More stones and weird prehistoric things

The last stone circle we visited was Avebury, the largest stone circle in the world. And friends, it is huge. You can't really see the whole thing at one time it's so big. There is also a town sort of built right into the middle of it.

Here is an aerial view:










There are also a whole freakin' lot of sheep grazing, meandering, and napping amongst the stones.






Oh, and pooping



There was also one stealthy highland coo spotted:


Just South of Avebury is Silbury Hill:


Wtf is it? No one knows. Just call it an enigmatic monolith.

Across the highway from Silbury Hill is West Kennet Longbarrow, a burial site with five chambers. As with so many prehistoric sites in Great Britain, this one was remarkably unattended--we just walked up and in, and poked around a bit. Clearly there had been some rituals performed recently, as there were various bits of dried flowers and herbs lying around. But no grafitti, and almost no litter.