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Photo Pages: Avebury - Stone Circle in England in Wiltshire
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Submitted by Andy B on Wednesday, 07 October 2009 Page Views: 37348
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 Site Name: Avebury Country: England County: Wiltshire Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Marlborough Nearest Village: Avebury
Map Ref: SU102699 Landranger Map Number: 173
Latitude: 51.428016N Longitude: 1.854678W
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   Avebury submitted by h_fenton
Stone Circle in Wiltshire. As well as the main ~500m diameter circle there are the remains of two inner circular features, one of which may have been a horseshoe. Two Avenues (one now destroyed) connected to the circle.
Some statistics:
* The world's biggest stone circle
* Bank circumference: 1.5km, height: 17m area: 11.5ha
* Average stone weight: 40 tons
* Man-hours to construct: 1.5million
Archaeologists locate the remains of the 'lost' Beckampton Avenue.
The excavation, in August 1999 revealed the remains of six stone settings. These form an avenue that the excavators believe to be part of the 'Beckhampton Avenue' leading westwards from the henge, last recorded in the 1720s by the antiquarian William Stukeley. Continued on the University of Southampton press release This work is part of the four year Negotiating Avebury Project, which includes virtual reality modelling of the stones.
Much has been written about Avebury that I won't repeat here. I would especially recommend Prehistoric Avebury by Aubrey Burl and Michael Dames' book The Avebury Cycle, in which he discusses the relationship between the different features in the local landscape, including the local springs. He suggests these springs, such as the one at Swallowhead, between the West Kennet Barrow and Silbury Hill had special significance to the ancient inhabitants of the area.
Barry Cunliffe's Wessex to A.D. 1000 is useful in that it covers the background to all the monuments in this area, based on the many excavations.
Another interesting book is Places of Power by Paul Devereux, the second half of which covers Avebury. In the first part he gives his and others' theories on the significance of landscape on ancient man; from the Aborigines to those who left us so many similar myths, suggesting a deep-rooted source in the human subconscious. The Avebury half expands on his 1991 Antiquity Paper, 'Three-dimensional aspects of apparent relationships between natural and artificial features within the topography of the Avebury complex' (Antiquity 65: 894-8) In plain language that you can just see Silbury Hill from a small area inside the henge, a phenomenon we saw on our recent visit with Terence Meaden.
Access: Avebury village is well signposted. National Trust owned with full tourist facilities. Use the large car park.
Note: Events for Octoberl 2009, see comment.
More pictures in our eGallery: Avebury Complex
More pictures in our eGallery: Avebury Aerial
 Avebury submitted by JimChampion
Beech trees in silhouette on the bank at the southern entrance to Avebury henge. A very cold (but sunny) winter's day.
 Avebury submitted by JimChampion
As sunset approaches on New Year's Day the steps at the southern entrance to the henge are busy with visitors climbing for a better view of the henge.
 Avebury submitted by JimChampion
Stone 16 in the south-west quadrant of the great circle at Avebury. Lit by winter afternoon sun and photographed through a polarising filter.
 Avebury submitted by JimChampion
Stones in the south-west quadrant of the great circle. Stone 16 on the left in the foreground. A very chilly New Year's Day.
 avebury submitted by jackdaw1
taken @Avebury. entitled 'Spirit of the stones'
 Avebury submitted by DrewParsons
A view of the impressive ditch
 Avebury submitted by DrewParsons
A view across the ditch to the stone circles photographed in October 2009
 Avebury submitted by DrewParsons
The ditch and bank in profile. Originally 10 metres deep the ditch was a massive project estimated to have taken 300 people 25 years to construct. Excavations have uncovered bone shoves and antler picks at the lowest levels, then prehistoric pottery, flint tools and small pieces of human bone at the next level, then Roman pottery and Roman metal objects above those.
