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Avebury Museum
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“It was around 5000 years ago that prehistoric man used sledges to drag giant rocks to Avebury to form the largest prehistoric stone circle in Europe. It is so vast much of the village of Avebury is inside it. Originally it consisted of 200 standing stones, some weighing more than 40 tonnes. The Great Circle is enclosed by a ditch and a bank. It is approached by an avenue of yet more stones and may have taken centuries to construct. The Beaker people (so named because they made pottery) are thought to have had a hand in its creation. Avebury’s exact purpose isn’t known, though it may have been used for religious ceremonies. Inside the Great Circle are two smaller ones, believed by some to have been temples. One theory is that the North Circle was deliberately positioned to align with the midsummer sun. During the Middle Ages the ancient circles were broken up but much of the stones were re-discovered and re-erected in the 1930s by the archaeologist Alexander Keiller. He opened a museum where you can learn more about Avebury and see the artefacts he uncovered. Avebury is more than just the stone circles, nearby Windmill Hill was an important Neolithic settlement and includes some well-preserved burial mounds. To the west is the Iron Age earthwork of Oldbury Castle and the Landsdowne monument – each offering a fascinating insight into the world of our ancestors. ”
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