Avebury


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Ave·bur·y

 (āv′bĕr′ē, -brē)
A village of southern England east of Bristol. It is noted for its extensive Neolithic earthworks and stone circles.
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Avebury

(ˈeɪvbərɪ)
n
(Placename) a village in Wiltshire, site of an extensive Neolithic stone circle
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As far back as 1906 A.D., Lord Avebury, an Englishman, uttered the following in the House of Lords: "The unrest in Europe, the spread of socialism, and the ominous rise of Anarchism, are warnings to the governments and the ruling classes that the condition of the working classes in Europe is becoming intolerable, and that if a revolution is to be avoided some steps must be taken to increase wages, reduce the hours of labor, and lower the prices of the necessaries of life." The Wall Street Journal, a stock gamesters' publication, in commenting upon Lord Avebury's speech, said: "These words were spoken by an aristocrat and a member of the most conservative body in all Europe.
The National Trust told police groups have been using Avebury, a World AVEBURY: Heritage Site in Wiltshire.
The heritage conservation charity said it knew groups held rituals at Avebury -- the world's oldest stone circle, in Wiltshire -- which were reported to police.
There are also 28 English Heritage sites to visit including Avebury, Stonehenge and Apsley House.
Researchers examined the bones of 131 pigs from four Late Neolithic sites serving the famous stone circle monuments at Stonehenge and Avebury.
Pig remains found at Late Neolithic settlements close to Stonehenge and fellow stone circle Avebury, Wiltshire, were analysed in a study of the "first united cultural events" in Britain.
Synopsis: Nothing is as it seems when grad student Angeline Lisbon and archaeologist Jake Lalonde join forces with Interpol agent Thomas Chancellor to investigate the disappearance of a museum curator from the quiet tourist village of Avebury. A woman vanishes.
Also featured are the Battersea shield, Star Carr headdress, Skara Brae village (Orkney Islands), Grime's Graves flint mines, Avebury stone circles, the Drumbest horns (Northern Ireland) and Maiden Castle hill fort.
Wiltshire Police described events at Stonehenge and at the stone circle in nearby Avebury as "positive and peaceful".
Other sites, such as the world famous Stonehenge and Avebury, Wiltshire, are set to see the effects of global warming in changes to wildlife and its impacts on the landscape and the risk of more intense rainfall and flash flooding.
Only the three existing Lib Dem hereditary peers in the Lords, the Earl of Oxford and Asquith, the Earl of Glasgow and Lord Addington, were entitled to vote to replace the late Lord Avebury (Eric Lubbock).
“The maps I have produced,” says Langdon “indicated that Avebury was a trading point for our ancestors.