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Cove (standing stones)

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placed together to give the impression of a box. An opening between the stones, oriented south east, is also a feature.
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They may have developed from the elaborate facades that fronted Neolithic
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Stanton Drew
standing stones
Neolithic
Bronze Age
England
henge
stone circle
avenue
orthostats
long barrows
The Longstones
Wiltshire
Avebury Henge
Stanton Drew
Somerset
Mount Pleasant henge
Dorset
Dolmen
Megalithic architectural elements
Menhir
Historic England
"Avebury Long Stones (1008104)"
National Heritage List for England
"Stanton Drew Circles and Cove"
Coves, structural enigmas of the Neolithic
Category
Types of monuments and memorials

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