West Kennet Avenue

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West Kennet Avenue is a prehistoric stone avenue in Wiltshire, England, that forms part of the larger Avebury Neolithic ceremonial landscape.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
West Kennet Avenue canonical 2
Stonehenge Avenue 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Neolithic monument
archaeological site
prehistoric stone avenue
belongsToCulture British Neolithic culture
linked to: Neolithic Britain
connectsWith Avebury stone circle
linked to: Avebury

The Sanctuary
country England
excavatedBy Alexander Keiller
hasAccess footpath along the avenue
hasArchaeologicalInterest megalithic architecture
ritual landscape studies
hasChronology late 3rd millennium BCE
hasConstructionStartTime circa 2600 BCE
late Neolithic period
hasCoordinateRegion North Wessex Downs
hasCurrentCondition many original stones missing
partially surviving
hasFunction ceremonial route
processional avenue
hasLayout double row of standing stones
hasLength about 1.5 miles
approximately 2.4 kilometres
hasMajorExcavationDate 1930s
hasMaterial sarsen stone
hasNumberOfStonesOriginally approximately 100 pairs of stones
hasOrientation south-east from Avebury
hasResearchField prehistoric archaeology
hasRestoration some stones re-erected in 1930s
hasSetting chalk downland landscape
hasTourism open to the public
hasVisibility stones visible above ground
heritageDesignation part of Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites UNESCO World Heritage Site
isComponentOf Avebury henge and stone circles complex
linked to: Avebury
isProtectedAs Scheduled Monument
isRelatedTo Silbury Hill
West Kennet Long Barrow
isSimilarTo Beckhampton Avenue
locatedIn England
United Kingdom
Wiltshire
managedBy National Trust
nearestSettlement Avebury
partOf Avebury World Heritage Site
linked to: Avebury

Avebury ceremonial landscape
linked to: Avebury

Avebury stone circle complex
linked to: Avebury
period Neolithic
usedUntil early Bronze Age

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Avebury hasPart West Kennet Avenue
Heel Stone associatedWith Stonehenge Avenue
subject linked to: heel stone
linked to: West Kennet Avenue
Alexander Keiller Museum near West Kennet Avenue