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West Kennet Avenue is a Neolithic ceremonial monument consisting of parallel lines of standing stones extending southwestward from the Avebury henge complex in Wiltshire. The avenue, constructed during the later Neolithic period around 2500 BCE, originally comprised approximately one hundred stones arranged in two parallel rows spanning roughly two kilometres in length. The earthwork bank recorded east of West Kennett Farm forms part of the broader ceremonial landscape associated with Avebury and represents the substantial engineering effort invested by Neolithic communities in monumental construction. The site remains one of the most significant examples of Neolithic ritual architecture in Britain, demonstrating the sophisticated organisational capacity and cosmological beliefs of its builders.
West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank east of West Kennett Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015547. View the official record →
West Kennet Avenue is a Neolithic ceremonial monument consisting of parallel lines of standing stones extending southwestward from the Avebury henge complex in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015547.
West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank east of West Kennett Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1015547.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse (4.9 km), Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage (5 km), Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill (5.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank east of West Kennett Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank east of West Kennett Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.