid Vow are typically recited. One particular group, known as the Gorsedd of Bards of Caer Abiri, focus almost entirely upon holding their rites at the prehistoric site, referring to it as

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developed an interest in Avebury and West Kennet Avenue while conducting excavations at nearby Windmill Hill. Keiller decided that the best way to preserve Avebury was to purchase it in its entirety. Keiller was heir to the

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for the River Kennet and supports local springs and seasonal watercourses. The monument stands slightly above the local landscape, sitting on a low chalk ridge 160 m (520 ft) above sea level; to the east are the

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dating from the early 4th and 3rd millennia BC. Five distinct areas of Neolithic activity have been identified within 500 m (1,600 ft) of Avebury; they include a scatter of flints along the line of the

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by archaeologists from the Universities of Leicester and Southampton indicated 'an apparently unique square megalithic monument within the Avebury circles' which may be one of the earliest structures on this site.

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created illustrations, plans and section drawings. Upwards of 50 men from across Wiltshire served as 'hands' during the excavations over the 6 year period, doing the hard work of digging and re-erecting stones.

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believed that rituals would have been performed at Avebury by Neolithic peoples in order "to appease the malevolent powers of nature" that threatened their existence, such as the winter cold, death and disease.

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travelled through Wiltshire and made note of the existence of Avebury and its neighbouring prehistoric monuments. Despite this, Avebury remained relatively unknown to anyone but locals and when the antiquarian

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in 1943, and they went on to acquire further farmland in the area. The National Trust had a policy to demolish houses within the circle as they fell vacant, but by 1976, those remaining were allowed to stand.

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The ditches and banks of Avebury henge have yielded radiocarbon dates around 2900–2600 cal BC (Pitts and Whittle 1992), 3040–2780 cal BC (Cleal 2001, 63) and 2840–2460 cal BC (Pollard and Cleal 2004, 121)

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In 1829, the foot of the Cove stone was dug to a 'yard' in depth, and in 1833 Henry Browne claimed to find evidence for 'burnt human sacrifices' also at the Cove in the north-east sector. in 1865, the

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Nearer the middle of the monument are two additional, separate stone circles. The northern inner ring is 98 metres (322 ft) in diameter, but only two of its four standing stones remain upright. A

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The chronology of Avebury's construction is unclear. It was not designed as a single monument, but is the result of various projects that were undertaken at different times during late prehistory.

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When a new village school was built in 1969 there was a further opportunity to examine the site, and in 1982 an excavation to produce carbon dating material and environmental data was undertaken.

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Late Neolithic Britons also appeared to have changed their religious beliefs, ceasing to construct the large chambered tombs that are widely thought by archaeologists to have been connected with

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The area was originally a mix of deep argillic brownearths on clay-rich areas along with calcareous (chalky) brownearths that were "predisposed" to transforming into grassland. The change to a

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The henge, although clearly forming an imposing boundary to the circle, could have had a purpose that was not defensive as the ditch is on the inside (this is the defining characteristic of a

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Pollen is poorly preserved in the chalky soils found around Avebury, so the best evidence for the state of local environment at any time in the past comes from the study of the deposition of

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was unsure if the stones had been built by the Romans or the ancient Britons, but Stukeley was confident that the Avebury and associated sites were much older than the Roman period.

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armies from Denmark came into conflict with Anglo-Saxon groups in the area around Avebury, and it may be that they destroyed Avebury village, for the local prehistoric monument of

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suggested the possibility that Avebury first gained some sort of ceremonial significance during the Late Mesolithic period. As evidence, they highlighted the existence of a

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with the taller stones considered "male" and the shorter ones "female". The stones were not dressed in any way and may have been chosen for their pleasing natural forms.

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sites. Ancestor worship on a huge scale could have been one of the purposes of the monument and would not necessarily have been mutually exclusive with any male/female

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noted that the addition of the stones to the henge occurred at a similar date to the construction of Silbury Hill and the major building projects at Stonehenge and

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sponsored excavations which put a trench through the bank of the south-east sector, which gave the first indication that the earthwork was built in two phases.

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supported A. C. Smith and W. Cunnington to spend a week directing excavations in fourteen places, including around the Cove; they found no human bones. In 1894

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suggests dates of 3000 BC for the central cove, 2900 BC for the inner stone circle, 2600 BC for the outer circle and henge, and around 2400 BC for the avenues.

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commanded Aubrey to come to him and describe the site, which he did in July 1663. The two subsequently travelled to visit it together on the monarch's trip to

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The skeletal remains of the man, likely a barber-surgeon, who was killed in an accident whilst trying to topple the stones at Avebury in the early 14th century

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shells. Different species of snail live in specific habitats, so the presence of a certain species indicates what the area was like at a particular time.

