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    The West Kennet Long Barrow, also known as South Long Barrow, is a chambered long barrow near the village of Avebury in the south-western English county...
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    the Coldrum Long Barrow in Kent, a rag tree has been established overhanging the barrow. Many modern Pagans view West Kennet Long Barrow as a "temple"...
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    monuments around Avebury, which includes the Avebury Ring and West Kennet Long Barrow. Its original purpose is still debated. Several other important...
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    chamber, as is evident at other chambered tombs in Britain, such as West Kennet Long Barrow and Wayland's Smithy. It is also possible that there was a portal...
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    Avebury stone circle Longstones/ Beckhampton Avenue Kennet Avenue Silbury Hill West Kennet Long Barrow The Sanctuary The Sanctuary was a stone and timber...
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    landscape containing several older monuments nearby, including West Kennet Long Barrow, Windmill Hill and Silbury Hill. By the Iron Age, the site had...
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    Wayland's Smithy (category Barrows in the United Kingdom)
    suggests it was a late use of this style of burial, being similar to West Kennet Long Barrow, which had been in use 200 years before. In 1738, Francis Wise...
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    high. Further south (on the other side of the A4) is West Kennet Long Barrow, a chambered long barrow. Falkner's Circle, 750 metres (820 yards) south-east...
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  • Atkinson) included Cairnpapple Hill in West Lothian; Wayland's Smithy in Oxfordshire; and West Kennet Long Barrow and Stonehenge in Wiltshire. In 1957 he...
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    converge. In these early stages, the Kennet passes close by prehistoric sites, including Avebury Henge, West Kennet Long Barrow and Silbury Hill. The land drained...
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    Chestnuts Long Barrow, also known as Stony Warren or Long Warren, is a chambered long barrow near the village of Addington in the south-eastern English...
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    Kennet Avenue or West Kennet Avenue is a prehistoric site in the English county of Wiltshire. It was an avenue of two parallel lines of stones 25m wide...
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  • Press. pp. 261–62. ISBN 9780195384765. Retrieved 2012-08-12. "West Kennet Long Barrow, Avebury" English Heritage. Retrieved 15 July 2012. Alastair Whittle...
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    Lugbury Long Barrow is a prehistoric long barrow in Wiltshire, England, about 0.6 miles (1 km) east of Nettleton and about 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of Castle...
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    British Isles to the west. Overall, about 40,000 long barrows are known to survive from the Early Neolithic across Europe. The long barrows are not the world's...
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    the Avebury Ring, Silbury Hill, and the West Kennet Long Barrow. It is close to the confluence of the River Kennet and lies within the grounds of Marlborough...
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    Addington Long Barrow is a chambered long barrow located near the village of Addington in the southeastern English county of Kent. Probably constructed...
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    Nympsfield Long Barrow is the remains of a Neolithic burial site or barrow, located close to the village of Nympsfield in Gloucestershire, South West England...
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    Uley Long Barrow, also known locally as Hetty Pegler's Tump, is a Neolithic burial mound, near the village of Uley, Gloucestershire, England. Although...
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  • (27 km) north of Stonehenge. Avebury Henge West Kennet Avenue Beckhampton Avenue West Kennet Long Barrow The Sanctuary Silbury Hill Windmill Hill The...
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    Little Kit's Coty House (category Barrows in England)
    Three further surviving long barrows, Addington Long Barrow, Chestnuts Long Barrow, and Coldrum Long Barrow, are located west of the Medway. Now a jumble...
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  • "The Knap o' Howar, Papay". Orkneyjar. Retrieved 13 July 2012. "West Kennet Long Barrow, Avebury" English Heritage. Retrieved 15 July 2012. "The Midhowe...
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    Tumulus (redirect from Barrow (archaeology))
    Notable British barrows include: West Kennet Long Barrow – Neolithic long barrow in Wiltshire Wayland's Smithy – Neolithic long barrow and chamber tomb...
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    Medway Megaliths (category Barrows in the United Kingdom)
    violence and warfare in Early Neolithic Britain from such sites as West Kennet Long Barrow and Hambledon Hill, with some groups constructing fortifications...
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  • Yorkshire Uley Long Barrow (aka Hetty Pegler's Tump), Gloucestershire Wayland's Smithy, Oxfordshire West Kennet Long Barrow, Wiltshire White Barrow, Wiltshire...
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  • neolithic structures around Avebury and Stonehenge, beginning at West Kennet Long Barrow. This is followed by "Limestone", which describes the Roman baths...
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    Notgrove Long Barrow is a prehistoric long barrow burial mound in Gloucestershire, England. It consists of a large mound with a passage running through...
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  • Preston Candover Long Barrow is an unchambered long barrow located near to the village of Preston Candover in the south-eastern English county of Hampshire...
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    Belas Knap (category Barrows in the United Kingdom)
    Belas Knap is a neolithic, chambered long barrow situated on Cleeve Hill, near Cheltenham and Winchcombe, in Gloucestershire, England. It is a type of...
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  • creation of Stonehenge. He also investigated sites at Silbury Hill, West Kennet Long Barrow, and Wayland's Smithy and was a friend and collaborator of Peggy...
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