Aubrey holes, Stonehenge

Name: Aubrey holes
Address: Stonehenge, United Kingdom

#15 among attractions in Stonehenge

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The Aubrey holes are a ring of fifty-six chalk pits at Stonehenge, named after the seventeenth-century antiquarian John Aubrey. They date to the earliest phases of Stonehenge in the late fourth and early third millennium BC. Despite decades of argument and analysis, their purpose is still unknown, although an astronomical role has often been suggested. ()

Coordinates: 51°10'45"N, 1°49'32"W

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Aubrey holes – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Stonehenge Cursus, Bush Barrow, Normanton Down Barrows, Stonehenge Landscape.

0.5 miN
Archaeological site
Stonehenge Cursus, Stonehenge
13 min walk • The Stonehenge Cursus is a large Neolithic cursus monument on Salisbury plain, near to Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. It is roughly 3 kilometres long and between 100 metres and 150 metres wide.
0.7 miSW
Archaeological site
Bush Barrow, Stonehenge
19 min walk • Bush Barrow is a site of the early British Bronze Age, at the western end of the Normanton Down Barrows cemetery. It is among the most important sites of the Stonehenge complex, having produced some of the most spectacular grave goods in Britain.
0.7 miS
Archaeological site
Normanton Down Barrows, Stonehenge
17 min walk • Normanton Down is a Neolithic and Bronze Age barrow cemetery located about 0.6 miles south of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England.
~550 ftW
Archaeological site
Stonehenge Landscape, Stonehenge
3 min walk • The Stonehenge Landscape is a property of The National Trust, located on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. The estate covers 2,100 acres surrounding the neolithic monument of Stonehenge, which is administered by English Heritage.
~400 ftNE
Ruins, Mysterious site, Historical place
Stonehenge, Amesbury
2 min walk • Stonehenge Avenue is an ancient avenue on Salisbury plain, Wiltshire, England. It is part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites UNESCO World Heritage Site.
0.6 miNW
Archaeological site
Cursus Barrows, Stonehenge
15 min walk • The Cursus Barrows is the name given to a Neolithic and Bronze Age round barrow cemetery located mostly south of the western end of the Stonehenge Cursus. The cemetery contains around 18 round barrows scattered along an east-to-west ridge, although some of the mounds are no longer visible.
1.2 miE
Archaeological site
Vespasian's Camp, Stonehenge
32 min walk • Vespasian's Camp is an Iron Age hillfort just west of the town of Amesbury, Wiltshire, England. The hillfort is less than 3 kilometres from the Neolithic and Bronze Age site of Stonehenge, and was built on a hill next to the Stonehenge Avenue; it has the River Avon on its southern side and the A303 road on its northern edge.
0.5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
North Wessex Downs, Stonehenge
13 min walk • The North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is located in the English counties of Berkshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire.
~180 ftSW
Observatories and planetariums
Archaeoastronomy and Stonehenge, Stonehenge
1 min walk • The prehistoric monument of Stonehenge has long been studied for its possible connections with ancient astronomy. The site is aligned in the direction of the sunrise of the summer solstice and the sunset of the winter solstice.
1.3 miSE
Archaeological site
Bluestonehenge, Stonehenge
34 min walk • Bluestonehenge or Bluehenge is a prehistoric henge and stone circle monument that was discovered by the Stonehenge Riverside Project about 1 mile south-east of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England.
0.8 miSE
Archaeological site
Coneybury Henge, Stonehenge
21 min walk • Coneybury Henge is a henge which is part of the Stonehenge Landscape in Wiltshire, England. The henge, which has been almost completely flattened, was only discovered in the 20th century.

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Nearby attractions include Archaeoastronomy and Stonehenge, Stonehenge (1 min walk), Stonehenge, Amesbury (2 min walk), Stonehenge Landscape, Stonehenge (3 min walk), North Wessex Downs, Stonehenge (13 min walk).