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Photo of Avebury, an ancient site near Marlborough in the North Wessex Downs, Wiltshire, south west England.

Avebury© Barry Skeates / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Ancient stones in WiltshireWiltshire, England

25 ancient stones in the Albion Guide across Wiltshire — see the full ancient stones directory, or everything to explore in Wiltshire.

Photo of Avebury, an ancient site near Marlborough in the North Wessex Downs, Wiltshire, south west England.Iconic

Avebury

Ancient site near Marlborough

Vast henge and circle wrapping a whole village.

Photo of Stonehenge, a stone circle near Stratford-sub-Castle, Wiltshire, south west England.Iconic

Stonehenge

Stone circle · Henge near Stratford-sub-Castle

The most famous prehistoric monument in the world.

Photo of Silbury Hill, a prehistoric mound near Avebury in the North Wessex Downs, Wiltshire, south west England.Iconic

Silbury Hill

Prehistoric mound near Avebury

Europe's largest man-made prehistoric mound.

Photo of West Kennet Avenue, a stone row near Avebury in the North Wessex Downs, Wiltshire, south west England.Highlight

West Kennet Avenue

Stone row near Avebury

Neolithic avenue of paired standing stones winding south from Avebury towards The Sanctuary, its northern stretch re-erected in the 1930s.

Photo of West Kennet Long Barrow, a chambered tomb near Avebury in the North Wessex Downs, Wiltshire, south west England.Highlight

West Kennet Long Barrow

Chambered tomb near Avebury

One of Britain's largest Neolithic chambered tombs, open to walk inside, within sight of Silbury Hill.

Photo of The Sanctuary, Avebury, a stone circle in the North Wessex Downs, Wiltshire, south west England.

The Sanctuary, Avebury

Stone circle near Avebury

Concrete markers on Overton Hill tracing rings of timber posts and later stones raised from about 2500 BC, where West Kennet Avenue ends.

Photo of Durrington Walls and Woodhenge, a henge near Stratford-sub-Castle, Wiltshire, south west England.

Durrington Walls and Woodhenge

Henge near Stratford-sub-Castle

Henge monuments at Durrington Walls and Woodhenge, a round barrow cemetery, two additional round barrows and four settlements

Photo of Windmill Hill, Avebury, an ancient site in the North Wessex Downs, Wiltshire, south west England.

Windmill Hill, Avebury

causewayed-enclosure near Avebury

Low hilltop north-west of Avebury ringed by three circuits of broken Neolithic ditches, a causewayed enclosure that gave its name to an early farming culture.

Langdean stone circle

Stone circle near Avebury

A prehistoric stone circle in Wiltshire.

Day House Lane Stone Circle

Stone circle near Swindon

Stone circle immediately north east of Day House, Coate

Falkner's Circle

Stone circle near Avebury

Remains of `Falkner's Circle', a Neolithic stone circle 180m east of the West Kennet Avenue

Winterbourne Bassett Stone Circle

Stone circle near Broad Town

Stone circle

White Barrow

Ancient site

A National Trust place in Wiltshire.

Wiltshire

Battlesbury Camp

Hillfort near Steeple Ashton

Battlesbury Camp Monuments: hillfort, settlement, cemetery, barrows, enclosure, and field systems

Bratton Camp

Hillfort near Steeple Ashton

Bratton Camp Iron Age hillfort, the Westbury White Horse, barrows and trackways on Bratton Down

Bulford Henges

Henge near Grateley

A Neolithic henge in Wiltshire.

Bury Hill hillfort

Hillfort near Ashton Keynes

An Iron Age hillfort in Wiltshire.

Bury Wood Camp

Hillfort near Slaughterford

Bury Wood Camp hillfort and earthwork enclosure 750m north of Raffinwood House

Chiselbury Camp

Hillfort near Broad Chalke

Chiselbury Camp hillfort, cross dykes and site of turnpike toll house

Coneybury Henge

Henge near Stratford-sub-Castle

Henge monument 400m south of Stonehenge Cottages

Hatfield Earthwork

Henge near Devizes

The Hatfield Earthwork: a henge enclosure, henge and remains of monumental mound at Marden

Kenwalch's Castle

Hillfort near Stourton

Kenwalch's Castle: a large univallate hillfort on Pen Hill

Oldbury Camp

Hillfort near Avebury

Oldbury Camp hillfort, bowl barrow and cross dyke on Cherhill Down

Ringsbury Camp

Hillfort near Ashton Keynes

Ringsbury Camp hillfort

Scratchbury Hill Monuments

Hillfort near Warminster

Scratchbury Hill Monuments: Iron age hillfort, round barrows and enclosures