Avebury may not be as convenient, famous or spectacular as Stonehenge, and you may never have heard of it. But it also lacks the large crowds, high fences, entrance fees and "don't touch" restrictions ...

But an extraordinary set of photographs just released by Historic England reveal a chapter in the site's history that many aren't aware of. The images show a group of men in the 1930s erecting the ...

A prehistoric monument that boasts the world’s largest stone circle and now stands among the World Heritage Sites may have been designed to commemorate a single, humble house when it was built more ...

Avebury stands some 25 miles north of Stonehenge and is large enough to fit two Stonehenge-sized circles. Detmar Owen via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY SA-4.0 Avebury, a sprawling network of stone ...

AVEBURY, England -- A blood red moon glared down from the heavens, its pale light gleaming on the mammoth stones starkly etched against the night sky. As I stood staring at a tableau that had remained ...

BRITAIN’S oldest – and arguably most mysterious – relic appears to have been keeping a secret from us. Archaeologists were shocked to discover a “secret square” monument hiding within the famous stone ...

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Dr Charlie Hargood and Dr Ros Cleal want to see visitors get more from the site More than 20 games for smartphones have been developed to give visitors to the Avebury world heritage site more to ...

THOUGHT Stonehenge was our oldest relic? Think again. Mysterious religious rituals were happening WAY before the stone circle was assembled, in a lesser-known prehistoric site some 20 miles down the ...