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There are four smaller stone circles known from the area surrounding Avebury: The Sanctuary, Winterbourne Bassett Stone Circle, Clatford Stone Circle, and Falkner's Circle. [15] Archaeologists initially suggested that a fifth example could be seen at Langdean Bottom, although further investigation has reinterpreted this as evidence for a late ...
South inner circle of megaliths within the Avebury henge stone circle. Nearer the middle of the monument are two additional, separate stone circles. The northern inner ring is 98 metres (322 ft) in diameter, but only two of its four standing stones remain upright. A cove of three stones stood in the middle, its entrance facing northeast.
Falkner's Circle was a stone circle near the village of Avebury in the south-western English county of Wiltshire. Built from twelve sarsen megaliths, it measured about 37 metres (121 ft) in diameter, although only one of these stones remains standing.
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites is a UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) in Wiltshire, England. The WHS covers two large areas of land separated by about 24 kilometres (15 mi), rather than a specific monument or building.
Priddy Circles, four stone circles and two round barrows; Ring of Brodgar, Neolithic henge and stone circle. Thornborough Henges, three aligned Neolithic henges. Waulud's Bank, a possible Neolithic henge. Woodhenge, Neolithic Class I henge and timber circle.
The archetypical stone circle is an uncluttered enclosure, large enough to congregate inside, and composed of megalithic stones. Often similar structures are named 'stone circle', but these names are either historic, or incorrect. Examples of commonly misinterpreted stone circles are ring cairns, burial mounds, and kerb cairns.
already mentioned: Arbor Low, Knowlton Circles, Stanton Drew stone circles, and Thornborough Henges; Burials have been recorded at a number of excavated henges, both pre-dating the henge and as a result of secondary reuse. For example: At Avebury, at least two very disturbed inhumations were found in the central area [citation needed]
The stone circle has been used several times as a filming location. It was used in the short film Lucifer Rising (1972), [51] and for the 1998 film Still Crazy. [52] Avebury was also the setting for the 1977 cult HTV West series Children of the Stones that depicts Avebury