Avebury

What to say about a society that, over many, many centuries, had the resources, vision, time, & discipline to construct such massive ceremonial sites such as Avebury, Silbury Hill, & West Kennet Long Barrow, as well as Stonehenge only a few miles south? Huge amounts of resources were expended on the construction of these ceremonial monuments.

Visiting Avebury yesterday left us totally amazed over how different life/society must have been. 

Just imagine a common purpose where that vision was realized over hundreds and hundreds of years?

We know that Avebury is the largest stone circle in the world: 

* built 4000+ years ago

* primitive tools (antler picks) were used

* 1400ft. diameter & covering an area of 28 acres; 

* massive ditch & bank 1 mile around;

* 170 huge Sarsen stones; 

* several mile-long avenues lined with Sarsen stones connecting it with Silbury Hill (man-made), & West Kennett Long Barrow (man-made)