Sunday, 19 October 2025




















I've posted about Avebury in Wiltshire before
but I wanted to share some more pictures and info.
A bit boring if you only visit TLD for bootlegs I suppose.
There is more to see than the wonderful stone circles.
BTW the standing stones weigh up to 65 tons.
You are free to wander as long as you don't molest the sheep.























Head out of the village via the West Kennet avenue, also lined with stones.






















This will lead you to the long barrow. An ancient burial place.
















You can go inside but beware of the bats!




















Further on you will discover Silbury Hill.
The largest man-made prehistoric mound in Europe.
Built around 2400–2300 BC.
















It's purpose is a mystery and after heavy rainfall
a moat forms which some suggest was it's original design
as the water table would have been much higher at the time of it's construction.




















The hill stands about 130 feet (40m) high
which is almost as high as the biggest Egyptian pyramid.
You are not permitted to climb though due to concerns about erosion.
After your hike return to the village for a few beers at the Red Lion.




















Mine's a pint seeing as you're offering. :)
regards
Titus

6 comments:

  1. beautiful pics and quite the marvels of earlier civilization.
    (now we build mounds of garbage...progress!)
    looks like you had quite the vacation.
    thanks for sharing.
    mikeL

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    1. Not a recent trip Mike but I've been there twice. I found the pics online...can't take credit for those.

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  2. As a child, I imagined that scientific people would discover a machine like a visual helmet that would enable us to visually revive those ancient times, just by standing nearby and touching such stones. We're not far from this nowadays when I see tourists wandering in Paris with their virtual reality glasses on but it still looks a bit fake IMHO. It's still better to sit down at an old pub and drink a pint I guess.

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    1. It's strange in a way that so much was done by ancient civilisations and we really have no idea why or how they did it. Wish they'd written it down :) Yet to see someone move a huge stone for a couple of hundred miles without modern equipment.

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  3. I come for stone circles not bootlegs. Newgrange in Ireland by most professional estimates is 5200 years old (3200BC). There's also a site in Udine in Italy which is comparable time wise I believe to the others..

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    1. Funny. I thought of you as an example of someone who visits just to see what nonsense I've written :) I will have to look up the sites you've mentioned. Cheers Sir Billy

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