West Kennet Avenue SN8 1RD
Entry: Free for everyone
Open: seasonal - check website
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About:
The Avenue relates to nearby Avebury and the Sanctuary, and was erected sometime after the initial construction of both, suggesting a changing relationship between the older monuments. As well as marking the route to Avebury, the stones seem to have acted as grave markers for some members of the Avebury community.

Some time after the Avenue was erected, several shallow burials were placed at the foot of the stones.
In the 1930s Alexander Keiller, heir to the Keiller marmalade fortune, excavated four graves, all belonging to the Beaker period (about 2500–1800 BC); three contained a single person, but the fourth had the remains of three. These were particularly important people or, possibly, they were buried as sacrificial offerings in some form of ancestor worship.
Elsewhere along the Avenue, excavations revealed scatters of human bone, presumably also from burials.

Dog Friendly:
Sheep may be grazing the site, so please keep dogs on leads.

Parking:
Free parking is available in the layby at the south end of the avenue on the B4003. Alternatively park in the National Trust car park in Avebury village, which is free for English Heritage members displaying a car sticker.

Facilities:
None 

Notes:
Not known

Contact:
Tel: 03703331181     
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Website: www.english-heritage.org.uk