 Avebury submitted by DrewParsons
A view of the stones against the background of the mound behind the ditch
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Re: Avebury (Score: 1)
by Tristam on Sunday, 27 January 2002
(User Info | Send a Message) | | When I look these images I hear the calling of the ancient ones. The moon above the stones is wonderful... | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Avebury (Score: 1)
by gormer on Saturday, 01 November 2003
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Avebury's stone circle was enchanting, and the first I'd been to while in England (on a tip from Wiltshire locals, we visited Avebury instead of Stonehenge on a Saturday afternoon in midsummer--far less crowded). The tourist facilities do a decent job of interpreting the site--I don't think I would have enjoyed my trip half as much without knowing the quirky little side stories about the unfortunate Barber/Surgeon Stone, for instance, or about the "recycling" of Avebury stones in local architecture. Sadly, I didn't have time to visit the wealth of other sites in the immediate area beyond the stone circle, but I can see how Avebury could easily become a vacation in itself. | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Avebury (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Wednesday, 18 May 2005 | | elo! i went to avebury on a school trip, my friend fell down a hill!!! ha ha ha ha!! ther was loads of sheep poooooooooo! wich everyone was standing in!! the pub sounded like a gud idea!!! the stones were amazin, beta than i thought theyd be!! bye bye | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Avebury (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Monday, 04 July 2005 | | i went to avebury on a school trip and with my family,there were loads and loads and loads of pooooooooooooo!my friend fell down the hill and got stung all over his hand but i don't care, i alos went climbing itis lovly at night if your wondering how i know because i saw on T.V. | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Saddling up for solstice (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Wednesday, 21 June 2006 | | found the police at Avebury to be fantastic , although you saw them out and about and on their bikes ! what you noticed was their easy going nature and their sincerity to be part of the evening . Great community spirit and it was the same last year. Well done Guys . | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Avebury October events 2009 (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Sunday, 25 October 2009 | | Stone Tools workshop was really super. Learnt a great deal. Recommended very highly. Found a mesolithic flint blade in the middle of the Sanctuary en route, reported it to head archaeologist and now I am listed as the official finder!! Thanks megalithic for letting me know about this event - I had a really magical time. I can't see how it could have been better... | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Saddling up for solstice (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Thursday, 08 June 2006 | | Was there yesterday - truly magical!! Anyone recommend places to camp near Avebury over Solstice week? Bivvy bag in hand . . . | [ Reply to This ]
- Camping by Andy B on Thursday, 08 June 2006
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Saddling up for solstice (Score: 1)
by Andy B on Thursday, 08 June 2006
(User Info | Send a Message) | FOLLOWING on from the highly successful Blues n Zuz teenage discos run by Marlborough police, officers are about to launch the Blues on Twos.
That's what officers who will be carrying out bicycle patrols during the summer solstice celebrations in Avebury on June 21 are calling themselves.
The idea of having bicycle patrols was tested at the 2005 solstice gathering in Avebury.
PC Andy Sexton, who with PC Simon McLaren-Clark will be carrying out the patrols, said: "We tried it out last year and it was a fantastic success because we were able to hit the solstice people from a very community-based level."
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Both officers are keen leisure cyclists so are looking forward to patrolling the solstice from their saddles.
This year the force is providing the pair with brand new Smith and Wesson all terrain bicycles, which are expected to arrive in Marlborough tomorrow.
More:
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Solstice is celebrated (Score: 1)
by coldrum on Wednesday, 17 January 2007
(User Info | Send a Message) | TWENTY sun worshippers braved the cold to mark the winter solstice at Avebury.
Druid keeper of the stones Terry Dobney led a ceremony marking the important day on the pagan calendar.
While fog hid the sun, the group formed a circle within the stones.
Further south, confusion reigned at Stonehenge as English Heritage told a crowd assembled there that the solstice was not officially on until today.
About 60 people turned up to the circle in south Wiltshire only to be told it was the wrong day.
After negotiating with site managers English Heritage, the crowd performed traditional solstice activities before leaving peacefully.
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The Pagan celebration of Winter Solstice is one of the oldest winter celebrations in the world.
An English Heritage spokeswoman said most people assumed that because the summer solstice was on the 21st day of June that its winter counterpart occurred on the same date in December.
