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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Avebury - The CoveCountry: England
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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:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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DonoS visited on 1st Feb 2025 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
rvbaker2003 visited on 10th Nov 2024 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4
dancing_star visited on 2nd May 2024 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Sadly the heavens opened and we didn't get as much time to explore the site as we hoped.
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.
Chappers60 visited on 6th Aug 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
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
wildtalents visited on 1st Aug 2001 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4 On one of our visits to the village, in August 2001, the Cove was caged within some Heras fence or something of the type as works to stabilise the stones was being carried out. Or had been carried out. I think on at least one other visit a similar structure was in place too. So I chose a photograph taken in, I think, 2004. The mighty Cove stones are a monument in themselves. I might be dreaming this but I'm sure someone had a chicken run or a barn built up against one of the stones, maybe even as recently as Keiller's 'renovation'. (I'm moving house soon and my books are all packed in cartons but seem to remember there's a sketch, one of Stukeley's I think, in one of them. When the dust settles I'll see if I can find it.)
Much as I love Avebury as a whole, and the Cove in particular, my favourite part of the monument is the so-called Z feature, that fairly straight row of stones near the old Methodist church. How I wish the Obelisk stone was still there, not that vile concrete marker.
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.
Klingon visited - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4
coin visited - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5
NickyD visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
coldrum visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4
Ogham PAB Bladup myf hamish TheWhiteRider JimChampion TimPrevett hevveh elad13 FrothNinja have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.74 Ambience: 4.35 Access: 4.65
These stones are some of the oldest in Avebury henge and John Aubrey catalogued (actually drew) the 3rd stone as in position when he visited here. 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.
Note: Video Talk: Avebury - Rethinking a Henge and its Landscape with Prof Joshua Polllard, details in the comments on our page
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