Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites

Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites skrevs in på UNESCO:s världsarvslista 1986 som kulturarv i United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Platsen hör till regionen Europe and North America.

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UNESCOStonehenge and Avebury, in Wiltshire, are among the most famous groups of megaliths in the world. The two sanctuaries consist of circles of menhirs arranged in a pattern whose astronomical significance is still being explored. These holy places and the nearby Neolithic sites are an incomparable testimony to prehistoric times.