Moving west from Stonehenge, we came to a small little English village called Avebury. It is a beautiful little town in its own right. It just has the feel of an English village. Most of the roads are blocked from traffic; walking down small lanes is called for; rock walls create separation in town. It's really very pretty.
What's amazing though is that this little town is also the site of one of the oldest rock circles in the world--dating about 500 years before Stonehenge. And the neat thing about it is that you can walk close to the stones, climb on them and get just a bit of a feel for what it would have been like almost 5000 years ago. It's really not possible to get a good grasp of the circle just walking through. For that, you have to see it by air. See the pics at this link:
Avebury Ring That's the full circle. The town is actually built inside the circle. Scholars believe that this may have once been the most important religious site in Britain, or possibly even in Europe.
Moving west from Stonehenge, we came to a small little English village called Avebury. It is a beautiful little town in its own right. It just has the feel of an English village. Most of the roads are blocked from traffic; walking down small lanes is called for; rock walls create separation in town. It's really very pretty. 
What's amazing though is that this little town is also the site of one of the oldest rock circles in the world--dating about 500 years before Stonehenge. And the neat thing about it is that you can walk close to the stones, climb on them and get just a bit of a feel for what it would have been like almost 5000 years ago. It's really not possible to get a good grasp of the circle just walking through. For that, you have to see it by air. See the pics at this link: Avebury Ring That's the full circle. The town is actually built inside the circle. Scholars believe that this may have once been the most important religious site in Britain, or possibly even in Europe.
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