Avebury Stone Circle
Avebury stone circles were completed between 2500 to 2000 BC making it
somewhat older than its near and more famous neighbour Stonehenge.
Avebury
nr Marlborough
Wiltshire SN8 1RF
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Calanais Standing Stones
Overlooking Loch Roag on the west side of Lewis the Calanais Standing
Stones attract numerous visitors each year and their origin is just as perplexing as other
ancient stone sites around Britain.
Calanais Visitor Centre
Calanais
Isle of Lewis
Western Isles
Scotland
HS2 9DY
www.calanaisvisitorcentre.co.uk
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Cerne Abbas Giant
The 60-meter tall Cerne giant outlined in the chalk
hill above Cerne Abas has been a fertility site since 2000 BC.
Cerne Abbas
Dorset
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Cissbury Ring
Cissbury Ring was an Iron Age fortress some 2,300 years ago.
Storrington Rise,
Findon Valley,
Worthing
Sussex
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Glastonbury Abbey
"Traditionally the oldest above ground Christian church in the
world"
Glastonbury Abbey
The Abbey Gatehouse
Magdalene Street
Glastonbury
Somerset
BA6 9EL
www.glastonburyabbey.com
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Kilmartin House Trust
Archaeological centre and museum on Scotland's west coast.
Kilmartin House
Kilmartin
Argyll
Scotland
PA31 8RQ
www.kilmartin.org
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Long Man of Wilmington
"The Long Man of Wilmington, mysterious guardian of the South Downs"
Wilmington
nr. Eastbourne
www.sussexpast.co.uk |
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Men-An-Tol
Ancient standing stones 4 miles northwest of Penzance.
Cornwall
www.prehistoric.org.uk |
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Pentre Ifan Burial Chamber
The most popular megalithic site in Wales.
South Wales
www.cadw.wales.gov.uk |
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Silbury Hill
Man made prehistoric mound 130 feet high, the largest in
Europe.
West Kennet
Wiltshire
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Stonehenge
Stonehenge was completed around 1300B.C. for reasons yet
not known.
It may of been used for religious purposes or to track the rotation of the earth around
the sun. Visit Stonehenge and judge for yourself!
Wiltshire
SP4 7DE
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Uffington White Horse
The Uffington white horse is 374 feet long and possibly Britain’s
oldest hill figure.
wiltshirewhitehorses.org.uk |