Written and produced by Chris Witcombe - Sweet Briar College - witcombe@sbc.edu Avebury The village of Avebury in Wiltshire has given its name to one of the greatest stone circles in the British Isles. Located in the midst of a rich prehistoric landscape, the village lies a few miles away from the Ridgeway and in close proximity to Silbury Hill, the Sanctuary, the West Kennet Long Barrow, and ...

Written and produced by Chris Witcombe - Sweet Briar College - witcombe@sbc.edu Silbury Hill Silbury Hill, located just south of the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, is a massive artificial mound with a flat top. It is approximately 130 feet (40 m.) high, with a base circumference of 1640 feet. It is composed of over 12 million cubic feet (339, 600 cubic m.) of chalk and earth and covers over 5 ...

Avebury Stones - www.avebury-stones.co.uk. Pictures from Avebury - the world's greatest stone circle and henge monument located in Wiltshire, England ...

Written and produced by Chris Witcombe - Sweet Briar College - witcombe@sbc.edu The West Kennet Long Barrow The West Kennet Long Barrow is situated on a ridge one-and-a-half miles south of Avebury in Wiltshire. The photograph at left, taken from a point on the Ridge Way near the Sanctuary, shows the placement of the barrow within the surrounding landscape and the low ridge upon which it sits.