# The Aubrey Holes

> The ring of 56 pits inside the bank, which on the excavators' reading first held bluestones and later received cremations; Aubrey Hole 7 yielded the…

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**ART** 0CRWQG2469FF·Artifact · object

# The Aubrey Holes

PhotographCC BY 2.0Dug in Stage 1, about 3000–2920 BC

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The ring of 56 pits inside the bank, which on the excavators' reading first held bluestones and later received cremations; Aubrey Hole 7 yielded the cremated bone dated in 2016. The holes are now shown on the ground by white markers.

Rachelle Haun, 2008. CC BY 2.0

## Copies 4

**Photo** Rachelle Haun · commons.wikimedia.org · 2019-06-19 · CC BY 2.02 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aubrey_hole_marker.jpg)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/1bde51d8e987155f46735217099d5ce3fc83ef7ab33c5ed72f17a4d409ed18ed)

**Photo** John Atherton · commons.wikimedia.org · 1971 · CC BY-SA 2.02 steps from the original

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**Picture** Rachelle Haun · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY 2.02 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aubrey_hole_marker.jpg)

**Picture** John Atherton · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 2.02 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chalk-filled_holes_at_Stonehenge,_England,_summer_1971.jpg)

## Where it was made

[Aubrey Holes ring](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CRWPCX415E8/aubrey-holes-ring) · Pit circle

## Sources 3

- [Stonehenge remodelled](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CRWNZ7M3KZ6/stonehenge-remodelled)_SRC_
- [The dead of Stonehenge](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CRWNZFE5EMX/the-dead-of-stonehenge)_SRC_
- [Who was buried at Stonehenge?](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CRWNZQ826RK/who-was-buried-at-stonehenge)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Aubrey Holes [Artifact ART0CRWQG2469FF]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CRWQG2469FF
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Key

**ART** 0CRWQG2469FF

Kind

Object

Held by

In situ (the excavated holes are marked by chalk discs); English Heritage

Dated

dug in Stage 1, about 3000–2920 BC; Aubrey Hole 7 re-excavated in 2008, recovering the bone Hawley had reburied in 1935

Licence

CC BY 2.0

Place

[Aubrey Holes ring](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CRWPCX415E8/aubrey-holes-ring)

Part of

[Stonehenge](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge)

The record

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