Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
| Stonehenge, Avebury and related monuments of megalithic culture | |
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UNESCO world heritage 
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 United Kingdom
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| Type: | Culture |
| Criteria : | i, ii, iii |
| Reference No .: | 373 |
| UNESCO region : | Europe and North America |
| History of enrollment | |
| Enrollment: | 1986 (session 10) |
| Extension: | 2008 |
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites is the name of a World Heritage of UNESCO in the UK . The World Heritage Site, defined in 1986, includes several Neolithic places of worship and discovery sites in the English county of Wiltshire . These are located in two regions around Stonehenge and Avebury , which are around 45 kilometers apart.
World Heritage Sites in the Stonehenge region
The World Heritage Site Stonehenge region is in southern Wiltshire . It is 26 km² and is centered on the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge.
- Stonehenge landscape
- Stonehenge (Stone Henge)
- Stonehenge Avenue
- Stonehenge Cursus (Great Round)
- Stonehenge Lesser Cursus (Smaller Circulation)
- Stonehenge New Henge (New Henge)
- Durrington Walls (Wall conditioning)
- Woodhenge (wooden henge)
- Coneybury Henge (Henge has been plowed flat)
- King Barrow Ridge (Barrow Ridge)
- Winterbourne Stoke Barrow Group
- Normanton Down Barrow Group
- "Vespasian's Camp" (Iron Age hill fort)
- "Robin Hood's Ball"
- Bluehenge (bluestone henge)
World Heritage Sites in the Avebury Region
The World Heritage Site Avebury is in northern Wiltshire. It is 22.5 km² and centered on the Henge of Avebury.
- Avebury Henge
- West Kennet Avenue
- Beckhampton Avenue
- West Kennet Long Barrow
- The Sanctuary
- Silbury Hill
- Windmill Hill
Museums and collections
The most important collections from these world heritage sites can be found in:
- Alexander Keiler Museum
- Salisbury Museum
- Wiltshire Heritage Museum in Devizes
Web links
Heritage: Durham Castle and Durham Cathedral (1986) | Ironbridge Gorgewith The Iron Bridge (1986) | Studley Royal Park with the ruins of Fountains Abbey (1986) | Stonehenge, Avebury, and Associated Monuments of Megalithic Culture (1986) | King Edward's castles and city walls in Gwynedd (1986) | Blenheim Palace (1987) | Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey with St Margaret's Church (1987) | Downtown Bath (1987) | Borders of the Roman Empire : Hadrian's Wall (1987) and Antonine Wall (2008) | Tower of London (1988) | Cathedral , St Augustine's Abbey and St Martin's Church in Canterbury (1988) | Edinburgh Old and New Town (1995) | Maritime Greenwich (1997) | The Heart of Neolithic Orkney (1999) | Old town of Saint George's (Bermuda) with fortifications (2000) | Blaenavon industrial landscape (2000) | New Lanark Industrial Model Estate (2001) | Saltaire industrial village (2001) | Derwent Valley Mills (2001) | Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew (2003) | Liverpool - Maritime Trade City (2004, R ) | Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (2006) | Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (2009) | Forth Bridge (2015) | Gorham Cave (2016) | Lake District (2017) | Jodrell Bank Radio Observatory (2019)
Natural Heritage: Giant's Causeway and Coast (1986) | Henderson (Pitcairn Islands) (1988) | Gough Island and Inaccessible (1995) | Dorset and East Devon Coast (2001)
Cultural / Natural Heritage: St. Kilda (Scotland) (1986)
Map with all linked sites: