Avebury ditch

Another photo from Avebury. This give more of an idea of what it's like to visit the site. The short concrete posts were put up as substitutes for the stones pulled down to make farm walls and buildings and/or to appease the anti-pagan mood of the late medieval church.The ditches are huge and circle a large area of the village. You can get an idea of the scale of these ditches from the few people here.
The ridges that you can see on the right side of this bit of ditch are called berms. They show the terracing that stops the sides from collapsing.
The picture comes from Whydontyou.org.uk

Tags: Avebury, megalith, English Heritage, Wiltshire, Photographs, history, prehistory