Sunday, August 7, 2016

Another stone formation?

We spent our day in Avebury. It is the location of another stone circle like Stonehenge.  The stones here are individual tall stones set into the ground over 4000 years ago.  The circumference of the circle is around 3000 feet and you can walk up and touch the stones.  Sheep farmers use the land so we were passing sheep as we were walking around the stone circle.

There are two other heritage sites in the area.  One is Silbury Hill which is a man made Hill that is 120 feet high and 500 feet wide in the middle of a naturally flat area.   The was also a 5000 year old burial site called the West Kennet Long Barrow a little further away.   We walked about a mile from the parking lot to get to the hill and another mile further to the Long Barrow.

The walk was uneven on an unimproved path.  I made it to the Hill and halfway more to the Long Barrow but once I saw the final elevation climb to get to that site,  I stayed behind while everyone else made it to the site.  That was a 20k step day,  my feet hurt!

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