Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
World Heritage Site
- Official name
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Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites |
UNESCO
- Country
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United Kingdom |
Map
- Continent
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Europe
- Location
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Wiltshire, England
51.1788° Lat, -1.8252° Lon |
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- Code
- 373
- Time Zone
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Europe/London (GMT, +0000)
- Current Time
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- Category
- Cultural
- Description
- Inscribed 1986. 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.
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