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Avebury Henge and Stones, Selkley Hundred, Wiltshire, South-West England, British Isles [Map]

Falkner's Circle Longstones Cove aka Devil's Quoits Silbury Hill The Sanctuary West Kennet Avenue Avebury Henge Bank Avebury Henge Removed Bank Centre of the Henge Avebury Ring Stone Winterbourne Basset Stone Circle Falkner's Circle Longstones Cove aka Devil's Quoits Avebury Henge East Entrance Avebury Henge North Entrance Avebury Henge South Entrance Avebury Henge West Entrance Avebury Outer Circle Stone Markers Avebury Outer Stone Circle Extant Stones Avebury North Circle Cove Avebury South Circle Extant Stones Avebury South Circle Obelisk Avebury South Circle Z Feature Avebury Outer Circle Stone 9 aka SW16 aka Barber Stone Avebury Outer Circle Stone 35 Avebury Outer Circle Stone 46 aka Swindon Stone Avebury North Circle 1 Avebury North Circle 2

Avebury Henge and Stones is in Avebury, Wiltshire [Map].

Avebury Henge and Stones [Map] describes the monuments associated with the Late Neolithic Early Bronze Age Period, aka around 2400BC. Those monuments are:

Avebury Henge

Avebury Stone Circles, including:

Avebury Outer Circle,

Avebury North Circle, with the Avebury North Circle Cove [Map] at its centre,

Avebury South Circle, with the Avebury South Circle Obelisk [Map] at its centre,

West Kennet Avenue, with the The Sanctuary [Map] at its end,

Beckhampton Avenue, with the Longstones Cove aka Devil's Quoits [Map] at its end,

Silbury Hill [Map].

Avebury Carbon Dates, Avebury Henge and Stones, Selkley Hundred, Wiltshire, South-West England, British Isles

Carbon Date. 3995BC. Early Neolithic Carbon Dates

Report: Fractions of cut sod in secondary construction at Silbury Hill, Avebury, Wiltshire, England. Comment (lab): NaOH - soluble portion of SI-910A. Fractions taken to test feasibility of dating sod/turf.

ID: 3877, C14 ID: SI-910AH Date BP: 5995 +/- 185, Start Date BP: 5810, End BP: 6180

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 100, OS North: 685

Archaeologist Name: R J C Atkinson

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 15, 1973, 400-1; Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 38; Antiquity, 41, 1967, 259-62; Antiquity, 43, 1969, 216; Antiquity, 44, 1970, 313-14

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Carbon Date. 2675BC. Late Neolithic Carbon Dates

Report: Fractions of cut sod in secondary construction at Silbury Hill, Avebury, Wiltshire, England. Comment (lab): organic matter of 2 mm size. Fractions taken to test feasibility of dating sod/turf.

ID: 3878, C14 ID: SI-910A Date BP: 4675 +/- 110, Start Date BP: 4565, End BP: 4785

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 100, OS North: 685

Archaeologist Name: R J C Atkinson

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 15, 1973, 400-1; Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 38; Antiquity, 41, 1967, 259-62; Antiquity, 43, 1969, 216; Antiquity, 44, 1970, 313-14

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Carbon Date. 2640BC. Late Neolithic Carbon Dates

Report: Bone, AML 831778, id as animal, from old land surface under bank of henge (NW quadrant, cutting II) at Avebury, Wiltshire, England. Subm M Pitts 1985. [Ed: NGR not given, estimated only.]

ID: 8807, C14 ID: HAR-10325 Date BP: 4640 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 4570, End BP: 4710

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 9, OS North: 69

Archaeologist Name: M Pitts 1982

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 34, 1992, 61-2; Proc Prehist Soc, 58, 1992, 203-12; Archaeologia, 84, 1935, 99-162; Smith I, 'Windmill Hill and Avebury' (Oxford, 1965)

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Carbon Date. 2640BC. Late Neolithic Carbon Dates

Report: animal bone; from the old land surface under the henge bank; north-west sector, trench 2, LZ. Excavated in 1982 (Evans et al 1985).

ID: 15117, C14 ID: HAR 10325 Date BP: 4640 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 4710, End BP: 4570

Abstract: Avebury; 1984-85

Reference Name: Bayliss, A, Hedges, R, Otlet, R, Switsur, R, and Walker, J 2012 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage between 1981 and 1988', Swindon: English Heritage

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

Carbon Date. 2570BC. Late Neolithic Carbon Dates

Report: Fractions of cut sod in secondary construction at Silbury Hill, Avebury, Wiltshire, England. Comment (lab): organic matter from 0.5 to 1 mm size. Fractions taken to test feasibility of dating sod/turf.