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Re: The importance of Waden Hill? (Score: 1)
by AngieLake on Wednesday, 25 July 2007
(User Info | Send a Message) | I've done a lot of photo-posting from my Wilts holiday this afternoon, and included one of the view I had from my seat in The Devil's Chair towards the summit of Waden Hill. After this [on the evening of 7/7/07], I walked to the top of Waden Hill to admire the view.
Following my recent visit to Wiltshire I wrote a long letter to my brother telling him about some of the highlights, including this part about Avebury, and my thoughts when I suddenly saw the significance of The Devil’s Chair and its view towards Waden Hill:
“. I roamed around filming and photographing, then sat in the Devil’s Chair…a huge portal stone on one side of the original entrance to the main circle inside the Henge at the South. This massive stone has a natural ‘seat’ feature in its southern face – over which the higher part of the stone forms a slight canopy.
I was struck by how, maybe, the ancient officiator at ceremonies during Avebury’s original important rituals might have sat here, waiting for something to happen – a ‘signal’, say, from the summit of Waden Hill, which [I measured with my compass that evening] was due South.
Waden Hill rises to the west of the West Kennett Avenue of standing stones, which leads sinuously south from Avebury henge/circle and used to end in a ceremonial area called ‘The Sanctuary’. If you climb to the top of Waden Hill you can look over to the mysterious Silbury Hill, a huge flat-topped mound (the largest man-made mound in Europe) like a collapsing sandcastle surrounded by a ditch, or moat, if it fills with rainwater. Silbury is also visible from ‘The Sanctuary’, and is visible from West Kennett Long Barrow, too. I’ve also seen it from the huge henge banks near the lane from the car park at Avebury.
It’s just possible that the summit of Waden Hill was the link to all these places.
It struck me while visiting West Kennett long barrow, that if someone important was being interred there, a ceremony on top of Silbury might start - maybe by lighting a fire? Meanwhile, anyone on top of Waden Hill, or to the East at The Sanctuary, would see this and start their own ceremony. Possibly a procession would set off from The Sanctuary and dance or walk up the Avenue? Likewise, anyone at the main henge at Avebury (and particularly someone sitting on the Devil’s Chair portal stone, who saw the signal given from the top of Waden Hill), would then start the accompanying ritual in Avebury’s sacred henge, knowing it would soon be joined by the procession from The Sanctuary.”
[Copyright: Angie Lake, July 2007] (for what it’s worth!)
I don’t recall reading this anywhere, though someone probably has already seen it?
I like to make my own mind up about things, then read about them later. Of course, all those 'built' features would have to be concurrent for my theory to work!
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Re: Avebury (south area of henge) (Score: 1)
by AngieLake on Thursday, 08 November 2007
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Does anyone know what happened to the Ring Stone? I see the stump of it is shown in a photo in Burl's book 'Prehistoric Avebury', but we don't seem to have a photo of it on Meg P. | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Avebury (south area of henge) (Score: 1)
by TwentyTrees on Friday, 09 November 2007
(User Info | Send a Message) | | See picture just uploaded taken in August with stump of ringstone in foreground. | [ Reply to This ]
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Averbury Monuments Teachers Kit (Score: 1)
by coldrum on Tuesday, 20 May 2008
(User Info | Send a Message) | Wessex Archaeology has produced a new online Teacher’s Kit for Avebury World Heritage Site, commissioned by English Heritage.
The new Teacher’s Kit is available online from today. It will soon be available on the English Heritage website.
The Kit will help schoolchildren heading for Avebury and the surrounding monuments make the most of their trip to the World Heritage Site. It is a downloadable resource for teachers of Key Stage 2 and 3 pupils. As well as information sheets for teachers there are on-site investigation sheets, puzzles, maps, treasure hunts and other games and activities to help pupils to learn about the history of these historical sites in an entertaining and engaging way.
