View looking NW at E end of West Kennet Neolithic chambered tomb, Wiltshire, UK, showing entrance facade & massive sarsen slabs sealing the forecourt.

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View looking NW at the E end of West Kennet Neolithic chambered tomb, Wiltshire, UK, showing the entrance facade & line of massive sarsen slabs erected across the concave entrance forecourt to seal the tomb. Built c 3650 BC, five burial chambers are enclosed by an E-W chalk mound over 100m (328ft) long & 3m (10ft) high. The disarticulated skeletons of some 50 adults & children were found systematically deposited in the chambers.

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Size: 3778px × 2659px
Location: West Kennet Long Barrow, Avebury, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
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