ID: 3879, C14 ID: SI-910C Date BP: 4570 +/- 120, Start Date BP: 4450, End BP: 4690

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 100, OS North: 685

Archaeologist Name: R J C Atkinson

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 15, 1973, 400-1; Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 38; Antiquity, 41, 1967, 259-62; Antiquity, 43, 1969, 216; Antiquity, 44, 1970, 313-14

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Carbon Date. 2530BC. Late Neolithic Carbon Dates

Report: Fractions of cut sod in secondary construction at Silbury Hill, Avebury, Wiltshire, England. Comment (lab): organic matter smaller than 0.5 mm. Fractions taken to test feasibility of dating sod/turf.

ID: 3880, C14 ID: SI-910D Date BP: 4530 +/- 110, Start Date BP: 4420, End BP: 4640

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 100, OS North: 685

Archaeologist Name: R J C Atkinson

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 15, 1973, 400-1; Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 38; Antiquity, 41, 1967, 259-62; Antiquity, 43, 1969, 216; Antiquity, 44, 1970, 313-14

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Carbon Date. 2465BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Fractions of cut sod in secondary construction at Silbury Hill, Avebury, Wiltshire, England. Comment (lab): NaOH - soluble portion of SI-910C. Fractions taken to test feasibility of dating sod/turf.

ID: 3881, C14 ID: SI-910CH Date BP: 4465 +/- 130, Start Date BP: 4335, End BP: 4595

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 100, OS North: 685

Archaeologist Name: R J C Atkinson

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 15, 1973, 400-1; Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 38; Antiquity, 41, 1967, 259-62; Antiquity, 43, 1969, 216; Antiquity, 44, 1970, 313-14

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Carbon Date. 2380BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: charcoal; from the old land surface under the henge bank; south-east sector, cutting X. Excavated by Gray in 1914 (Gray 1935).

ID: 15115, C14 ID: HAR 10063 Date BP: 4380 +/- 80, Start Date BP: 4460, End BP: 4300

Abstract: Avebury; 1984-85

Reference Name: Bayliss, A, Hedges, R, Otlet, R, Switsur, R, and Walker, J 2012 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage between 1981 and 1988', Swindon: English Heritage

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Carbon Date. 2380BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Charcoal, AML 822624, from old land surface under henge bank (SE quadrant Cutting X) at Avebury, Wiltshire, England. Subm M Pitts 1987. [Ed: NGR not given, estimated only.]

ID: 8805, C14 ID: HAR-10063 Date BP: 4380 +/- 80, Start Date BP: 4300, End BP: 4460

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 9, OS North: 69

Archaeologist Name: H St George Gray 1914

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 34, 1992, 61-2; Proc Prehist Soc, 58, 1992, 203-12; Archaeologia, 84, 1935, 99-162; Smith I, 'Windmill Hill and Avebury' (Oxford, 1965)

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Carbon Date. 2315BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Fractions of cut sod in secondary construction at Silbury Hill, Avebury, Wiltshire, England. Comment (lab): organic matter from 1 to 2 mm size. Fractions taken to test feasibility of dating sod/turf.

ID: 3882, C14 ID: SI-910B Date BP: 4315 +/- 110, Start Date BP: 4205, End BP: 4425

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 100, OS North: 685

Archaeologist Name: R J C Atkinson

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 15, 1973, 400-1; Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 38; Antiquity, 41, 1967, 259-62; Antiquity, 43, 1969, 216; Antiquity, 44, 1970, 313-14

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Carbon Date. 2300BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Antler pick, AML 831780, from primary fill of henge ditch W of S entrance (Cutting I) at Avebury, Wiltshire, England. Subm M Pitts 1985. Comment (subm): at face value, slightly earlier than Durrington Walls and Mount Pleasant. [Ed: NGR not given, estimated only.]