“We want to encourage more schools to come to Avebury World Heritage Site and ensure that pupils have an educational and stimulating visit,” explained Lucy Bradley, Education Manager for English Heritage in the South West.
“The site is steeped in a rich and mysterious history and there is so much children can learn from a visit here. This new web resource will help them to discover the site’s historical significance using fun learning tools”.
The Teacher’s Kit came about after last year’s successful project at Silbury Hill to stabilise the ancient man-made mound. “Pupils from two primary schools and a secondary school visited while the work was in progress. The visit really helped the children to get an in-depth learning experience of the mysterious hill”, said Lucy “So we thought it would be great if we could create a Teacher’s Kit which encourages active learning for visits to the whole World Heritage Site.”
Avebury World Heritage Site is a Neolithic landscape which encompasses Avebury Stone Circle, West Kennet Long Barrow and Avenue, The Sanctuary, Windmill Hill and Silbury Hill.
Avebury Stone Circle, West Kennet Long Barrow and Avenue, The Sanctuary and Windmill Hill are managed by The National Trust on behalf of English Heritage.
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Agriculture through the ages, Avebury, 28th May 2008 (Score: 1)
by coldrum on Wednesday, 21 May 2008
(User Info | Send a Message) | Agriculture through the ages, Avebury, 28th May 2008
Wardens Walks: Agriculture through the ages, 28th May 2008
Don't miss this rare chance to explore the Avebury landscape with the National Trust wardens. Discover the changing face of the landscape with Tim King as he explores the impact of agriculture through the ages on this 5 mile walk from Avebury to Windmill Hill.
Booking Advisable 01672 539 250
Children welcome
All donations go towards the care of Avebury
Meet outside the Barn Gallery in the Old Farmyard.
3pm - 6pm
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1930s Day at Avebury, 1st June 2008 (Score: 1)
by coldrum on Wednesday, 21 May 2008
(User Info | Send a Message) | 1930s Day at Avebury, 1st June 2008
1930s Day At Avebury, 1 June 11am - 8.30pm
Help us celebrate the birthday of the Alexander Keiller Museum in style. Avebury is once again filled with the glamour of the 1930s as we invite all you 'bright young things' (of any age) to dress in costume and revel in the atmosphere. Listen to Keiller explain his unique approach to archaeology or chat to our chaps as they record their excavations. Finish your day with a cocktail and drift around the dancefloor to our authentic sounds. An unmissable tribute to Mr Keiller.
1930s Day: Lectures by "Mr Keiller"
The millionaire archaeologist who restored the Avebury stone circle in the 1930s is being brought back to life this summer as part of a day of anniversary celebrations. Actor Alan Cheeseman, in the role of the passionate amateur archaeologist who inherited a marmalade fortune, will deliver lectures about Avebury to mark the 70th anniversary of the opening of the Alexander Keiller Museum on 1st June 1938. Don't miss this rare chance to discover this complex and charasmatic character.
11am - 3pm
1930s Day: 1930s Archaeologists
Come and chat to our chaps as they demonstrate the techniques used to excavate Avebury. Visitors will be given the chance to handle real finds from the excavations and discuss the 1930s dig with working archaeologists. Let the children discover their inner archaeologist with our ever popular mini-digs.
11am - 4pm
1930s Day: Dance Lessons
Practise your foxtrot or your quickstep with our dance expert Mary Collins and her dance partner, who will guide you through the steps and etiquette of 1930s tea dancing. Mary is a professional dance teacher, who has taught both children and professional actors to a high standard for many years. A renowned expert in teaching period dance, she works regularly all over Europe. Show your Tea Dance ticket and get special guidance from Mary to sharpen up your moves.
11.45am - 3pm
1930s Day: Opening Ceremony
We are celebrating the 70th birthday of the Alexander Keiller museum by taking you back to the original ceremony which took place on 1st June 1938. Actors will bring to life the gentlemen from the British Museum and the Times who paid tribute to Mr Keiller's great work. The event features a very special car; a 1937 Buick, very kindly provided by the Atwell-Wilson Motor Museum, in tribute to Mr Keiller's other great love; fast cars.
