My point is that those are modern perceptions of what is there.
True - reminds me of the oft quoted "Every age gets the Stonehenge it wants" (or something similar). It's hard to believe, though, that a bank and ditch project the scale of Avebury would be undertaken without having a clear purpose for each of its components. The bank is clearly not defensive so what are the other possibilities? Could be to keep whatever went on inside screened from public view. Could be that at certain times of the year it served as a platform for viewing what did go on inside, while denying physical access to it (the ditch would see to that).In some ways I hope we never do find out what Avebury was used for - part of the attraction of the place is being able to imagine so many different possibilities :-)
