Oct 12, 2010

United Kingdom. Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites


Date of Inscription: 1986
Minor modification inscribed year: 2008
Criteria: (i)(ii)(iii)
Property : 4985.4000 ha
Buffer zone: ha
Wiltshire, England
N51 10 44 W1 49 31
Ref: 373bis  


 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.

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/373

With many thanks to my dear Leslie again! :) 

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