Chance wrote:
Although some of the arguments put forward are correct, the assumption that the stone circles must be The Sanctuary is not.
Are those (on the 1925 map on Oldmaps Uk) 'Circle of Stones' (site of), which are marked by the old Roman road crossing the Ridgeway. Its quite logical of course for stone circles to be situated at an old crossroad, and also in the midst of all those barrows. Plus of course the old Roman road goes straight across to West Kennett village, cutting out the loop of the modern road.... there again I might have it wrong. The stones that made up The Sanctuary were removed in Stukeley's day (Winter of 1724) and the site was only rediscovered in 1930.
What is refered to here, could be the two stone circles that stood due north of The Sanctuary, on the other side of the A4.
See the Wiltshire sites and monuments listings,
SU16NW556
http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/smr/getsmr.php?id=14198
and
SU16NW564
http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/smr/getsmr.php?id=14206
I'm in the process of adding some of the more dubious stone circles around Avebury to the TMA database.
Why not add these two yourself, Ocifant?
Chance