Devonshire's East Devon magazine September October 2018

People doing what they have
for the past 5,000 years, walking
amongst the stones.
The pub's the white building (Red
Lion), great for lunch and liquid
refreshment.
Old beech tree at the top of the embankment. A latticework of roots across the ground.
a 'henge', that is a site consisting
of both a circular bank, but also
having an internal ditch running
around the circumference.
In the middle ages, much damage
was done to this structure, many
of the stones were destroyed. It's
believed that originally there were
98 sarsen standing stones, some
in excess of forty tons in weight. I
think you'd agree that it would take
some serious organisational skills
as well as much manual assistance
to move stones of this size from
wherever they were sourced.
Avebury is under the ownership of
the National Trust and although it's
free to walk around the stone circles,
there's a charge to go into Avebury
Manor Garden (unless you carry
the NT card) which is beautifully
maintained and planted out. In late
summer you can enjoy the cheerful
display of sweet peas and dahlias on
show (see photo of Avebury Manor
gardens in Gardening section further
on in magazine).
There's also National Trust's usual
excellent food provision in addition
to food being available at the Red
hubcast
.co.u k
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