ID: 8810, C14 ID: HAR-10502 Date BP: 4300 +/- 90, Start Date BP: 4210, End BP: 4390

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 9, OS North: 69

Archaeologist Name: H St George Gray 1909

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 34, 1992, 61-2; Proc Prehist Soc, 58, 1992, 203-12; Archaeologia, 84, 1935, 99-162; Smith I, 'Windmill Hill and Avebury' (Oxford, 1965)

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Carbon Date. 2300BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: antler; from the primary fill of the henge ditch, west of the south causeway; gray cutting I. Excavated by Gray in 1909, find no. 136, (Gray 1935).

ID: 15122, C14 ID: HAR 10502 Date BP: 4300 +/- 90, Start Date BP: 4390, End BP: 4210

Abstract: Avebury; 1985-86

Reference Name: Bayliss, A, Hedges, R, Otlet, R, Switsur, R, and Walker, J 2012 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage between 1981 and 1988', Swindon: English Heritage

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Carbon Date. 2190BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Charcoal, AML 831777, AV2, id as Crataegus sp, Aesculus sp and Corylus, from old land surface under henge bank at Avebury, Wiltshire, England. Subm M Pitts 1985. [Ed: NGR not given, estimated only.]

ID: 8812, C14 ID: HAR-10500 Date BP: 4190 +/- 90, Start Date BP: 4100, End BP: 4280

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 9, OS North: 69

Archaeologist Name: A Keiller (age 48) 1938

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 34, 1992, 61-2; Proc Prehist Soc, 58, 1992, 203-12; Archaeologia, 84, 1935, 99-162; Smith I, 'Windmill Hill and Avebury' (Oxford, 1965)

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Carbon Date. 2190BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: charcoal; from the old land surface under the henge bank; south-west sector behind stone 14 (excavated by Keiller in 1938 (Smith 1965)).

ID: 15120, C14 ID: HAR 10500 Date BP: 4190 +/- 90, Start Date BP: 4280, End BP: 4100

Abstract: Avebury; 1985-86

Reference Name: Bayliss, A, Hedges, R, Otlet, R, Switsur, R, and Walker, J 2012 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage between 1981 and 1988', Swindon: English Heritage

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Carbon Date. 2160BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: antler; from the bank make-up of the henge, above a supposed revetment trench. Excavated by Keiller in 1937 (Smith 1965).

ID: 15118, C14 ID: HAR 10326 Date BP: 4160 +/- 90, Start Date BP: 4250, End BP: 4070

Abstract: Avebury; 1984-85

Reference Name: Bayliss, A, Hedges, R, Otlet, R, Switsur, R, and Walker, J 2012 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage between 1981 and 1988', Swindon: English Heritage

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Carbon Date. 2160BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Antler, AML 831779, id as red deer, from above bank of henge (NW quadrant) above possible revetment trench at Avebury, Wiltshire, England. Subm M Pitts 1987. Comment (subm): dates possible extension to bank, compatible with HAR-10502. [Ed: NGR not given, estimated only.]

ID: 8808, C14 ID: HAR-10326 Date BP: 4160 +/- 90, Start Date BP: 4070, End BP: 4250

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 9, OS North: 69

Archaeologist Name: A Keiller (age 47) 1937

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 34, 1992, 61-2; Proc Prehist Soc, 58, 1992, 203-12; Archaeologia, 84, 1935, 99-162; Smith I, 'Windmill Hill and Avebury' (Oxford, 1965)

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Carbon Date. 2130BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: charcoal; from the bottom of stonehole 41 of the outer stone circle, north-west quadrant. Excavated by Keiller in 1937 (Smith 1965).

ID: 15114, C14 ID: HAR 10062 Date BP: 4130 +/- 90, Start Date BP: 4220, End BP: 4040

Abstract: Avebury; 1984-85

Reference Name: Bayliss, A, Hedges, R, Otlet, R, Switsur, R, and Walker, J 2012 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage between 1981 and 1988', Swindon: English Heritage

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

All About History Books

The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Carbon Date. 2130BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Charcoal, AML 831784, from bottom of Stonehole 41 of main stone circle (NW quadrant) at Avebury, Wiltshire, England. Subm M Pitts 1987. Comment (subm): perhaps less reliable than HAR-103276 on bone. [Ed: NGR not given, estimated only.]

