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Signpost to West Kennet Long Barrow on the A4 road, Avebury, Wiltshire at My Favourite Planet

Signpost to West Kennet Long Barrow on the A4 road, near the parking areas.
 
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67 pages of photos of Avebury and the surrounding area.
 

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pages 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 of West Kennet Long Barrow, Wiltshire at My Favourite Planet

pages 6 - 17
 

West Kennet Long Barrow

Neolithic stone chambered tomb, over 5,500 years old
 

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pages 18 - 21
 

Silbury Hill

From the A4 at West Kennet, a footpath leads past the huge neolithic mound Silbury Hill, over Waden Hill, along West Kennet Avenue and on to Avebury Henge and village.
 

photos of West Kennet Avenue, Wiltshire at My Favourite Planet

pages 23 - 44
 

West Kennet Avenue

Neolithic way, lined by megaliths
 

photos of Avebury Henge, Wiltshire at My Favourite Planet

pages 45 - 57
 

Avebury Henge

Remains of concentric stone circles, surrounding ditch and bank, built between 2600 and 2100 BC.
 

photos of Avebury village, Wiltshire at My Favourite Planet

pages 58 - 65
 

Avebury village

built in the middle of the Henge
 

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page 66
 

Marlborough White Horse

carved into chalk hillside by local schoolchildren in 1804.
 

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page 67
 

Swindon car park sunset

Back to modern civilization and the shock of the nothing new.
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