Avebury Stone Circle

Avebury's energy is expansive and enveloping, with the vast scale of the circle creating an immersive field that visitors describe as gentle yet profoundly transformative. Unlike the concentrated intensity of Stonehenge, Avebury's energy flows in broad currents that wash through the body and open the heart centre. The site is associated with the Michael and Mary ley lines that weave through the stones in a serpentine pattern. Many experience heightened intuition, spontaneous healing responses, and a feeling of being held within the womb of the earth mother. The village built within the circle creates a unique interplay between everyday life and sacred space.

Avebury is the largest stone circle in Europe, encompassing approximately 28 acres within a massive henge ditch and bank constructed around 3000 BC. The outer circle originally contained around 98 sarsen stones, with two smaller inner circles and a central cove structure. Connected to the henge by the West Kennet Avenue of paired standing stones, Avebury forms part of a vast Neolithic ceremonial landscape that includes Silbury Hill, the West Kennet Long Barrow, and The Sanctuary. Archaeological work by Alexander Keiller in the 1930s recovered many buried stones and revealed that medieval villagers had deliberately toppled and buried the megaliths. The monument was likely constructed by Beaker culture communities over several centuries and served as a major regional gathering and ceremonial centre.