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ID: 1099708
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1099708
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Avebury Stone Circle (ruins)  Avebury Stone Circle (ruins)

Coordinates:
Lat: 51 28 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 51.4667  decimal degrees
Long: 001 51 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -1.8500  decimal degrees

Note: Henge monument from ca. 2450-2200 BC; comprises circular bank of chalk, faced with chalk blocks set in three concentric circles; excavations suggest stone road called Kennet Avenue linked site with a temple on Overton Hill; located at town of Avebury.

Names:
Avebury Stone Circle (preferred,C,V)
Abury (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United Kingdom (nation)  ........  United Kingdom (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of England (country)  ............  England (country) (P)
Hierarchy of Wiltshire (county)  ................  Wiltshire (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Avebury Stone Circle (ruins)  ....................  Avebury Stone Circle (ruins) (P)

Place Types:
ruins (preferred, C)  ............  dates to 3rd mill. BC
archaeological site (C)
megalithic site (C)
sacred site (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Abury..........  [VP]
..............  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 64
Avebury Stone Circle..........  [VP Preferred]
...................................  Blue Guide: England (1980) 173
...................................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I-735
...................................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-11
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Blue Guide: England (1980) 173
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 64
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I-735
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-11
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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