ID: 8804, C14 ID: HAR-10062 Date BP: 4130 +/- 90, Start Date BP: 4040, End BP: 4220

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 9, OS North: 69

Archaeologist Name: A Keiller (age 47) 1937

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 34, 1992, 61-2; Proc Prehist Soc, 58, 1992, 203-12; Archaeologia, 84, 1935, 99-162; Smith I, 'Windmill Hill and Avebury' (Oxford, 1965)

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Carbon Date. 2095BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Wood, id as hazel and other plant remains, from core of primary mound at Silbury Hill, Avebury, Wiltshire, England.

ID: 3871, C14 ID: I-4136 Date BP: 4095 +/- 95, Start Date BP: 4000, End BP: 4190

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 100, OS North: 685

Archaeologist Name: R J C Atkinson

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 15, 1973, 400-1; Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 38; Antiquity, 41, 1967, 259-62; Antiquity, 43, 1969, 216; Antiquity, 44, 1970, 313-14

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Carbon Date. 1870BC. Middle Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Bone, AML 831783, id as pig, from bottom of Stonehole 44 of main stone circle (NW quadrant) at Avebury, Wiltshire, England. Subm M Pitts 1987. Comment (subm): perhaps more reliable than HAR-10062 on charcoal. [Ed: NGR not given, estimated only.]

ID: 8813, C14 ID: HAR-10327 Date BP: 3870 +/- 90, Start Date BP: 3780, End BP: 3960

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 9, OS North: 69

Archaeologist Name: A Keiller (age 47) 1937

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 34, 1992, 61-2; Proc Prehist Soc, 58, 1992, 203-12; Archaeologia, 84, 1935, 99-162; Smith I, 'Windmill Hill and Avebury' (Oxford, 1965)

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Carbon Date. 1870BC. Middle Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: animal bone; from the bottom of stonehole 44 of the outer stone circle, north-west quadrant. Excavated by Keiller in 1937 (Smith 1965).

ID: 15119, C14 ID: HAR 10327 Date BP: 3870 +/- 90, Start Date BP: 3960, End BP: 3780

Abstract: Avebury; 1984-85

Reference Name: Bayliss, A, Hedges, R, Otlet, R, Switsur, R, and Walker, J 2012 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage between 1981 and 1988', Swindon: English Heritage

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Carbon Date. 1849BC. Middle Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Collagen, id as red deer antler, from ditch bottom at Silbury Hill, Avebury, Wiltshire, England.

ID: 3888, C14 ID: BM-842 Date BP: 3849 +/- 43, Start Date BP: 3806, End BP: 3892

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 100, OS North: 685

Archaeologist Name: H Atkinson

Reference Name: Antiquity, 41, 1967, 259-62; Antiquity, 43, 1969, 216; Radiocarbon, 15, 1973, 400-1; Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 38; Antiquity, 44, 1970, 313-14; Antiquity, 65, 1991, 261

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Carbon Date. 1752BC. Middle Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Collagen, id as red deer antler, from ditch bottom at Silbury Hill, Avebury, Wiltshire, England.

ID: 3889, C14 ID: BM-841 Date BP: 3752 +/- 50, Start Date BP: 3702, End BP: 3802

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 100, OS North: 685

Archaeologist Name: H Atkinson

Reference Name: Antiquity, 41, 1967, 259-62; Antiquity, 43, 1969, 216; Radiocarbon, 15, 1973, 400-1; Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 38; Antiquity, 44, 1970, 313-14; Antiquity, 65, 1991, 261

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Carbon Date. 1690BC. Middle Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: charcoal; from a deposit of burnt material beneath a 'dwarf' burial in the secondary fill of the henge ditch, 1.8 - 2.1m below the modern surface of the ditch; from the south-east quadrant east of the south entrance. Excavated by Gray in 1914, cutting IX, find no. 247h (Gray 1935).

ID: 15116, C14 ID: HAR 10064 Date BP: 3690 +/- 80, Start Date BP: 3770, End BP: 3610

Abstract: Avebury; 1984-85

Reference Name: Bayliss, A, Hedges, R, Otlet, R, Switsur, R, and Walker, J 2012 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage between 1981 and 1988', Swindon: English Heritage

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Carbon Date. 1690BC. Middle Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Charcoal, AML 822623, from deposit of burnt material beneath 'dwarf' burial in secondary fill of ditch (c 2 below modern surface) in terminal of ditch E of S entrance (Cutting IX) at Avebury, Wiltshire, England. Subm M Pitts 1987. [Ed: NGR not given, estimated only.]

