<< Our Photo Pages >> West Kennet Avenue polisher - Polissoir in England in Wiltshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: West Kennet Avenue polisherCountry: England County: Wiltshire Type: Polissoir
Nearest Town: Marlborough Nearest Village: Avebury
Map Ref: SU10576947
Latitude: 51.424143N Longitude: 1.849368W
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| 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 |
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| 3 | Ordinary |
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| 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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lucasn visited on 17th Jun 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
TheCaptain visited on 18th Sep 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 One of the West Kennet Avenue stones on the eastern side near to the road about mid way along the remaining avenue, has evidence of being used as a polisher stone. Down near the bottom of the stone, facing the fence and road, can be seen one fairly large polishing dish and some smaller grooves, perhaps arrow sharpening grooves. As the polishing bowl would have probably been used flat so that water could be kept in the bowl to aid the polishing process, this would suggest that the stone was raised at a later date to become part of the Avenue.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 4.5
Down near the bottom of the stone, facing the fence and road, can be seen one fairly large polishing dish and some smaller grooves, perhaps arrow sharpening grooves.
As the polishing bowl would have probably been used flat so that water could be kept in the bowl to aid the polishing process, this would suggest that the stone was raised at a later date to become part of the Avenue.
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