©Avebury/ David Noton

Avebury - 6 miles west of Marlborough

Perhaps the most important megalithic ceremonial monument in Europe. The site of 27 acres, with circles of sarsen stones, is enclosed by a bank and ditch and approached by an avenue of megaliths. It as excavated by Alexander Keiller, and the finds from Avebury are displayed in the museum situated north of the church.