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Scheduled monuments in Wiltshire

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Stonehenge
Stonehenge is a prehistoric megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, west of Amesbury. It consists of an outer ring of vertical sarsen standing stones, each around high, wide, and weighing around 25 tons, topped by connecting horizontal lintel stones which are held in place with mortise and tenon joints—a feature unique among contemporary monuments. Inside is a ring of smaller bluestones. Inside, these are free-standing trilithons, two bulkier vertical sarsens joined by a single lintel. The whole monument, now in ruins, is aligned towards the sunrise on the summer solstic
Avebury
Avebury () is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles, around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, in south-west England. One of the best-known prehistoric sites in Britain, it contains the largest megalithic stone circle in the world. It is both a tourist attraction and a place of religious importance to contemporary pagans.
Clarendon Palace
castle in Wiltshire, England, UK
Bush Barrow
archaeological site in Wilsford cum Lake, Wiltshire, England
Barbury Castle
hill fort in England
Stonehenge Avenue
ancient avenue on Salisbury plain, Wiltshire, England
Adam's Grave
neolithic long barrow in Alton, Wiltshire, England, UK
Wansdyke
thumb|The Wansdyke on Tan Hill, Wiltshire Wansdyke (from ''Woden's Dyke'') is a series of early medieval defensive linear earthworks in the West Country of England, consisting of a ditch and a running embankment from the ditch spoil, with the ditching facing north. There are two main parts: an eastern dyke that runs between Savernake Forest, West Woods and Morgan's Hill in Wiltshire, and a western dyke that runs from Monkton Combe to the ancient hill fort of Maes Knoll in historic Somerset. Between these two dykes, there is a middle section formed by the remains of the London-to-Bath Roman roa
Marlborough Castle
medieval castle in Wiltshire, England, UK
Marden Henge
Neolithic henge monument
Bincknoll Castle
site of a possible Iron Age univallate hillfort located in Wiltshire, England, UK