4.30pm - 5pm
1930s Day: Tea Dance
Don't miss this nostalgic dance event as we evoke the glamour of the 1930s. Live music by Joe Bones and the Skeleton Steppers, some of Wiltshire's finest professional big band musicians playing 1930s dance tunes. Prizes for the best dressed couple and best dancers. Ticket price includes a scrumptious high tea, plus a costume guide and special guidance at our dance lessons. Your host will be the charismatic Mr Keiller.
5.30pm - 8.30pm
01672 539 250
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Exhibition: First and last light:Photographs of Avebury by Bob Trubshaw, 9th Nov 2008 (Score: 1)
by Andy B on Friday, 24 October 2008
(User Info | Send a Message) | Exhibition:'First and last light:Photographs of Avebury by Bob Trubshaw'.9th Nov
Avebury (in Wiltshire)
See Avebury in a different light with professional photographer Bob Trubshaw¿s dramatic photographs of Avebury at Dawn, Dusk and Moonrise.
Booking Not Needed
Event is part of the "Avebury in Starlight" programme
Exhibition taking place in the Circle Restaurant in the Old Farmyard
Visitor Services Manager, 01672 539 250, eleanor.eaton@nationaltrust.org.uk
9 November 10am - 30 November 3.30pm
Normal restaurant opening times apply
Pricing
No Additional Charges
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New Year's Walk at Avebury (Score: 1)
by bat400 on Thursday, 01 January 2009
(User Info | Send a Message) | Blow the cobwebs away with this refreshing ramble through the stunning landscape around Avebury, and learn more about the nature and archaeology unique to this area with National Trust warden Jonathan Ireland and our own archaeologist Dr Nick Snashall. We'll stop half way for warm mince pies and mulled wine for a touch of seasonal cheer.
4 January 2pm - 4pm. Meet outside the Barn Gallery
Dress warmly for the outdoors and wear sturdy walking shoes.
Contact: Visitor Services 01672 539 250 ( Booking Advisable)
Adult £5 (Mulled wine for over 18s only)
Child £3
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Re: New Year's Walk at Avebury (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Monday, 05 January 2009 | Avebury And The Norsemen tells of one hundred and seventy standing stones at Avebury, the largest ancient monument in England. Norse myths and sagas written a thousand years ago tell how mankind’s earth was brought into being by three deities Odin, Vili and Ve. How this creation happened, the mythical attributes of their panoply of gods, is told in Icelandic stories.
Each group of Avebury’s ancient stones, item by item and concept by concept, match elements in the Norse tales. It seems the Norsemen inherited their mythical beliefs from very ancient times, from the people who designed and built Avebury about 2500 BC.
Why Avebury was built and its true purpose can now be told.
Avebury offers a visitor the impression of a quiet English village with a cluster of thatched cottages, pepperpot chimneys, a church spire and tall trees nestling in the emerald green folds of the southern English countryside. Crows fly high above, circling the treetops. But Avebury is far more than it seems at first glance.
Dotted throughout the village are totem-like slabs of stone, remnants of a most remarkable man-made ancient monument. You can amble through Avebury’s graveyard of standing stones and identify fragments of a plan originally conceived and built about 2500 BC.
One hundred and seventy mysterious hard grey sandstone megaliths were obtained from Marlborough Downs, five miles away to the north-east, each stone carefully chosen for its size and shape. They varied from a few tons to massive slabs of twenty tons or more, according to the particular purpose for which they were intended. You can appreciate the enormous building effort made by Britain’s inhabitants one hundred and twenty generations ago.
The consensus of belief, the impetus that led to the construction of Avebury’s ancient stones by those ancient people, requires our understanding. There must have been an overwhelming conviction similar to the religious faith held by many societies today. Only that kind of community inspiration can lead to a successful conclusion of the great temple construction project. The celebrated cathedrals of Europe, the mosques of Arab countries, the Buddha statues of the east, exemplify how mankind created temples in recognition of community religious convictions.
