stonehenge and avebury
states: [uk]
category: cultural
year: 1986
location: Wiltshire, England
region: Europe and North America
latitude/longitude: 51.1788888900, -1.8252777780
visited: 2011
Stonehenge and Avebury, in Wiltshire, are among the most famous groups of megaliths in the world. The two sanctuaries consist of circles of menhirs arranged in a pattern whose astronomical significance is still being explored. These holy places and the nearby Neolithic sites are an incomparable testimony to prehistoric times.
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