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The top of the long barrow.

The southern flank of the long barrow. A dense screen of hawthorn has been planted around the perimeter, so in the next year or so accessing the barrow will be very difficult.

Looking west along the top of the overgrown long barrow.

Approaching the long barrow from the west.

Another of the round barrows, over the hawthorn screen.

It proved difficult to get any decent shots of the round barrow group at the west end of the site, as the landowner has placed a fence tightly around the perimeter and then planted dense hawthorn inside it.

From the east.

Shadows and tall trees.

The southern flank.

The north side.

From the west end.

Birdlip Camp, centre skyline, from Witcombe to the west. Crickley Hill fort is far left.

Looking towards the eastern end.

The western end of the dyke.

Approaching from the south.

The northwestern rampart.

The outer bank and ditch to the southeast of the main site.

The northern rampart, looking out over the edge of the Cotswolds escarpment.

The interior.

Looking northeast.

The southeastern ramparts, looking towards Haresfield Beacon hillfort.

Apologies for image quality, this was taken from the Bison Stone at the northern end of West Kennett Avenue (over 5km away) in failing light. The last rays of the midwinter sun sink below the horizon next to the long barrow. From the bank of Avebury henge itself the sun would fall directly behind the barrow at midwinter but hedges obscure this view.

Standing next to the Bison Stone, the northernmost surviving stone of the Avenue, close to the henge bank. The final rays of the midwinter sun are setting behind Easton Down long barrow.

The midwinter sun has dropped below Waden Hill.

Heavy skies over the Ridgeway and Overton Hill barrows from West Kennett Avenue as sunset approaches.

The big barrows up by the Ridgeway, from West Kennett Avenue as a cloudy sunset approaches.

Inner circle.

Midwinter.

West Overton 1, midwinter.

Seen from the east, the long barrow is very prominent in the landscape.

East Kennett long barrow, centre skyline, seen from the southeast alongside the Ridgeway north of Little Avebury.

The stone standing on edge inside the ring.

Looking east up towards The Ridgeway. The two stones in the foreground are outside the circumference of the circle.

Basins in the largest stone, which lies just outside the ‘circle’.

Looking south along the dry valley. The stones of the row can be seen on the far left. Passmore’s plan doesn’t reflect the large recumbent in the foreground.

Looking southwest. From this side the arrangement looks reasonably circular.

Langdean Bottom ‘circle’, looking west towards Harestone Down.

The stone row. This is definitely not a natural feature, although dating is another matter.

The northern sarsen arc, looking west.

The northern sarsen arc, less of a true circle than the southern arc, which can be seen beyond.

The southern sarsen arc.

The southern of two sarsen arcs, six stones that seem to form the side of a pretty good circle.

Landscape context from the Ridgeway, and an attempt to show the “features”.

Adam’s Grave silhouetted on the skyline. Seen from the Ridgeway to the north, near Knap Cottage.

Round barrow at SU1162464076, one of the group to the southwest of Knap Cottage. The lumps and bumps immediately beyond on either side are a later enclosure. A further round barrow is just visible directly over the top of this one, near the trees. The single sarsen that is probably Knap Cottage stone is near there. Milk Hill, the highest point in Wiltshire, forms the skyline behind.

Single large recumbent sarsen, within 100 yards of the grid ref given for the stone in the SMR near a group of round barrows west of Knap Cottage. Adam’s Grave long barrow can be seen on the skyline.