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 ⓘ