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| Highlights |  | Events
Including family fun trails and activities, living history craft workshops, talks and tours |  | Guided tours
'Unravelling the story of the stone circle'. Booking essential |  | Country walks
Walking around Avebury guide features six local walks; obtainable from property (£2.50 plus 50p p&p) |
About this property
This internationally renowned stone circle, a World Heritage Site, partly encompasses the pretty village of Avebury. Many of the stones were re-erected in the 1930s by the archaeologist Alexander Keiller, who uncovered the true wonder of one of the most important megalithic monuments in Europe. You can walk right up to the stones and touch them, then watch an exciting interactive audio-visual display which brings their story, and that of the people who strove to uncover their past, alive. The Barn Gallery and the Stables Gallery house the museum, exhibiting many of the fascinating finds from all the local excavations. Another layer of history is provided by the buildings themselves: the dovecote is 16th-century, while the thatched threshing barn and stables are 17th-century. Nearby, the gentle rise of Windmill Hill, once the site of an important Neolithic settlement, has several well-preserved Bronze Age burial mounds and boasts commanding views. West of Avebury, the Iron Age earthwork of Oldbury Castle crowns Cherhill Down, along with the conspicuous Lansdowne Monument. With the spectacular folds of Calstone Coombes, this area of open downland provides wonderful walking.
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