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

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Avebury - The Cove
Country: England County: Wiltshire Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Marlborough  Nearest Village: Avebury
Map Ref: SU10257002  Landranger Map Number: 173
Latitude: 51.429094N  Longitude: 1.853955W
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
0No data.
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
0no data
5

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Couplands visited on 12th Sep 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

ellawoo visited on 26th Apr 2023 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5

Phillwhite visited on 12th Sep 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5

TheCaptain visited on 25th Sep 2020 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 After a pint at the Red Lion, I go for a look at the Cove, gleaming in the low afternoon sun. Those stones are huge.

RichFox visited on 8th Aug 2020 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5 What can I say? Children of The Stones made me do it.

TheCaptain visited on 18th Sep 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Decided to go find The Polisher on a wonderful sunny day to see if my legs were working again after the first chiro session. Back to Avebury and walked around the henge and stones before a pint in the Red Lion.

Tiamthe visited on 1st Jan 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 5

SandyG visited on 7th Aug 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 5

XIII visited on 13th Aug 2015 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5

alchemille visited on 2nd Jun 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5

graemefield visited on 1st Jan 2011 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

markj99 visited on 2nd Jan 2010 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 The stones in Avebury Cove are two of the most impressive in the Avebury Complex.

Richard13 visited on 1st Jul 2009 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5

RedKite1985 visited on 1st Jan 2002 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5

mdensham visited on 1st Jan 1976 I lived and worked at the Red Lion for two years from 1976-1977. I was introduced to Faith Vatcher, the resident archaeologist of the day who spent five afternoons teaching me the basics of archaeology in her room above the Keiller museum. I was great friends with Heather Peak-Garland who worked at the pub too. She introduced me to Karin Fleisher, an artist from Berlin who spent much of the summer drawing the stones and the church.

coldrum visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4

coin visited - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5

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

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

Ogham PAB Bladup myf hamish TheWhiteRider JimChampion TimPrevett FrothNinja hevveh elad13 have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.67 Ambience: 4.28 Access: 4.72

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Avebury - The Cove submitted by jackdaw1 : Cove sundown. (Vote or comment on this photo)
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Avebury - The Cove submitted by Nasher : OVERALL 1st PRIZE WINNER! This is Leah's (Creator's niece) submission for * A * Summer Solstice Photo Competition. (20 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Avebury - The Cove submitted by bec-zog : Avebury; Ink and Watercolor by bec (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Avebury - The Cove submitted by h_fenton : The cove at Avebury. exposure: 630seconds @ f4 ISO200 22 December 2011 @ c.1.27am (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Avebury - The Cove submitted by Jimwithnoname : Communicating with the stones (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Avebury - The Cove submitted by NickyD : The Cove in December (NickyD) Image copyright: stonesearcher, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Avebury - The Cove submitted by TimPrevett : Avebury in the best light I've ever visited it in; shame I only had 90 mins, but better than nothing! Using a filter - colour accent - on my Canon Powershot. 10/11/10 (1 comment)

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Avebury - The Cove submitted by mishkin : The Cove in snow (1 comment)

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Avebury - The Cove submitted by Bladup : Avebury - The Cove. (1 comment)

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Avebury - The Cove submitted by TimPrevett : Avebury in the best light I've ever visited it in; shame I only had 90 mins, but better than nothing! Using a filter - colour accent - on my Canon Powershot. 10/11/10

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Avebury - The Cove submitted by Horatio : Standing Stones, sunset and IPA. Drove from West Wales after work on Friday to 'stone city' for a long weekend. After experiencing this on the 1st night, I knew it was going to be a memorable one (weekend). (1 comment)

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Avebury - The Cove submitted by Humbucker : The Cove at sunrise with Avebury church tower behind, just catching the first rays of the sun.

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Avebury - The Cove submitted by Bladup : Avebury - The Cove. (2 comments)

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Avebury - The Cove submitted by Bladup : Midsummer sunset at Avebury.

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Avebury - The Cove submitted by DocRock : The Cove in spring fog. (2 comments)

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Avebury - The Cove submitted by h_fenton : The cove at Avebury, pre-dawn 2 June 2007 (1 comment)

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Avebury - The Cove submitted by hamish : I was looking at the photos of the large Cove Stone, and saw a rather large Hare looking at me. I went back and took a picture and there he was. Never saw it before.

