View SE of ploughed chalk downland between Normanton Down (L) & Wilsford Down (rear R), one mile SW of Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England, UK.

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View SE of ploughed chalk downland between Normanton Down (L) & Wilsford Down (rear R), one mile SW of Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England, UK. Excavation of a what was thought to be a Bronze Age pond barrow (Wilsford 33a) in the foreground revealed a cylindrical shaft 2m across & 30m deep. Containing deposits from the Bronze Age (c 1400BC), Iron Age & Romano-British periods which could be rubbish &/or religious offerings, debate continues as to whether it was a utilitarian well or a ritual shaft.

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Size: 4961px × 3713px
Location: Wilsford Shaft (site of), Longbarrow Crossroads, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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