Avebury (redirected from Avebury stone circle)

Avebury (ā`bərē), village, Wiltshire, S central England. The village, with a medieval church and Elizabethan manor house, lies within

Avebury Circle, a Neolithic circular group of upright stones that is older and larger than Stonehenge but not so well preserved. The village and the circle have belonged to the nation since 1943 and are administered by the National Trust. To the south of Avebury is the similarly ancient Silbury Hill, the largest prehistoric artificial mound in Europe, 130 ft (39.6 m) high and covering more than 5 acres (2 hectares) at its base.

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Avebury

Village, Wiltshire, England, lying partly within one of the largest prehistoric sites in Europe. The site occupies 28.5 acres (11.5 hectares) and contains vast megalithic remains, including chalk blocks and sandstone pillars placed in circles. Its date and origin are uncertain. Kennet Avenue, a route into the interior of the great circle, linked Avebury with a temple 1 mi (1.6 km) away.

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Avebury

a village in Wiltshire, site of an extensive Neolithic stone circle

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Avebury 

a complex of megalithic sanctuaries and tombs dating from the Neolithic period and early Bronze Age (2100–1650 B.C.), near the village of the same name in Wiltshire, Great Britain. It includes a large cromlech about 350 m in diameter, consisting of about 100 stone pillars weighing up to 50 tons each and surrounded by an earthen bank and ditch. Within this cromlech are two smaller ones, each about 108 m in diameter. An avenue of mehhirs, 2.3 km long, leads from the south of this complex to the cromlech of Overton Hill, which consists of two concentric circles. A number of long barrows and megalithic tombs are located near Avebury.