West Kennet Avenue
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West Kennet Avenue is a prehistoric stone avenue in Wiltshire, England, that forms part of the larger Avebury Neolithic ceremonial landscape.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stonehenge Avenue | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Neolithic monument
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ prehistoric stone avenue ⓘ |
| belongsToCulture | British Neolithic culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
Avebury stone circle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Sanctuary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Alexander Keiller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAccess | footpath along the avenue ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalInterest |
megalithic architecture
ⓘ
ritual landscape studies ⓘ |
| hasChronology | late 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| hasConstructionStartTime |
circa 2600 BCE
ⓘ
late Neolithic period ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateRegion | North Wessex Downs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCurrentCondition |
many original stones missing
ⓘ
partially surviving ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
ceremonial route
ⓘ
processional avenue ⓘ |
| hasLayout | double row of standing stones ⓘ |
| hasLength |
about 1.5 miles
ⓘ
approximately 2.4 kilometres ⓘ |
| hasMajorExcavationDate | 1930s ⓘ |
| hasMaterial | sarsen stone ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfStonesOriginally | approximately 100 pairs of stones ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | south-east from Avebury ⓘ |
| hasResearchField | prehistoric archaeology ⓘ |
| hasRestoration | some stones re-erected in 1930s ⓘ |
| hasSetting | chalk downland landscape ⓘ |
| hasTourism | open to the public ⓘ |
| hasVisibility | stones visible above ground ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| isComponentOf | Avebury henge and stone circles complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isProtectedAs | Scheduled Monument ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
Silbury Hill
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Kennet Long Barrow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSimilarTo | Beckhampton Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ Wiltshire ⓘ |
| managedBy | National Trust ⓘ |
| nearestSettlement | Avebury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Avebury World Heritage Site
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Avebury ceremonial landscape NERFINISHED ⓘ Avebury stone circle complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Neolithic ⓘ |
| usedUntil | early Bronze Age ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Heel Stone
this entity surface form:
Stonehenge Avenue