Sarsen stones in a dry valley at Fyfield Down National Nature Reserve near Avebury in Wiltshire, England,

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Sarsen stones are sandstone blocks, most common on the Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire. They are post-glacial remains of a cap of cenozic silcrete that once covered much of southern England. A large concentration of sarsen stones is found here in this dry valley on Fyfield Down, which is a National Nature Reserve, where the stones are also known as grey wethers.

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Location: Fyfield Down, Wiltshire, England, UK.
Photo credit: © Chris Lock / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: cenozic, grey, historic, history, marlborough, nature, post-glacial, reserve, sandstone, sarsen, silcrete, stone, stones, wethers, wiltshire