Day 1 - Avebury to Overton Hill

Well it’s not raining !
Probably created around 2600 BC, Avebury is circles of stones within circles of stones .It is believed that Avebury henge contained around 600 standing stones, though only around 76 survive today. There is evidence of Roman occupation and later by Christians where the stones were likely destroyed across the years, being seen as pagan.
The exterior circle of stones is bordered by a ditch which would have been deeper at the time of construction but is now a shallower indentation
around the outer circle. Inside the larger circle is a matching pair of smaller circles with stone lined avenues weaving between all of them.

To the south lies West Kennett long barrow which was constructed around 3600 BC. It entombed the remains of
least 46 people, including both cremated remains and unburnt bones. Built into a chalk ridge, the large grass-covered mound (when in use it would have been bare chalk) is about 10 feet high at its highest point, and 300 feet
long. Inside is a 45-foot-long hollow passage with four chambers on the side
and one at the end.
Wandering inside is a spooky experience!Read more