Stonehenge Avenue
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Stonehenge Avenue is an ancient ceremonial pathway near Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England, thought to have connected the stone circle to the River Avon and played a role in prehistoric ritual processions.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
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ceremonial avenue ⓘ prehistoric monument ⓘ |
| archaeologicalEvidence |
ditches
ⓘ
earthwork banks ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Stonehenge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronology | constructed after initial Stonehenge phases ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
River Avon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stonehenge stone circle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructedBy | prehistoric communities of southern Britain ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| culturalPeriod |
Early Bronze Age Britain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Late Neolithic ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | 18th century ⓘ |
| feature |
curving route to River Avon
ⓘ
flanking ditches ⓘ parallel banks ⓘ |
| hasAccess | public footpath sections ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
ceremonial processional route
ⓘ
ritual pathway ⓘ |
| hasSetting | chalk downland ⓘ |
| hasTypeOf |
linear earthwork
ⓘ
processional way ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site component NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| interpretedAs | route linking Stonehenge to River Avon ceremonies ⓘ |
| lengthApprox | about 2.8 kilometers ⓘ |
| linkedRituallyTo |
River Avon ceremonies
ⓘ
Stonehenge stone circle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ Wiltshire ⓘ |
| managedBy | English Heritage ⓘ |
| near | Amesbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | aligned with midsummer sunrise ⓘ |
| partOf |
Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site
NERFINISHED
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Stonehenge landscape NERFINISHED ⓘ Stonehenge ritual landscape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protectionStatus | scheduled monument ⓘ |
| researchField |
landscape archaeology
ⓘ
prehistoric archaeology ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
Early Bronze Age
ⓘ
Neolithic period ⓘ |
| visibleAs |
cropmarks in aerial photography
ⓘ
earthwork on the ground ⓘ |
| widthApprox | about 30 meters ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Heel Stone