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Avebury Stone Circle Wiltshire megalithic monument Three of the great standing stones at this World Heritage Site. The great stone circle is over 400 metres wide, originally made up of nearly 100 stones. The megaliths are called sarsen ('Saracen') stones – also known as grey-wethers, because they are said to resemble grazing sheep in fog. The outer circle dates from around 2500 BC, and contains two smaller circles dating from around 2600 BC. This makes Avebury older than Stonehenge. In the 1700s many stones were toppled over, then heated up and cooled down so that they split and could be used as building materials. There are two plans of the Avebury ('Abury') site (url=http://www.fromoldbooks.org/OldEngland/pages/0026-Abury-Plan-and-Section/ t=_blank)here(/url) and (url=http://www.fromoldbooks.org/OldEngland/pages/0027-Abury-Extended-Plan/ t=_blank)here(/url). The second one shows the long snake-like procession of stones, miles long, leading to the site from both directions. England Stock Photo
Three of the great standing stones at this World Heritage Site. The great stone circle is over 400 metres wide, originally made up of nearly 100 stones. The megaliths are called sarsen ('Saracen') stones – also known as grey-wethers, because they are said to resemble grazing sheep in fog. The outer circle dates from around 2500 BC, and contains two smaller circles dating from around 2600 BC. This makes Avebury older than Stonehenge. In the 1700s many stones were toppled over, then heated up and cooled down so that they split and could be used as building materials. There are two plans of the Avebury ('Abury') site (url=http://www.fromoldbooks.org/OldEngland/pages/0026-Abury-Plan-and-Section/ t=_blank)here(/url) and (url=http://www.fromoldbooks.org/OldEngland/pages/0027-Abury-Extended-Plan/ t=_blank)here(/url). The second one shows the long snake-like procession of stones, miles long, leading to the site from both directions.

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Three of the great standing stones at this World Heritage Site. The great stone circle is over 400 metres wide, originally made up of nearly 100 stones. The megaliths are called sarsen ('Saracen') stones – also known as grey-wethers, because they are said to resemble grazing sheep in fog. The outer circle dates from around 2500 BC, and contains two smaller circles dating from around 2600 BC. This makes Avebury older than Stonehenge. In the 1700s many stones were toppled over, then heated up and cooled down so that they split and could be used as building materials. There are two plans of the Avebury ('Abury') site (url=http://www.fromoldbooks.org/OldEngland/pages/0026-Abury-Plan-and-Section/ t=_blank)here(/url) and (url=http://www.fromoldbooks.org/OldEngland/pages/0027-Abury-Extended-Plan/ t=_blank)here(/url). The second one shows the long snake-like procession of stones, miles long, leading to the site from both directions.

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