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<< Our Photo Pages >> Longstone Cove - Standing Stones in England in Wiltshire

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Longstone Cove Alternative Name: Adam and Eve stones; Beckhampton Avenue
Country: England County: Wiltshire Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Marlborough  Nearest Village: Avebury
Map Ref: SU0888769301  Landranger Map Number: 173
Latitude: 51.422652N  Longitude: 1.873578W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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NDM visited on 1st Feb 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4

TheCaptain visited on 18th Sep 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Legs working well after the first chiro session. Back to Avebury and walked around the henge and stones before a pint in the Red Lion. Still fairly early and legs feeling good, so walked down the route of the Beckhampton Avenue to Adam and Eve and a huge longbarrow before going back To Avebury and the car.

SandyG visited on 7th Aug 2016 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 5

trystan_hughes visited on 1st Dec 2015 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5

jeffrep visited on 27th May 2011 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

markj99 visited on 9th Feb 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 The two remaining stones remind me how impressive the cove and avenue would have been before all the stones were moved. We can however be grateful that Adam and Eve have survived to tell the tale.

johnstone visited on 30th Jun 2010 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5

graemefield saw from a distance on 1st Jan 2010 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3

TheCaptain visited on 4th Oct 1998 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue

NickyD visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5

ocifant have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4 Access: 4.3

Longstone Cove
Longstone Cove submitted by Humbucker : Longstones Cove basking in the sunlight on one of the last bright days of late Autumn 2018. The Ridgeway looms if the background. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This mutilated scheduled ancient monument lies on the west side of Avebury and was originally a double stone row of length 1300 metres sitting at an altitude of 152 metres. At its upper end sits a stone circle and henge and a possible pillar at its lower end. It sits in a context of other barrows in the surrounding landscape.

Longstone Cove has several alternative names, including the Adam and Eve stones and Beckhampton Avenue. The Pastscape record for this monument number 215601 tells us: "Beckhampton Avenue, an avenue of stones which, according to Stukeley, extended from the west entrance of Avebury across the Winterbourne, and on in a south-westerly direction south of the Long Stones ... one of which could have probably formed part of the Avenue, to a spot in the valley west of Beckhampton (SU 100690 to SU 082688, see plans and called by him Beckhampton Avenue. Stukeley considered its length equal to that of the West Kennet Avenue, with the transverse and longitudinal intervals of the stones similar. By the time Stukeley made his plans there remained only thirty-odd stones (all but three recumbent) some in pairs, out of possibly two hundred, and by the end of the 18th century nothing remained except the Long Stones."

According to the Modern Antiquarian record for this site, two stones from where this avenue met the main stone circle have been removed and sit opposite the churchyard, with others being incorporated into the bridge over the Winterbourne stream.

Update September 2019: This 'substantial stone row' is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain's website - see their entry for the Beckhampton Avenue, which includes a description, photographs, a simplified plan of the alignment and associated monuments, access information and links to other online resources for more information.

This site is also scheduled as Historic England List ID 1008104 (Avebury Long Stones 380m east of The Grange Stables, Beckhampton): "The stones are all that is known to survive of the suspected Beckhampton Avenue".
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Longstone Cove submitted by rldixon : Adam and Eve stones taken way back in 2004. (3 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Longstone Cove submitted by JJ : Aerial photo copyright JJ Evendon (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Longstone Cove submitted by postman : Hiding like a big cat in the long grass the kids never even saw the camera. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Longstone Cove submitted by jeffrep : Adam, One of the Two Stones at Longstone Cove near Avebury, Wiltshire, England. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Longstone Cove submitted by Horatio : The lichen adorned stone 'Adam' part of the Longstone Cove that was possibly the terminal part of the Beckhampton Avenue, with 'Eve' the other remaining stone, being one of these avenue stones. To me, Adam looks like the knight from a giant chessboard. (7 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Longstone Cove submitted by NickyD : Adam and Eve in December (NickyD) Image copyright: stonesearcher, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Longstone Cove submitted by postman : Adam and Eve, the day after the summer solstice 2006 (2 comments)

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Longstone Cove submitted by postman : Later in the morning of the day after the summer solstice 2006

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Longstone Cove submitted by rldixon : Adam & Eve stones taken in INFRA RED 2004

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Longstone Cove submitted by Blingo_von_Trumpenstein : Eve on a June afternoon. Enjoy

Longstone Cove - Adam and Eve
Longstone Cove - Adam and Eve submitted by JimChampion : This pair of sarsen stones are collectively known as the Beckhampton Longstones. Eve (on the left) is the only remaining stone in the Beckhampton Avenue. Adam (on the right in the foreground) is the only remaining stone in the Beckhampton Cove. Both are part of the neolithic monument centred on Avebury henge. The houses in the distance (to the right of the Adam stone) are at Avebury Truslow.

