Ditch and bank of the stone circle, Avebury

Ditch and bank of the stone circle, Avebury is shown and named in a reusable Geograph picture. The saved point is the picture's recorded map point.

Ditch and bank of the stone circle, Avebury date to the Neolithic period, around 2500–2000 BCE, and form part of one of the largest and most complex prehistoric stone circle monuments in Europe. The earthworks may have had ceremonial, social, or astronomical functions, reflecting the spiritual and communal life of early farming communities in the area.