What were the religious beliefs of the ancient Britons? Who made the world and how? We have no direct evidence, yet maybe there is a hint of the past at Avebury. There is an answer to the riddle of Avebury’s ancient monument and its purpose.
Writings from twelfth century Iceland tell of a Norse myth describing the creation of mankind's world. Three ancient deities: Odin, Vili and Ve created mankind's world in this way: -
In the beginning of time, long before mankind's world was made, the gods lived in a great empty void of space. They were sorely troubled by wicked frost giants from the north, of whom Ymir was the worst. Eventually they killed Ymir and created the world from his body parts. A broad ocean encircled Earth, the deep wide sea was made from his blood. They raised Ymir's eyebrows to form a protective enclosure around the Earth. Ymir's skull formed the sky and his brains became the clouds. Four submissive slaves called North, East, South and West were summoned to hold up the sky, forever and ever. Within the newly created and protective stronghold called Midgard, a safe haven was made for men and women, for all the birds and animals. Warmed by the Sun and watered by rain, they lived in peace. It was said all families and races of mankind are descended from them.
From earliest prehistoric times, the number thirty-three has been used in an adjectival and symbolic sense to indicate sacred matters, deities, the ultimate place or person. Another Norse tale attributes Odin with thirty-three names describing his strengths and values.
Avebury’s outer ring of ninety-nine standing stones, three times thirty-three, is seen to represent each of the three all-powerful deities Odin, Vili and Ve. The oute
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Events January/February 2009 (Score: 1)
by coldrum on Tuesday, 13 January 2009
(User Info | Send a Message) | Henge Tour: Avebury Then and Now 25th January
Using old prints, drawings and photographs, discover how Avebury has changed over the years on this guided walk through the Stone Circle.
Booking Advisable
Accompanied children welcome
Meet at the National Trust Shop in the Old Farmyard
Wear sturdy shoes for outdoors, and be prepared for rough ground or even mud in the Stone Circle.
Contact: The visitor services team, 01672 539 250, avebury@nationaltrust.org.uk
25 January 2pm - 3pm
All Tickets £2
Volunteer Open Day
31st January
Drop in for a chat with staff and volunteers and find out how you can get involved in Avebury. Learn new skills, meet new people, and help us to look after this World Heritage Site.
Meet in the Study Centre, behind the Great Barn in the Old Farmyard.
Visitor Services Manager, 01672 539 250, eleanor.eaton@nationaltrust.org.uk
31 January 11am - 3.30pm
Henge Tour: The Mythology of Avebury
1st February
The enigmatic stone circle at Avebury has inspired many different stories over the years. Discover just a few of these on this guided walk amongst the stones.
Booking Advisable
Meet at the National Trust Shop in the Old Farmyard
Wear sturdy shoes for outdoors, and be prepared for rough ground or even mud in the Stone Circle.
The visitor services team, 01672 539 250, avebury@nationaltrust.org.uk
1 February 2pm - 3pm
All Tickets £2
Curator's Lecture: "From Utter Darkness to a Thin Mist"
Join the curator of the Alexander Keiller Museum, Dr Ros Cleal, for a fascinating exploration of the characters who helped us to understand the enigmatic and complex archaeology of Avebury, from the seventeenth to the twentieth century.
Booking Essential 01672 539 250
Meet at the Study Centre behind the Great Barn in the Old Farmyard.
The visitor services team, 01672 539 250, avebury@nationaltrust.org.uk
7 February 11am -
All Tickets £5
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Re: Events January/February 2009 (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Saturday, 07 February 2009 | Hi does anyone know what happened to one of the Two avenues that got destroyed? I sure would like to know. This is a great monument very similar to that of Stonehenge. Excellent Images. Much credit to you for all this work and reporting.