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Longstone Cove submitted by ocifant : Adam, outstanding in his field.

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Longstone Cove submitted by Thorgrim : Adam with Eve behind.

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Longstone Cove submitted by Bladup : Longstone Cove Stone and in the background is the last remaining Avenue Stone, I can't bring myself to use those terrible biblical names, The Christians were responsible for the destruction of countless ancient pagan sites, So i for one refuse to use names from their silly made up stories

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Longstone Cove submitted by Bladup : In the foreground is the remaining Avenue stone with the remaining Cove Stone visible in the background

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Longstone Cove submitted by Horatio : Longstone Cove, in the foreground is the stone known as Adam with the Eve stone behind. Due to the names given to these stones people wrongly consider them a pair. In fact the cove was made up of three massive slabs and Adam being one of the angled side stones or slabs. Eve would have been one of the last avenue stones prior to reaching the cove. Adam was originally mounted on one of its c... (2 comments)

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Longstone Cove submitted by MikeAttwell : Adam and Eve from the west. April 1979 (1 comment)

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Longstone Cove submitted by Humbucker : Longstones Cove. Adam & Eve taken looking East towards Avebury Trusloe.

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Longstone Cove submitted by Bladup : Longstone Cove in the winter.

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Longstone Cove submitted by Bladup : Longstone Cove in the summer.

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Longstone Cove submitted by Blingo_von_Trumpenstein : Adam and Eve on a barmy June afternoon. 1 RAW file processed into HDR then tone mapped to 8 bit with local adaptation, then colourized and level adjusted to create this RGB sepia effect image. Processing images is half the fun for me. Takes far longer than setting up the shot !! It also makes you really study the image . . . Enjoy

Longstone Cove - Adam
Longstone Cove - Adam submitted by JimChampion : This standing stone, known locally as 'Adam', is one of a pair called the Beckhampton Longstones. This stone is the only remaining stone in the Beckhampton Cove, a neolithic arrangement of megaliths. The other nearby stone, known as Eve, was part of a megalithic avenue emanating from the west side of Avebury henge. Despite its masculine name, this lozenge-shaped sarsen stone is supposed to have a ... (2 comments)

Longstone Cove - Eve
Longstone Cove - Eve submitted by JimChampion : This standing sarsen stone, known locally as 'Eve', is one of a pair called the Beckhampton Longstones. This stone is the only remaining stone in the Beckhampton Avenue, a megalithic avenue emanating from the west side of the Avebury henge (in the same way that the Kennet Avenue leads south from the henge). The other nearby stone, known as Adam, was part of a cove close by the Beckhampton Avenue. (1 comment)

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Longstone Cove submitted by ocifant : Wide view of the Beckhampton Avenue stones

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Re: Longstone Cove by 4seasonbackpacking on Wednesday, 28 November 2018
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Information board for the Beckhampton Avenue by Andy B on Wednesday, 24 February 2016
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Avebury’s other Avenue: A New Panel for Beckhampton Avenue

In July 2014 the World Heritage Site Coordination Unit put up a panel at the entrance to the Longstones Field with information for visitors on the buried Beckhampton Avenue. It shows the most likely route of the Avenue and how it relates to the other major monuments in the landscape.

We’d like to thank the archaeologists and other partner organisations who offered funding and advice on the contents of the panel and the landowner, Robin Butler, who protects the sensitive archaeology in the area by not ploughing the Longstones Field and allowing open access for visitors to visit the monument.

Why not come and explore beyond Avebury Henge and discover the hidden monuments within the World Heritage Site landscape.

http://www.wshc.eu/blog/item/avebury%E2%80%99s-other-avenue-a-new-panel-for-beckhampton-avenue.html
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