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Landscapes of the Megaliths: Recent Archaeological Discoveries at Avebury
Wed 21 July 14.00–15.30
Dr Mark Gillings talks about recent discoveries which shed new light on the World Heritage Site of Avebury. …
Dr Mark Gillings (School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester) talks about recent discoveries which shed new light on the World Heritage Site of Avebury. The dramatic earthworks and stone circles at the World Heritage Site of Avebury, Wiltshire, have long captured the imagination of archaeologists and the general public. The mighty ditch and bank dwarf the visitor, as do the large, unshaped blocks of local sandstone (sarsen) that make up the circles and setting. Since its discovery by the antiquarian John Aubrey in 1649 it has witnessed numerous excavations and investigations, culminating in the major excavations of the 1930s when much of the site was restored to the state we find it in today.
Between 1999-2003 a new programme of archaeological excavation took place at Avebury, the results of which have greatly eiched our understanding of the site and the late Neolithic landscape within which it was constructed. The discoveries revealed a set of wholly unexpected monuments in and around Avebury (including a lost avenue of standing stones and a 100 ton megalith – one of the largest in Britain). They also shed fascinating light upon what happened to Avebury in the medieval and later periods as a flourishing village grew up within the circle of standing stones. This talk looks at these recent discoveries. Free.
Location: Snibston Discovery Museum Ashby Road Coalville Leicestershire. Snibston is located on the edge of Coalville town centre on the A511, just 4 miles from Junction 22 of the M1 and Junction 13 of the A42/M42. It is clearly signed on all major approach routes. Buses from East Midlands Airport, Burton on Trent, Loughborough and Leicester regularly stop on Ashby Road (a few minutes walk to the main museum entrance) en route to Coalville.
O: Leicestershire County Council
N: Alison Clague
T: 01530 278444
E: [email protected]
W: http://www.snibston.com
Festival of British Archaeology 2010
(attaching to this page as I'm not creating an entry for Snibston Discovery Centre as it's mostly about industrial archaeology)
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