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"The Stone Circle of Avebury", ©2006 Elroy Christenson The stone circle at is
about a 1/4
mile across with these stones toward
the center. A village is actually built in the
middle of the
circle with a couple of churches and a bar. It is
a very bucolic
place and one of my favorite spots to visit in all of
England. It
is not a popular as Stonehenge, which is fairly nearby,
and that is a
good thing. It probably operated for centuries in
a similar way
to Stonehenge
as a gigantic solitial calendar and probably dates to
the same era of
about 2000 bce.
I often believe that these
stones
should have names or least their own religious ceremony.
This
particular one I have photographed several different
times in different
years. It always has the symbol of
fecundity.
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