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A brief description of Silbury Hill, the largest prehistoric man-made mound in Europe
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A brief history of Silbury Hill, the largest artificial prehistoric mound in Europe.
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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 purpose and significance remain unknown.
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The Avebury World Heritage Site
The area around Avebury contains an extraordinary cluster of monuments dating to the Neolithic and Bronze Age. This unique landscape forms part of the UNESCO Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site, reflecting its international importance.
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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 three.
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This unique ceremonial temple of concentric rings of standing stones and wooden posts was used in the late Neolithic period, and probably built about 2500 BC.
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Hatfield Earthworks (Marden Henge)
The earthworks of a Neolithic henge and monumental mound, by a loop in the River Avon. Recent archaeological find of building equivalent to a priest’s quarters.