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The Aubrey Holes: picture

PhotographCC BY-SA 2.0Dug in Stage 1, about 3000–2920 BCCopy of The Aubrey Holes
The Aubrey Holes: picture
The Aubrey Holes: picture

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.

John Atherton, 2008. CC BY-SA 2.0

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PictureJohn Atherton · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 2.02 steps from the original

Where it was made

LondonBrusselsAmsterdamBirminghamLilleRotterdamCardiff1Aubrey Holes ring200 kmLondonBrusselsDublinAmsterdam1200 km
Aubrey Holes ring · Pit circle

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