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Avebury - The Cove submitted by vicky : The cove at Avebury. (1 comment)

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Avebury - The Cove submitted by Horatio : Polo mint advert on a stone? Really stands out the circular impression on the right stone. Anyone know the cause? Usually if it's flowing water around a tree it leaves a hole or depression. Anyone? (3 comments)

Avebury - The Cove
Avebury - The Cove submitted by Horatio : This must be two of the most photographed stones in Avebury. These stones are some of the oldest in the henge and John Aubrey catalogued (actually drew) the 3rd stone as in position when he visited here but he also reported that locals where felling and destroying the stones as to use in building works. As can be seen these are two large and very significant stones!

Avebury - The Cove
Avebury - The Cove submitted by Horatio : Marking the centre of the northern ring in Avebury's henge are the two large sarsen slabs known as 'The Cove'. One theory has it that the larger of the stones (left) may have once stood alone as a menhir and that reason may have been enough to build a ring around it or maybe the whole henge because of this one stone!

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Avebury - The Cove submitted by HarryTwenty : Another view of the Cove stones.

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Avebury - The Cove submitted by alchemille : The cove. A hare on the female stone. Avebury.

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Avebury - The Cove submitted by Bladup : Midsummer sunset at the Cove, Avebury.

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Avebury - The Cove submitted by custer : The Cove at Avebury.

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 61m S 171° Avebury* Stone Circle (SU10266996)
 278m W 259° St. James's Church (Avebury) Ancient Cross (SU0997669968)
 332m SW 229° Alexander Keiller Museum* Museum (SU100698)
 636m SSE 150° West Kennet Avenue polisher* Polissoir (SU10576947)
 860m SSE 149° West Kennet Avenue* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SU10696928)
 1.0km SE 134° Falkner's Circle* Stone Circle (SU10986931)
 1.2km NNE 30° Avebury Down Earthwork Misc. Earthwork (SU10837102)
 1.4km NE 47° Avebury Downs Barn Tumuli* Barrow Cemetery (SU1125170971)
 1.5km WSW 239° South Street Long Barrow* Chambered Tomb (SU09006927)
 1.5km S 189° Silbury Hill* Artificial Mound (SU10016853)
 1.5km WSW 242° Longstone Cove* Standing Stones (SU0888769301)
 1.6km E 88° Avebury Down barrow cemetery* Barrow Cemetery (SU11877007)
 1.7km SSE 167° Silbaby* Misc. Earthwork (SU1062668354)
 1.7km NE 43° Avebury Down Stone Circle* Stone Circle (SU11437127)
 1.8km WSW 240° Longstones Barrow* Long Barrow (SU08706914)
 1.9km SE 138° Overton Hill barrow cemetery* Barrow Cemetery (SU11526863)
 1.9km WSW 245° South of Penning Barn* Round Barrow(s) (SU08506921)
 1.9km S 185° Swallowhead Spring* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SU101681)
 2.0km SSE 158° West Kennet Palisaded Enclosures* Ancient Village or Settlement (SU110682)
 2.0km NNW 347° Winterbourne Monkton* Chambered Tomb (SU09797197)
 2.0km WSW 249° North of The Grange Round Barrow(s) (SU08346928)
 2.1km NW 308° Picket Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SU086713)
 2.1km NW 310° Windmill Hill Barrows* Round Barrow(s) (SU08637135)
 2.1km NW 312° Windmill Hill (Avebury)* Causewayed Enclosure (SU08677144)
 2.1km S 180° West Kennet Barrow Round Barrow(s) (SU10246788)
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Re: Avebury - The Cove by pm5057 on Saturday, 14 September 2019
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Here is a link to a dowsing map of significant lines in the Avebury and other areas. The maps are large pdf's. To view them on a pc, it may be necessary to use Adobe pdf reader rather than a browser in-built pdf reader.

http://dowsingmaps.org.uk/place_list.htm
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Re: Avebury - The Cove by TimPrevett on Monday, 23 April 2007
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Compare with the Bryn Gwyn stones on Anglesey. Thoughts, anyone?
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