West Kennet Avenue — Avebury Stone Row North
Kennet Avenue
Late Neolithic (2600 BCE)·Grooved Ware / Avebury·🇬🇧 England, Wiltshire, Avebury, United Kingdom
About
About West Kennet Avenue — Avebury Stone Row North
Avebury's west avenue excavated by Keiller 1934 and Long 1850s, linking Overton Hill Sanctuary (concentric stone/timber circles) to southern entrance of henge.
Why it mattersKey Grooved Ware / Avebury megalithic with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Collapse cause
- 02Construction labor organization
Theories
- 01Seasonal gathering
- 02Observatory
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2600 BCE (Avebury outer circle 2600 BCE)
- Period
- Late Neolithic (2600 BCE)
- Culture
- Grooved Ware / Avebury
- Purpose
- 2.4 km stone avenue linking Sanctuary to Avebury henge — processional ritual route
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1893
- Excavation
- Excavated
1990 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of West Kennet Avenue — Avebury Stone Row North
c. 1200 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at West Kennet Avenue — Avebury Stone Row North
c. 2600 BCE (Avebury outer circle 2600 BCE)
Initial construction / first occupation at West Kennet Avenue — Avebury Stone Row North
On the ground
Structures & features
51.4280° N · 1.8560° W · 154 m · 3 mapped features
West Kennet Avenue — Avebury Stone Row North — Principal Standing Stone
standing stonestanding stone at West Kennet Avenue — Avebury Stone Row North — hydraulic feature
51.4275° N · 1.8541° WWest Kennet Avenue — Avebury Stone Row North — Chamber Annex 2
chamberchamber at West Kennet Avenue — Avebury Stone Row North — outlier feature
51.4298° N · 1.8549° WWest Kennet Avenue — Avebury Stone Row North — Cairn Annex 3
cairncairn at West Kennet Avenue — Avebury Stone Row North — outlier feature
51.4284° N · 1.8548° W