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Avebury
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Avebury a village in Wiltshire, site of one of Britain's major henge monuments of the late Neolithic period. The monument consists of a bank and ditch containing the largest known stone circle, with two smaller circles and other stone settings within it. It is the centre of a complex ritual landscape that also contains a stone avenue, chambered tombs,
Silbury Hill, and various other monuments.
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Avebury saved? (World Heritage Site under the management of National Trust)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 9/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; Stonehenge and Avebury It was enormously encouraging to read...figure 1). The present situation at Avebury What is happening at the other half of...of establishing a millennium park at Avebury, where the prehistoric landscape and...
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Not So Prehistoric Avebury.(Neolithic stone circle were 'partly restored')(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: History Today; 2/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; AVEBURY STONE CIRCLE IS PROCLAIMED as the largest...learned of the discovery of a cine film of Avebury's `prehistoric' stones being erected...having last been shown to children in Avebury more than fifty years ago. Broadcast news...
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I'M STILL STANDING Avebury is one of more than 1,000 stone circles in Britain. Where better to mark tomorrow's Spring Equinox, writes Juliet Rix
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 3/19/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...in a golden glow behind the stones of Avebury, the largest stone circle in Europe...stones are far older than Druidism). Avebury Ring is the largest, some 14 times the...into the distance. The route once linked Avebury to The Sanctuary, another Neolithic sacred...
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ANCIENT STONE CIRCLE: Visiting the Avebury henge
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Press Writer AP Worldstream 09-01-2005 Dateline: AVEBURY, England Avebury may not be as convenient, famous or spectacular...visit. It's easy to pass by the quiet village of Avebury _ about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Salisbury...
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Avebury henge abounds with mystery
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 8/28/2005; ; 700+ words
; AVEBURY, England -- Avebury may not be as convenient, famous or spectacular as Stonehenge...well worth a visit. It's easy to pass by the quiet village of Avebury -- about 30 miles north of Salisbury. It's small, somewhat plain...
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Avebury: a Late Anglo-Saxon burh?(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 3/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...assessment of the Anglo-Saxon archaeology of Avebury, North Wiltshire, suggests that a fortified...the recent RCHME survey (FIGURE 1) of Avebury's earthworks and the modern form of...Burghal Hidage list. The place-name Avebury is best read as `fortified place by the...
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New tools at Avebury.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 6/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...6000 years, the prehistoric landscape of Avebury, Wiltshire, was formally attributed...Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) inscribed Avebury onto the growing list of World Heritage...prehistoric monument, `Stonehenge, Avebury, and associated sites' (C373) was...
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Avebury Nickel Resources Increase by 10%.
PR Newswire; 1/15/2008; 700+ words
; ...expansion of Mineral Resources at its Avebury Nickel Mine in Tasmania. Resources estimates...whereby resources of nickel ("Ni") at Avebury have increased every year since 2005. Resources at the Avebury Nickel Project have increased by 46...
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Avebury: striking a balance. (National Trust sustainability program)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 9/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; The fascination of Avebury lies partly in the informality of the...principle of access for everyone. At Avebury monuments lie within an occupied and...informal character pervades every aspect of Avebury: monuments are maintained where possible...
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Avebury's ancient mystery uncovered
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...s biggest prehistoric stone circle at Avebury in Wiltshire. Glyn Goodrick, an archaeologist...lies about half a mile south-west of Avebury. "The sound of the digger's bucket...years that surrounds the stone circle at Avebury - including Silbury Hill, Windmill Hill...
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Avebury
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Avebury Avebury is possibly the most spectacular of the ancient megalithic monuments in...Similar stones lie scattered on the landscape of the region to this day. Avebury has been inhabited since late Neolithic times. Then, around 2600 B...
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John Lubbock Avebury, 1st Baron
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
John Lubbock Avebury, 1st Baron see Lubbock, Sir John .
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Lubbock, Sir John (Lord Avebury)
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Lubbock, Sir John (Lord Avebury) ( b .London, England, 30 April 1834; d. Kingsgate Castle, Kent, England, 28 May 1913) entomology, anthropology, botany...
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Wessex
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement
...Winchester and Salisbury, and the prehistoric sites of Stonehenge, Avebury, Silbury Hill, and Maiden Castle. Demography. In 1991 the...centuries earlier, in the Late Neolithic, the ceremonial sites of Avebury and Stonehenge were constructed on Salisbury Plain. The final...
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Filtrona plc
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Filtrona plc Avebury House 201 – 249 Avebury Boulevard Milton Keynes, MK9 1AU United Kingdom Telephone: (44 1908) 359100 Fax: (44 1908) 359120 Web site: Public Company Incorporated: 2005 Employees: 5,200 Sales: BP 544.2...
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