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During excavations in 1938, Keiller's team excavated the skeleton of a man from beneath Stone 38 (Stone 9 using Isobel Smith's system), now known as the

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was fortified and used as a defensive position, apparently by a local Anglo-Saxon population attempting to protect themselves from Viking aggression.

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people could move and what they could see, emphasising connections between places and maximising the spectacle of moving between these monuments."

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took an interest in Avebury during the 17th and 18th centuries, respectively, and recorded much of the site between various phases of destruction.

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The human bones found by Gray point to some form of funerary purpose and have parallels in the disarticulated human bones often found at earlier

1682:) purchased much of the available land in the monument, and encouraged other buyers to build their houses outside rather than within the henge. 3653: 2012:(1872) put forward the idea that the megalithic monument had been constructed in the Early Mediaeval period to commemorate the final battle of 1426:, England had been entirely converted to Christianity, and Avebury, being an evidently non-Christian monument, began to be associated with the 279: 6706: 6686: 4852: 4526: 4504: 4279: 4249: 4202: 4164: 4117: 4062: 4043: 4024: 3970: 2987: 2610: 2228: 1661:

had described these megaliths in their works, and that such monuments must have therefore been constructed between the two sets of accounts.

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achieved by lighting a fire to heat the sarsen, then pouring cold water on it to create weaknesses in the rock, and finally smashing at the

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was published in 1695, which described the monument at "Aubury" in more detail. This entry had been written by the antiquarian and writer

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In the latter part of the 17th and then the 18th centuries, destruction at Avebury reached its peak, possibly influenced by the rise of

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Following Stukeley, other writers produced inaccurate theories about how Avebury was built and by whom. The Reverend R. Weaver, in his

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woodland, and as the Neolithic progressed, the woodland around Avebury and the nearby monuments receded and was replaced by grassland.

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claimed through social media and a press release that their rangers were moving one of the stones in order to realign the circle with

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The history of the site before the construction of the henge is uncertain, because little datable evidence has emerged from modern

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The two large stones at the Southern Entrance had an unusually smooth surface, likely due to having stone axes polished on them.

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environment from damp, heavy soils and expanses of dense forest was mostly brought about by farmers, probably through the use of

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Alongside its usage as a sacred site amongst Pagans, the prehistoric monument has become a popular attraction for those holding

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in a co-listing with the monuments at Stonehenge, 17 miles (27 km) to the south, in 1986. It is now listed as part of the

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Haunted spaces, sacred places : a field guide to stone circles, crop circles, ancient tombs, and supernatural landscapes

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marmalade business and was able to use his wealth to acquire much of the site between 1924 and 1939. He also acquired

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inside the henge. In the 1870s, to prevent further construction on the site, the wealthy politician and archaeologist

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The site was surveyed and excavated intermittently between 1908 and 1922 by a team of workmen under the direction of

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The available evidence suggests that in the early Neolithic, Avebury and the surrounding hills were covered in dense

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pollen around 4500 BC, but an increase in grasses from 4500 BC to 3200 BC and the first occurrence of cereal pollen.

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of three stones stood in the middle, its entrance facing northeast. Taking experiments undertaken at the megalithic

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who, in the ancient period crossed the Atlantic Ocean to build the great megalithic monuments of southern Britain.

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Orkney, eastern Scotland, Anglesey, the upper Thames, Wessex, Essex, Yorkshire and the river valleys of the Wash.

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Cleal, R and Montague, R. 2001 "Neolithic and Early Bronze Age", in A. Chadburn and M. Pomeroy-Kellinger (eds.),

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The postulated original layout of Avebury, published in a late 19th-century edition of the Swedish encyclopaedia

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had not referred to stone circles when discussing the Iron Age Britons, whereas Late Mediaeval historians like

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The site lies at the centre of a collection of Neolithic and early Bronze Age monuments and was inscribed as a

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Richards, Colin (1996). "Monuments as Landscape: creating the centre of the world in late Neolithic Orkney".

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and its associated settlement of Avebury Trusloe, and in the nearby hamlets of Beckhampton and West Kennett.

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that were established in this region during the Neolithic. Its monuments comprise the henge and associated

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illustrated the stones and facial reconstructions for the human remains found across the landscape; and

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This article is about the prehistoric site. For the modern village and civil parish containing it, see

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British Archaeology, Issue no 48, October 1999, "Lost skeleton of `barber-surgeon' found in museum"

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section during which poems, songs and stories are publicly performed. The Druid Prayer composed by

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or the Roman Iron Age. It was during this Roman period that tourists came from the nearby towns of

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stone circle in the world. It is both a tourist attraction and a place of religious importance to

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By the late 1970s the site was being visited by around a quarter of a million visitors annually.

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of paired stones, leads from the southeastern entrance of the henge; and traces of a second, the

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were constructed in the nearby vicinity of Avebury several centuries before the henge was built.

