Avebury pages 1 introduction 2 history 3 sights & sites 4 getting there 5 practical information 6 links 7 travel article 8 photo gallery   contributors impressum index of contents sitemap Other places on My Favourite Planet   France:    Paris Greece:    Kastellorizo    Kavala    Patmos    Pella    Samos    Samothraki    Veria Turkey    Ephesus    Selçuk    Kuşadası    Pergamon home   news   galleries   places   about MFP   contribute   contact   blogs My Favourite Planet > English > Europe > United Kingdom > England > Avebury > gallery Avebury photos of Avebury, Wiltshire, England 1 of 67 Signpost to West Kennet Long Barrow on the road side of the A4, near the parking areas. 67 photos of Avebury and surrounding area.   photos and text: © David John photos 2 - 5   Swallowhead Springs The footpath from the main road (A4) to West Kennet Long Barrow crosses the River Kennet near the sacred springs.   photos 6 - 17   West Kennet Long Barrow Neolithic stone chambered tomb, over 5,500 years old photos 18 - 21   Silbury Hill huge neolithic mound. From the A4 at West Kennet, a footpath leads past Silbury Hill, over Waden Hill, along West Kennet Avenue and on to Avebury Henge and village.   photos 22 - 44   West Kennet Avenue Neolithic way, lined by megaliths photos 45 - 57   Avebury Henge Remains of concentric stone circles, surrounding ditch and bank, built between 2600 and 2100 BC.   photos 58 - 65   Avebury village built in the middle of the Henge photo 66   Marlborough White Horse carved into chalk hillside by local schoolchildren in 1804.   photo 67   Swindon car park sunset Back to modern civilization and the shock of the nothing new. Some of the information and photographs in this Avebury section of My Favourite Planet first appeared in 2005 on www.davidjohnberlin.com. < page 1: introduction to Avebury Copyright © 2003-2010 My Favourite Planet  |  contributors  |  impressum  |  index of contents  |  sitemap english deutsch   my-favourite-planet.com website design Ursa Major