Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites is a UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) in Wiltshire, England. The WHS covers two large areas of land separated by about , rather than a specific monument or building. The sites were inscribed as co-listings in 1986. Some large and well known monuments within the WHS are listed below, but the area also has an exceptionally high density of small-scale archaeological sites, particularly from the prehistoric period. More than 700 individual archaeological features have been identified. There are 160 separate scheduled monuments, covering 415 items or features.Stonehenge Management Plan, 2009, English Heritage, p.22 Read more on Wikipedia
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