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Re: Events January/February 2009 (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Wednesday, 11 February 2009 | | Is Avebury correlated to Stonehenge by any chance. Both sites gives me the creeps if you ask me. I think aliens came down and created both sites entirely with beams of laser or something to let us humans know that extraterestial life is out there
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by Anonymous on Sunday, 22 February 2009 | | I just purchased some new Patio furniture from the website and was thinking of placing large stones like this into my backyard as decor. Any suggestions you guys think of?7 | [ Reply to This ]
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Avebury Events (Score: 1)
by coldrum on Thursday, 19 March 2009
(User Info | Send a Message) | Circles in Time
Photo competition - from April 2009 to April 2010 to mark the turning year here at Avebury, we'd like to record all aspects of life in this unique village, from sheep in the rain, to the Solstice. Send us your photos (to circlesintime@nationaltrust.org.uk) and we will pick one a month to feature on our website. The best photographs will be hung in an exhibition in the Circles restaurant in April 2010.
Easter Egg Hunt
Hunt for eggs in our beautiful Manor Gardens, and win a chocolate prize!
Booking Not Needed 01672 539 250
Accompanied Children welcome
The Manor Garden is just off the Old Farmyard in Avebury.
The visitor services team, 01672 539 250, avebury@nationaltrust.org.uk
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, April 11am -
Last Admission Time 4.30pm
All Tickets £1.50
Sundials workshops: Make your own living Avebury to take home
Create a living replica of Avebury's Stone Circle, and learn how to make and use the most ancient of clocks: a sundial. As you work, our workshop leader Beth Webb will weave magical stories of stone circles around you.
Booking Essential 01672 539 250
All accompanied children welcome.
Event is to highlight the restoration of the Stables clock
Meet at the Study Centre in the Old Farmyard.
The visitor services team, 01672 539 250, avebury@nationaltrust.org.uk
15 April 10.30am - 12.30pm
Pricing
Adult £4
Child £3.50
15 April 1.30pm - 3.30pm
Pricing
Adult £4
Child £3.50
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A great day out. (Score: 1)
by coldrum on Friday, 26 June 2009
(User Info | Send a Message) | From Swimmerpaul:
A great day out.
Date 18/06/2009
Swimmerpaul
In the recent spell of great weather i had a great day out. I live in Poole Dorset. I set out from there about ten am. First stop Old Sarum Brilliant site to visit especially on a clear warm day you can see for miles. Checked out the site of the original Salisbury Cathedral.Must visit the Parliament Stone on another day. On to Avebury This site is a must for anyone interested in old sites. You have West Kennett long barrow, Silbury Hill. and Avebury Stone Circle. My favorite is the long barrow at West Kennet. There is a short walk threw a field of yellow flowering rape there is a slight breeze on this warm summer day these are the days you remember in the long dark winter nights. The barrow site on top a hill not to steep so don't let that put you off.The long barrow can be entered and there are small chambers off of the main chamber its cool inside compared to the hear outside. This place is a five star site. And by the way its free. Silbury Hill is just across the road and Avebury village with its stone circle a ten minute drive away.
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Festival of British Archaeology 2009 (Score: 1)
by coldrum on Sunday, 28 June 2009
(User Info | Send a Message) | Festival of British Archaeology 2009
18th-28th July
11.00am-5.00pm
Discover your inner archaeologist this summer as we celebrate the Festival of British Archaeology. Mini-archaeological digs, taster tours of the Stone Circle and other family activities run throughout the festival.
Contact The visitor services team, 01672 539 250, avebury@nationaltrust.org.uk
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-events-find_event.htm?propertyID=316
Festival of British Archaeology: Meet the Experts Sundays
Deepen your knowledge about Avebury with these popular sessions to celebrate the Festival of British Archaeology. Handle real prehistoric finds from the Avebury area, and let our Curator or our Archaeologist guide you around the Stone Circle.
