Articles related to "Avebury"

Wander freely among the stones at this World Heritage site, a stone circle so big it includes a whole village.

A guide to southern England's Neolithic and other prehistoric sites and stone circles, from Stonehenge and Woodhenge to Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow and Silbury Hill.

British archaeological monuments come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes.

Paganism is one of the fastest growing religions in the UK, with an estimated 200,000 followers according to the Pagan Federation in 2002.

Some of the oldest remains in Britain. The Ridgeway path stretches for 85 miles over four counties, it was used as a trading route during the Bronze Age .( 2300 to 700BC)

Silbury hill is a Neolithic mystery. Its original purpose is unknown but final explorations of the hill's tunnels demonstrates its continued importance throughout time

Stonehenge and Mystery Hill have three things in common. They were observatories. Each has astronomical alignments. Almost nothing is known about the builders of both.

The subject of much study and debate, the mysterious, five-thousand year old Stonehenge continues to fascinate.

A guide to some of Oxfordshire's ancient sites, including the Uffinfton White Horse, Dragon Hill and the Neolithic long barrow Wayland's Smithy.

Wiltshire's gentle hills are lumpy with Bronze Age burial mounds and mysterious henges. Now, a new path loops among the eight nearly new horse carvings.

The Ridgeway and Peddars Way are prehistoric tracks that run diagonally across England, though some of its best landscapes. They're now hiking tracks, too.

In the new paperback edition of Myths and Legends of Britain and Ireland, author Richard Jones explores the history and mystery of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales

A flying instructor gives some advice on what to do if airsickness and nausea get in the way of the enjoyment of early flying lessons.

The seventeenth century saw the rise of the antiquary, the gentleman-scholar with a passion for the past. The history of Stonehenge proved to be antiquarian heaven.

Around four thousand five hundred years ago, another kind of newcomer arrived in Britain - the ingenious, inventive and artistic folk known as the Beaker People

England's long distance walks offer diverse enjoyments - from bleak and challenging moorland walks to gentle lowland rambles.

Around four thousand five hundred years ago, another kind of newcomer arrived in Britain - the ingenious, inventive and artistic folk known as the Beaker People.