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Boundary and key sites for the Avebury section of the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site

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In 939, the earliest known written record of the monument was made in the form of a charter of

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The Most Notable Antiquity of Great Britain, Vulgarly called Stone-Heng on Salisbury Plain

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is now the modern day visitor car park, in 1976. The museum collections are owned by the

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Landscape of the Megaliths: Excavation and Fieldwork on the Avebury Monuments, 1997–2003

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Landscape of the Megaliths: excavation and fieldwork on the Avebury monuments 1997–2003

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William Stukeley : science, religion and archaeology in eighteenth-century England

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opera; however, further antiquarian investigation was prevented by the outbreak of the

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During the Early Mediaeval period, there were signs of settlement at Avebury, with a

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Sacred Sites Contested Rites/Rights: Pagan Engagements with Archaeological Monuments

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co-directed excavations; local archaeologist William E. V. Young served as Foreman;

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more chalky as a result of clearance and anthropogenic (human-made) interference.

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which venerated a selection of deities, the most notable of whom were apparently

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square miles (23 square kilometres). Avebury lies in an area of chalkland in the

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Pagan Themes in Modern Children's Fiction: Green Man, Shamanism, Earth Mysteries

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Fragments from Antiquity: An Archaeology of Social Life in Britain, 2900–1200 BC

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Pitts, Michael W. & Whittle, A. (1992). "Development and date of Avebury".

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and later periods. The museum also features the skeleton of a child nicknamed "

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Constructed over several hundred years in the third millennium BC, during the

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Baggs, A.P.; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H. (1983). Crowley, D.A. (ed.).

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The Old Stones: A Field Guide to the Megalithic Sites of Britain and Ireland

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to be a "British Temple", and believing it to having been fashioned by the

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Hill was a major, extra-regional focus for gatherings and feasting events.

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suggests that the henge was made by the middle of the third millennium BC.

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suggested that Avebury was constructed with a site-to-site alignment with

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was the first to suggest that the stones were built by Romans in his book

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in the late 17th century, who believed that Avebury had been built by the

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The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and Legacy

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Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society Bi-Annual Bulletin

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barn houses a permanent exhibit gallery about Avebury and its history.

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Windmill Hill and Avebury. Excavations by Alexander Keiller, 1925–1939

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Windmill Hill and Avebury: Excavations by Alexander Keiller 1925–1939

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to find and re-erect fallen or buried stones, and to build concrete '

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Prehistoric Britain from the air: a study of space, time and society

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are responsible for initiating modern study of the Avebury monument.

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Grant King, Denis (1972). "William E. V. Young, FSA (Scot), BEM".

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Archaeological Research Agenda for the Avebury World Heritage Site

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own shop. The other, known as The Henge Shop, focuses on selling

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around the site in the belief that they might be able to detect

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William Stukeley's drawing of the stones being broken up by fire

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suggested that its form may have been different. Gray found few

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Avebury has been adopted as a sacred site by many adherents of

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was an original Neolithic feature of the henge's architecture.

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Avebury's association with crop circles invokes the theory of

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scanning) shows the huge bank and ditch surrounding the stones

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Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites World Heritage Site

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Adkins, Roy; Adkins, Lesley & Leitch, Victoria (2008).

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published his Latin language guide to British antiquities,

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overseeing a project to reconstruct much of the monument.

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Britain BC: Life in Britain and Ireland before the Romans

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The Stonehenge and Avebury landscape became a designated

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Stukeley published his findings and theories in a book,

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Childe, Vere Gordon; Daniel, Glyn Edmund, eds. (1989).

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Pagan, New Age and alternative archaeological sources

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The pastmasters: eleven modern pioneers of archaeology

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Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine

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Druidic rites held at Avebury are commonly known as

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Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society

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period in Britain lasted from circa 11,600 to 7,800

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Oxford Univ Pr on Demand. p. 100. 2962:"The man who made Avebury's stone circle" 1710:Keiller sold some of his property to the 1581:in the village, a fundamentalist form of 1073:The archaeologist Aaron Watson, taking a 832:flint, animal bones, and pottery such as 51:South Inner Circle of Avebury in May 2014 4762:Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites 4681:Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape 3805:"Heritage Key: Alexander Keiller Museum" 1558:With the war over, a new edition of the 1506:that Avebury was first recognised as an 1358:The early Anglo-Saxon settlers followed 1119:In his study of those examples found at 428:Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites 260:Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites 2112: 2082:– a television series filmed at Avebury 1936:Department for Culture, Media and Sport 1665:Victorian period and early 20th century 1543:(1642–51), which was waged between the 868:on the Late Neolithic in Britain (2005) 6682:National Trust properties in Wiltshire 4914:The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales 4352:Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 3452: 3450: 3448: 2911:"The History of the Avebury Monuments" 2741: 2739: 1946:Various non-archaeologists as well as 1070:, lead out from the western entrance. 949:worlds above and beneath the ground." 4538:Rude Stone Monuments in All Countries 4135:. 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