19 July 1pm - 4.30pm
Sessions with Dr Ros Cleal, our museum curator, start at 1.00 and 3.00pm from the Barn Gallery
26 July 1pm - 4.30pm
Sessions with Dr Nick Snashall, our property archaeologist, start at 1.00 and 3.00pm from the Barn Gallery
Booking Advisable 01672 539 250
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-events-find_event.htm?propertyID=316
Festival of British Archaeology: "Avebury: Walk along a road less travelled"
22 July 2pm - 5.30pm
Meet our Museum Curator, Dr Ros Cleal, outside the Barn Gallery
Follow a road less travelled with our Curator or our Archaeologist, as they reveal the little known corners of Avebury's unique prehistoric landscape on this long ramble. Explore the beauty of this glorious chalk downland, and stop to enjoy cake and cold cava halfway.
Booking Essential 01672 539 250
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-events-find_event.htm?propertyID=316
Silver Workshop
26 July 10am - 4pm
Ticket price includes refreshments and car parking permit for non NT/EH members, but does not include lunch.
All Tickets £37
Create a unique piece of jewellery in precious silver and learn the ancient skills of our Bronze Age ancestors at this one day workshop. With expert craftsman Neil Burridge.
Booking Essential 01672 539 250
Places are very strictly limited for this course. Book early to avoid disappointment.
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-events-find_event.htm?propertyID=316
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Averbury October events 2009 (Score: 1)
by coldrum on Wednesday, 07 October 2009
(User Info | Send a Message) | Wyrd Avebury - Ghost tours for Grown Ups October 2009
Wyrd Avebury - Ghost tours for Grown Ups
8 October 15 October 22 October 24 October 25 October 26 October 27 October
28 October 29 October 29 October 30 October 31 October
Times: 6.45pm - 7.30pm
All Tickets £3.50
Chill yourself to the bone with our dreadful tales of murder, horror and hauntings as we guide you around the ghost filled village of Avebury. Come and enjoy a tour of this ancient village, finishing at the Red Lion, one of the most haunted pubs in Britain. Ticket price includes a glass of mulled wine to keep your spirits up (for the over 18s).
Booking Advisable 01672 539 250
Dogs on leads welcome
Accompanied older children welcome, but tour not suitable for young children.
Meet at the Village Car Park
Bring a friend, a torch and stout walking shoes.
The visitor services team, 01672 539 250, avebury@nationaltrust.org.uk
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-events-find_event.htm?propertyID=316
Treasure Forever Talk at Avebury, 17th October 2009
Treasure Forever: Early British Ceramics with Dr Ros Cleal
17 October 10am - 4pm
Pricing
All Tickets £25
Learn more about the treasures in the museum's collection with these practical all day sessions. Explore with our experts how archaeologists identify and use these artefacts to understand prehistoric Britain and handle real items from the collection. Suitable for beginners or anyone who already has an interest in the subject.
Booking Essential 01672 539 250
Ticket price includes a delicious light lunch, refreshments and car parking permit for non NT/EH members
The visitor services team, 01672 539 250, avebury@nationaltrust.org.uk
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-events-find_event.htm?propertyID=316
Treasure Forever: Stone Tools, Avebury, 24th October 2009
Treasure Forever: Stone Tools with Dr Nick Snashall
24 October 10am - 4pm
Learn more about the treasures in the museum's collection with these practical all day sessions. Explore with our experts how archaeologists identify and use these artefacts to understand prehistoric Britain and handle real items from the collection. Suitable for beginners or anyone who already has an interest in the subject.
Booking Essential 01672 539 250
Ticket price includes a delicious light lunch, refreshments and car parking permit for non NT/EH members
Meet at the Study Centre
The visitor services team, 01672 539 250, avebury@nationaltrust.org.uk
All Tickets £25
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-events-find_event.htm?propertyID=316
Halloween at Avebury October 2009
Halloween at Avebury
24 October,25 October,26th October,27th October,28th October,29th October,30th October,31st October.
11am - 5pm
All Tickets £1.50
Scare yourself silly at one of the most haunted places in Wiltshire. Spooky activities for the children throughout the week, including creepy crafts, gruesome trails, magic food, plus story telling and face painting on the big day. Come in fancy dress on Halloween and get a prize!
Booking Not Needed 01672 539 250
Dogs on leads welcome
Accompanied parents
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