7 stops
The Stonehenge landscape
The Stonehenge landscape in Wiltshire, from sarsen circles and timber henges to a chalk mound and the world's largest megalithic stone circle.
Stop 1
Stonehenge
c. 3100–1500 BCEArtefact styleEstimated
A prehistoric megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain whose outer sarsen ring is topped by lintels held in mortise and tenon joints, and which was built in phases from about 3100 BC to about 1600 BC.
Stop 2
Coneybury Henge
c. 3047–2925 BCERadiocarbon datingMeasured
A henge in the Stonehenge Landscape, first noticed from the air in the 1920s, whose excavated oval ditch held pottery ranging from the early Neolithic to the middle Bronze Age and a human cremation.
Stop 3
Woodhenge
c. 1859–1435 BCERadiocarbon datingMeasured
A Neolithic henge and timber circle northeast of Stonehenge, formed by six concentric rings of postholes whose deepest are thought to have held posts reaching 7.5 metres above ground.
Stop 4
Durrington Walls
c. 2800–2100 BCERadiocarbon datingMeasured
A Neolithic settlement and later henge enclosure whose timber circle, built around 2600 BC and oriented to the midwinter sunrise, lay beside a village of up to 1,000 houses.
Stop 5
West Kennet Long Barrow
c. 3700–3601 BCEHistorical sourcesMeasured
A chambered long barrow near Avebury, built of earth, local sarsen megaliths and oolitic limestone, whose 100-metre tumulus encloses a stone chamber high enough for visitors to stand upright.
Stop 6
Silbury Hill
c. 2390–1631 BCERadiocarbon datingMeasured
A 39.3-metre artificial chalk mound near Avebury, the tallest prehistoric man-made mound in Europe, whose original purpose is still debated.
Stop 7
Avebury
c. 3000–2001 BCEArtefact styleEstimated
A Neolithic henge holding the largest megalithic stone circle in the world, with a large outer circle and two smaller ones inside, now managed by the National Trust.