Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
| Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites | |
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| Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List | |
 Avebury
Stonehenge
Avebury and Stonehenge in Wiltshire
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, ii, iii |
| Reference | 373 |
| UNESCO region | Europe and North America |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 1986 (10th Session) |
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Wiltshire, England. The WHS covers two large areas of land separated by nearly 30 miles (48 km), rather than a specific monument or building. The sites were inscribed as co-listings in 1986.
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Stonehenge and Associated Monuments [edit]
The Stonehenge area of the WHS is located in south Wiltshire. It covers an area of 26 square km and is centred on the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge.
Monuments in the Stonehenge WHS [edit]
- Stonehenge
- Stonehenge Avenue
- Stonehenge Cursus
- The Lesser Cursus
- Durrington Walls
- Woodhenge
- Coneybury Henge (a henge that has been ploughed flat[1])
- King Barrow Ridge[2]
- Winterbourne Stoke Barrows
- Normanton Down Barrows, including Bush Barrow
- Vespasian's Camp
- Robin Hood's Ball (an associated monument located just north of the WHS boundary)
- West Amesbury Henge, also known as Bluestonehenge
- Stonehenge Landscape
- Stonehenge New Henge
Avebury and Associated Monuments [edit]
The Avebury area of the WHS is located in northern Wiltshire. It covers an area of 22.5 square km and is centred on the prehistoric Avebury Henge.
Monuments in the Avebury WHS [edit]
- Avebury Henge
- West Kennet Avenue
- Beckhampton Avenue
- West Kennet Long Barrow
- The Sanctuary
- Silbury Hill
- Windmill Hill
Museum and Archive collections [edit]
The main museums are the Alexander Keiler Museum, Salisbury Museum and Wiltshire Heritage Museum in Devizes
Other Museums with material from Stonehenge and Avebury includes the British Museum, National Museum of Wales, Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the Ashmolean Museum. Other Archives include the English Heritage Archive in Swindon, the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre and the Bodleian Library.
Notes [edit]
- ^ http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/6727/coneybury_henge_site.html
- ^ http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/stonehengeinteractivemap/sites/king_barrow_ridge/01.html[dead link]
External links [edit]
- UNESCO: Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
- Avebury on SW WHS website
- Stonehenge on SW WHS website
- Alexander Keiler Museum website
- Salisbury Museum website
- Wiltshire Heritage Museum website
