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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

Wayland's Smithy

Oxfordshire, SN6 8NX Ashbury, United Kingdom

A fine and atmospheric Neolithic chambered long barrow 2km (11/4 miles) along the Ridgeway from the Uffington White Horse: it was once believed to be the habitation of the Saxon smith-god Wayland.

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…

Uffington White Horse

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Woolstone Hill Road B4507 Oxfordshire SN7 7QJ, SN7 7QJ Wantage, United Kingdom

Come and explore the oldest dated chalk figure in the country, the Bronze Age White Horse at Uffington, Oxfordshire, managed by the National Trust.

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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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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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.

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Wingfield Manor

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