stone circle

There are many interesting prehistoric sites in the Cotswolds - stone circles, standing stones, dolmen, long barrows, hill forts. The two best sites are the Rollright Stones (stone circle and a dolmen) near Chipping Norton in the north-east Cotswolds, and Belas Knapp (long barrow) near...

View of Cotswold countryside from the dolmen.

The Whispering Knights dolmen (burial tomb).

The Whispering Knights dolmen (burial tomb).

The King Stone.

The King's Men stone circle.

The King's Men stone circle.

Avebury is a large stone circle on the edge of the Salisbury Plain, in Wiltshire, west of London. The main circle of stones is about 3/4 mile around and surrounds the village of Avebury. You can walk up to the stones and touch them. There are smaller circles inside the large circle. The large...

The Ridgeway Trail.

The Ridgeway Trail. Footpath signs on the trail near Avebury.

View of Silbury Hill from West Kennet Long Barrow.

West Kennet Long Barrow.

West Kennet Long Barrow.

West Kennet Long Barrow.

West Kennet Long Barrow. Burial tomb.

View of Silbury Hill from the footpath from the West Kennet Avenue.

View of Silbury Hill from the footpath from the West Kennet Avenue.

Footpath sign at the end of West Kennet Avenue.

West Kennet Avenue, two rows of stones going out from the circle.

Stone circle.