We drove from Westonbirt to Avebury, to see the the
largest megalithic stone circle in the world.
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| some of the stones are big, taller than a person, ... |
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| ... some are smaller, and some are missing, marked by little concrete obelisks (like the one nearest the camera) |
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| it’s possible to walk all the way round the circle (with some small detours), and to touch the stones; some people were clearly deeply communing with them (maybe because it is the autumn equinox today?) |
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| here we can see the ditch and the bank (in the left foreground; I’m standing on the bank to take the photo) |
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| this is as close as we were allowed to get |
Over the road is the
West Kennet Long Barrow, a Neolithic tomb.
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| view from the road: the barrow is that little line on the horizon |
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| wow, we’re allowed just to walk into it |
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| it’s dark in there (although there are a couple of skylights recently drilled through the rock ceiling) |
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| view of Silbury Hill from the barrow |
That’s enough tramping round the past: we’re off to our next B&B for some modern comforts.
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