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The Long Barrow at All Cannings

The Long Barrow at All Cannings is a columbarium or place for cremated remains in urns to be kept. It is aligned to the sunrise of the winter solstice

Windmill Hill, Avebury

Classic Neolithic causewayed enclosure, with three concentric but intermittent ditches. Large quantities of animal bones found here indicate feasting, animal trading or rituals, or perhaps all th…

West Kennet Avenue

This ‘avenue’ originally of around 100 pairs of prehistoric standing stones, was raised to form a winding 1 1⁄2 mile ritual link between the pre-existing monuments of Avebury and The Sanctuary.

The Sanctuary

A4, SN8 1EY Marlborough, United Kingdom

Begun in about 3000 BC as a complex circle of timber posts, later replaced by stones. Its function is still mystifies: human bone finds with food remains point to elaborate death rites and ceremo…

West Kennet Long Barrow

Gunsite Road, SN8 1QH Marlborough, United Kingdom

One of the largest and most impressive Neolithic chambered tombs in Britain. Built in around 3650 BC and used for a short time only, nearly 50 people were buried here before the chambers were blo…

Grimspound

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The Engine House, Fire Fly Avenue, SN2 2EH Swindon, United Kingdom

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Upper Plym Valley

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Merrivale Prehistoric Settlement

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Chesters Bridge Abutment - Hadrian's Wall

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Brunton Turret - Hadrian's Wall

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Dundas Aqueduct

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The Locks,, SN10 1QR Devizes, United Kingdom

We cover the Kennet and Avon waterway, and Bridgewater and Taunton Canal.

Coombe Conduit

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Gainsthorpe Medieval Village

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Kingston Russell Stone Circle

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Sandbach Crosses

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Ambleside Roman Fort

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Black Carts Turret - Hadrian's Wall

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Planetrees Roman Wall - Hadrian's Wall

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Temple of Mithras, Carrawburgh - Hadrian's Wall

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Arthur's Stone

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Ringsbury Camp

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Sri Lanka based online shop, specializing in sapphires, rubies, topaz, cat's eye, tourmaline and other precious and semi precious gemstones and Jewellery.

Silbury Hill

A4, SN8 1QH West Kennet, United Kingdom

The largest artificial mound in Europe and comparable in size to the Egyptian pyramids. Probably completed around 2400 BC, it apparently contains no burial and its significance remains unknown.

English Heritage

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Wingfield Manor

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Blackbury Camp

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