Avebury is one of the world's largest stone circles, dwarfing Stonehenge 🌿 At 331m across and dating to ~3000 BC, Avebury was steeped in legend with locals claiming it was a wedding party turned to stone by the Devil. Part of a ritual complex with West Kennet Long Barrow and Silbury Hill. 🔮
Avebury is world's largest stone circle, 50x size of Stonehenge
EnglandGeneral
Key facts
- Avebury stone circle is the largest in the world
- Diameter is over 300 meters (over 1,000 feet)
- 50 times the size of Stonehenge
- In the 1600s, people thought it was a natural feature created by the devil
- Has geodetic elements with specific landscape placement
- Part of a complex including West Kennet Long Barrow and Silbury Hill
- Dates back to around 3,000 BC or more
- At least 500 years, possibly a thousand years older than Stonehenge
- Circle is split into four quadrants by a road through the village
Site mentioned
Sources
wanderingwolfproductions.com
Linked in video description
Was this story useful?
Keep exploring
Every site on this page sits on the globe, and the people who research them are on the Discord.
3D Globe · Sites by country · Story Archive · Research Library · Weekly Journal · Search
AI-generated text · images from the original sources · always verify with the sources.