A profile view looking SW of the stone entrance facade (L) & earthen long mound of West Kennet chambered tomb which runs for over 100m (328ft) E-W.


A profile view looking SW of the stone entrance facade (L) & earthen long mound of West Kennet chambered tomb which runs for over 100m (328ft) east to west. Used in the mid-4th millennium BC to house the bones of some 50 individuals in five burial chambers off the central passage: two opposed side chambers & a terminal one at the W (L) end. A couple is filming the facde with a video camera.


Size: 4957px × 3786px
Location: West Kennet Long Barrow, Avebury, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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