ID: 8806, C14 ID: HAR-10064 Date BP: 3690 +/- 80, Start Date BP: 3610, End BP: 3770

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 9, OS North: 69

Archaeologist Name: H St George Gray 1914

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 34, 1992, 61-2; Proc Prehist Soc, 58, 1992, 203-12; Archaeologia, 84, 1935, 99-162; Smith I, 'Windmill Hill and Avebury' (Oxford, 1965)

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Carbon Date. 750BC. Early Iron Age Carbon Dates

Report: Antler, id as mixed fragments, from excavations of 1867 and 1922 at Silbury Hill, Avebury, Wiltshire, England.

ID: 3872, C14 ID: I-2795 Date BP: 2750 +/- 100, Start Date BP: 2650, End BP: 2850

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 100, OS North: 685

Archaeologist Name: R J C Atkinson

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 15, 1973, 400-1; Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 38; Antiquity, 41, 1967, 259-62; Antiquity, 43, 1969, 216; Antiquity, 44, 1970, 313-14

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Carbon Date. 430BC. Middle Iron Age Carbon Dates

Report: charcoal; from stakeholes on the edge of stonehole 8 of the outer stone circle, south-west quadrant. Excavated by Keiller in 1938 (Smith 1965).

ID: 15113, C14 ID: HAR 10061 Date BP: 2430 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 2500, End BP: 2360

Abstract: Avebury; 1984-85

Reference Name: Bayliss, A, Hedges, R, Otlet, R, Switsur, R, and Walker, J 2012 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage between 1981 and 1988', Swindon: English Heritage

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Carbon Date. 430BC. Middle Iron Age Carbon Dates

Report: Charcoal, AML 831785, from stakehole on edge of Stonehole 8 of main stone circle (SW quadrant) at Avebury, Wiltshire, England. Subm M Pitts 1987. Comment (subm): must be rejected as intrusive. [Ed: NGR not given, estimated only.]

ID: 8803, C14 ID: HAR-10061 Date BP: 2430 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 2360, End BP: 2500

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 9, OS North: 69

Archaeologist Name: A Keiller (age 48) 1938

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 34, 1992, 61-2; Proc Prehist Soc, 58, 1992, 203-12; Archaeologia, 84, 1935, 99-162; Smith I, 'Windmill Hill and Avebury' (Oxford, 1965)

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Carbon Date. 80BC. Middle Iron Age Carbon Dates

Report: charcoal; from ash layer in stonehole 44 of the outer stone circle, north-west quadrant. Excavated by Keiller in 1937 (Smith 1965).

ID: 15125, C14 ID: HAR 9696 Date BP: 2080 +/- 110, Start Date BP: 2190, End BP: 1970

Abstract: Avebury; 1984-85

Reference Name: Bayliss, A, Hedges, R, Otlet, R, Switsur, R, and Walker, J 2012 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage between 1981 and 1988', Swindon: English Heritage

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

Carbon Date. 80BC. Middle Iron Age Carbon Dates

Report: Charcoal, ref CIRCLE 10, from ash layer in Stonehole 44 of main stone circle (NW quadrant) at Avebury, Wiltshire, England. Subm M Pitts 1985. Comment (subm): must be rejected as intrusive. [Ed: NGR not given, estimated only.]

ID: 8814, C14 ID: HAR-9696 Date BP: 2080 +/- 110, Start Date BP: 1970, End BP: 2190

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 9, OS North: 69

Archaeologist Name: A Keiller (age 47) 1937

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 34, 1992, 61-2; Proc Prehist Soc, 58, 1992, 203-12; Archaeologia, 84, 1935, 99-162; Smith I, 'Windmill Hill and Avebury' (Oxford, 1965

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

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Carbon Date. 800. Early Medieval

Report: grain; from a pit (1.1m deep, 1.51m x 1.0m across the oval top) containing carbonised grain, probably originally in a basket. This pit was 3m outside the foot of the bank of the Avebury henge monument, on the south-west side, and cut through the first layer of soil rainwashed off the bank, but was covered by a second layer of rainwash, and then by thick topsoil. The estimated date of the bank is between 2500 and 2000 BC.

ID: 15126, C14 ID: HAR 1696 Date BP: 1200 +/- 80, Start Date BP: 1280, End BP: 1120

Abstract: Avebury: School Site; 1976-77

Reference Name: Jordan, D, Haddon-Reece, D, Bayliss, A 1994 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage and dated before 1981', London: English Heritage

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

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