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Prehistoric monument
Avebury Henge and Stone Circles
Neolithic bank, ditch and the largest stone circle in Britain, built between about 2850 and 2200 BC around part of the village.
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Avebury and Marlborough: things to do
Places worth your time in Avebury and Marlborough
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Things to do in Avebury and Marlborough
该街区及周边的地标、博物馆、公园和观景点。
博物馆
Alexander Keiller Museum
Museum of finds from the Avebury monuments; English Heritage suggests starting here to learn about the sites around the village.
历史名宅
Avebury Manor and Garden
Grade I listed early 16th-century manor house next to the church, run by the National Trust, with a formal garden.
教堂
St James's Church, Avebury
Village church beside Avebury Manor, just west of the henge bank.
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West Kennet Avenue
Avenue of paired standing stones, originally about 100 pairs, running 1.5 miles from Avebury towards The Sanctuary.
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The Sanctuary
Site of rings of timber posts and stones begun about 2500 BC on Overton Hill, now marked by concrete blocks and posts.
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Silbury Hill
Artificial chalk mound 39 m high, probably finished around 2400 BC; seen from a viewing area, with no access to the hill.
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West Kennet Long Barrow
Chambered tomb built around 3650 BC where nearly 50 people were buried; half a mile uphill from a lay-by on the A4.
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Windmill Hill
Neolithic causewayed enclosure with three rings of interrupted ditches, a 1.5-mile walk uphill from Avebury.
Nature
Fyfield Down
Downland nature reserve on the Marlborough Downs scattered with sarsen boulders known as the Grey Wethers.
Hill figure
Hackpen White Horse
Chalk horse 27 m wide below the Ridgeway on Hackpen Hill, said to have been cut in 1838 for Queen Victoria's coronation.
Hill figure
Cherhill White Horse
Late 18th-century chalk horse on Cherhill Down below Oldbury Castle, near the Lansdowne Monument obelisk; viewed from a lay-by on the A4.
历史名宅
The Merchant's House
Silk mercer's house on the High Street, rebuilt after Marlborough's Great Fire of 1653, with painted walls and a shop.
教堂
St Mary's Church, Marlborough
Grade I listed parish church at the east end of the High Street, founded in the 12th century and partly rebuilt after the 1653 fire.
Hill figure
Marlborough White Horse
Small chalk horse on Granham Hill, cut in 1804 by pupils of a High Street school.
森林
Savernake Forest
Private forest of about 4,500 acres south-east of Marlborough, with timber managed by Forestry England; bluebells in late spring.
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图片来源
- Avebury and Marlborough (area photo): Bo&Ko, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Avebury Henge and Stone Circles: Gordon Joly, CC BY 2.5, source
- Alexander Keiller Museum: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Avebury Manor and Garden: Jürgen Matern, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- St James's Church, Avebury: Loz Pycock, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- West Kennet Avenue: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Silbury Hill: Photograph by Greg O'Beirne, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- West Kennet Long Barrow: Jarkeld, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Fyfield Down: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Hackpen White Horse: The Nature Box, CC BY 4.0, source
- Cherhill White Horse: Schildiecom, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- St Mary's Church, Marlborough: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Marlborough White Horse: TangoTizerWolfstone, CC BY 4.0, source
- Salisbury and Old Sarum: Andrew Dunn (Website: http://www.andrewdunnphoto.com/), CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Stonehenge and Amesbury: Julie Anne Workman, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
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