Really this could be an add on to my piece about Avebury given it’s proximity, but I think this deserves it’s own piece. West Kennet Avenue is an avenue of stones through an entire field leading in the direction of the West Kennet Barrow. I had no idea this was just round the corner from Avebury stone circle.

Two very long rows of stones, some of them huge, some of them worn away by people, time and weather. There are a few posts marking out the ones that didn’t make it. On the drive down the road, there are also a couple of random monoliths, seemingly on their own and out of place. They help to still mark the old boundary line of the avenue.

From here if you walk to the top of the hill, you can actually see West Kennet long barrow, and Silbury Hill further down. It’s hard not to see a rather large neolithic community at work here. And this is all we have left after 5,500 years, then who knows what was here to start with…

(c) K Wicks