Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
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Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites is a UNESCO
World Heritage Site
located in Wiltshire
, England. The WHS covers two large areas of land separated by nearly 30 miles (48.3 km), rather than a specific monument or building. The sites were inscribed as co-listings in 1986.
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Alexander Keiler Museum
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
World Heritage Site
World Heritage Site
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located in Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
, England. The WHS covers two large areas of land separated by nearly 30 miles (48.3 km), rather than a specific monument or building. The sites were inscribed as co-listings in 1986.
Stonehenge and Associated Monuments
The Stonehenge area of the WHS is located in south Wiltshire. It covers an area of 26 square km and is centred on the prehistoric monument of StonehengeStonehenge
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about west of Amesbury and north of Salisbury. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of a circular setting of large standing stones set within earthworks...
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Monuments in the Stonehenge WHS
- StonehengeStonehengeStonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about west of Amesbury and north of Salisbury. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of a circular setting of large standing stones set within earthworks...
- Stonehenge AvenueStonehenge AvenueStonehenge Avenue is an ancient avenue marked as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Discovered in the 18th century, it measures nearly 3 kilometers, connecting Stonehenge with the River Avon...
- Stonehenge CursusStonehenge CursusThe Stonehenge Cursus is a large Neolithic cursus monument next to Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England....
- The Lesser Cursus
- Durrington WallsDurrington WallsDurrington Walls is the site of a large Neolithic settlement and later henge enclosure located in the Stonehenge World Heritage Site. It is 2 miles north-east of Stonehenge in the parish of Durrington, just north of Amesbury...
- WoodhengeWoodhengeWoodhenge is a Neolithic Class I henge and timber circle monument located in the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in Wiltshire, England. It is north-east of Stonehenge in the parish of Durrington, just north of Amesbury.-Discovery:...
- Coneybury Henge (a henge that has been ploughed flat http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/6727/coneybury_henge_site.html)
- King Barrow Ridge (http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/stonehengeinteractivemap/sites/king_barrow_ridge/01.html) (broken link, June 2010)
- Winterbourne Stoke Barrows
- Normanton Down BarrowsNormanton Down BarrowsNormanton Down is a Neolithic and Bronze Age barrow cemetery located south of Stonehenge in the county of Wiltshire, England. It dates from between 2600 and 1600 BC and consists of a Neolithic long barrow and Bronze Age round barrows.- Excavations :...
, including Bush BarrowBush BarrowBush Barrow is a site of the early British Bronze Age , at the western end of the Normanton Down Barrows cemetery. It is among the most important sites of the Stonehenge complex. It was excavated in 1808 by Sir Richard Colt Hoare and William Cunnington... - Vespasian's CampVespasian's CampVespasian's Camp is an Iron Age Hillfort in the town of Amesbury, Wiltshire, England. It is located less than 2 miles from the older Neolithic and Bronze Age monument of Stonehenge and was built on a hill next to the Stonehenge Avenue.-Etymology:...
- Robin Hood's BallRobin Hood's BallRobin Hood’s Ball is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure located on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. It is approximately 5 miles from the town of Amesbury, and 2.5 miles from Stonehenge.-Etymology:...
(an associated monument located just north of the WHS boundary) - BluestonehengeBluestonehenge"Bluestonehenge" or "Bluehenge" is a prehistoric henge and stone circle monument that was discovered by the Stonehenge Riverside Project about south-east of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England...
- Stonehenge Landscape
- Stonehenge New Henge
Avebury and Associated Monuments
The Avebury area of the WHS is located in northern Wiltshire. It covers an area of 22.5 square km and is centred on the prehistoric Avebury HengeAvebury
Avebury is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles which is located around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, south west England. Unique amongst megalithic monuments, Avebury contains the largest stone circle in Europe, and is one of the best known prehistoric sites in Britain...
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Monuments in the Avebury WHS
- Avebury HengeAveburyAvebury is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles which is located around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, south west England. Unique amongst megalithic monuments, Avebury contains the largest stone circle in Europe, and is one of the best known prehistoric sites in Britain...
- West Kennet AvenueKennet AvenueKennet Avenue or West Kennet Avenue is a prehistoric site in the English county of Wiltshire.It was an avenue of two parallel lines of stones 25m wide and 2.5 km in length which ran between the Neolithic sites of Avebury and The Sanctuary...
- Beckhampton AvenueBeckhampton AvenueThe Beckhampton Avenue a curving prehistoric avenue of stones that ran broadly south west from Avebury towards The Longstones at Beckhampton in the English county of Wiltshire. It probably dates to the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age....
- West Kennet Long BarrowWest Kennet Long BarrowThe West Kennet Long Barrow is a Neolithic tomb or barrow, situated on a prominent chalk ridge, near Silbury Hill, one-and-a-half miles south of Avebury in Wiltshire, England. The site was recorded by John Aubrey in the 17th century and by William Stukeley in the 18th century.Archaeologists...
- The SanctuaryThe SanctuaryThe Sanctuary is a prehistoric site on Overton Hill located around 5 miles west of Marlborough in the English county of Wiltshire.It is part of a wider Neolithic landscape which includes the nearby sites of Silbury Hill, West Kennet Long Barrow and Avebury, to which The Sanctuary was linked by the...
- Silbury HillSilbury HillSilbury Hill is a prehistoric artificial chalk mound near Avebury in the English county of Wiltshire. It is part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites UNESCO World Heritage Site, and lies at ....
- Windmill Hill
Museum and Archive collections
The most important collections from the World Heritage Site are held at theAlexander Keiler Museum
- Salisbury Museum
- Wiltshire Heritage MuseumWiltshire Heritage MuseumThe Wiltshire Heritage Museum, formerly known as Devizes Museum, is a museum, archive and library and art gallery in Devizes, Wiltshire, England. The museum was established and is still run by, the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society , a registered charity founded in 1853. After...