Chance

Station Stone, number 92, is the most significant of the four station stones. Lying to the south east of stonehenge, within the Aubery holes, this stone is understood to be an ancient marker. Only two of the four station stones remain, the other two where positioned on top of the north and south barrows. See the Stonehenge plan for an overall view of these features.

View of the much reduced south barrow with Stonehenge’s stone 56 for referance. Viewed looking towards Fargo plantation.

View of the much reduced round barrow directly south of Stonehenge, looking towards the A303 and Normington Down

The Slaughter stone lies in it’s ancient burial pit. It would appear never to have been lifted since being buried during a later period of the henge construction. Who knows what mystery’s lie beneath this sarsan.

The Slaughter stone lies between Stonehenge and the Heel stone and appears to have been buried during a later period of the henge construction.

The heel and Slaughter stones seen from the henge

Stone 30 gets isolated for it’s own good

Looking into Avebury from the Avenue

West Kennet Avenue – Stone No. 4b

The first stone at the top of the avenue is 4b, the Bison stone.
This area of the Avenue seems to have been cleared by the time of William Stukeley’s visit of 1724

Just put your lips together and blow......

The path leading down from the north east entrance which would have been the original access route

Remains of the north eastern entrance where some of the finest Iron Age drystone walling was apparently unearthed.

Remains of the eastern entrance

Pure Joy writes “Local folklore says that there is a rift in the earth at the camp where the dead from a battle were thrown into.”

The main rampart across the south-west side is bivallatc 4m wide and 1m deep and an outer bank up to 2m high and 3m wide.

The modern entrance which has been forced through the Iron-age rampart.

Looking up towards the brow of the defences. During the summer months this woodland becomes very dense.

The eastern side of the fort with the modern path leading towards Colerne

Ligné tumulus with it’s protective circle of trees, awaits excavation and restoration

What purpose did this groove serve?

The great slab uncovered.

Overall view of the barrow looking west

Visited this barrow today and found it devoid of plants!
The Elder was cut to the ground and the brambles banished

In 1644, diarist Richard Symonds described Fyfield as ‘a place so full of grey pibble stone of great bignes as is not usually seen ... they lie so thick as you may go upon them all the way. They call that place the Grey-weathers because afar off they look like a flock of Sheepe.‘

In 1644, diarist Richard Symonds described Fyfield as ‘a place so full of grey pibble stone of great bignes as is not usually seen ... they lie so thick as you may go upon them all the way. They call that place the Grey-weathers because afar off they look like a flock of Sheepe.‘

In consequence of a recent change of ownership.. there is every probability that the work of breaking up the Sarsens will be undertaken on a greatly extended scale.. the Grey Wethers in Pickle Dean and Lockeridge Dean would be the first to go, owing to their situation adjacent to high roads – while for the same reason their disappearance would be a greater loss to the public than the disappearance of those in more remote parts of the Downs.

Piggle Dene stones were bought by the National Trust in 1907.

In 1644, diarist Richard Symonds described Fyfield as ‘a place so full of grey pibble stone of great bignes as is not usually seen ... they lie so thick as you may go upon them all the way. They call that place the Grey-weathers because afar off they look like a flock of Sheepe.‘

An image from a much changed Avebury. The “Druid Stones” in this picture are stone number 44 and the remaining portal stone from the Northern entrance, number 46 – The Swindon Stone.