Avebury . Pour Jean -Charles, region sud-ouest, departement Wiltshire!

Fourteen times the size of Stonehenge, older by some 5000years, the Avebury Stone Circles are absolutely amazing!
Quatorze fois plus grand et 5000ans plus age que Stonehenge the Avebury Stone Circles sont vraiment magnifique!!!

 This is the 'female' diamond and the 'male pillar in West Kennet Avenue.Stones weigh between 10 and 100 tonnes.
Diamant female et le male situe a Kennet Avenue Ouest. Les roches pesent entre 10 et 100 tonnes.

 The ditches they were put into were dug out with antler picks and ox shoulder blades. 100 thousand cubic metres of chalk were moved!

Les gens ont utilise les outils fabrique des os d'animaux. Ils ont deplace 100 mille metres cubes de chaux.
It is a truly awe inspiring place to visit....

And this is Avebury Manor, star of the BBC TV programme 'To The Manor Reborn'. It is also where Alexander Keiller lived in the 1930s, and it is largely thanks to him that the Avebury Stones are so well documented and excavated.

Since 1955 the house has been owned by the National Trust and, since the refurbishment programme by the BBC, is a new concept museum i.e. when visiting, you are encouraged to behave like a guest, sit down, read the newspapers etc. As you can see, John did!!

Cettte maison est Avebury Manor, construit c.1600 . Alexander Keiller habitais la pendant les annees 30. C'etait lui qui a fait des travaux pour sauver les roches.
Depuis une emission par le BBC, qui a fait des renovations dans la maison, le Manoir est devenue une musee extraordinaire ou on est encourage de "faites comme chez vous". Comme vous pouvez voir, John est a l'aise!!!!


And finally, after all that
 history, off to The Red
 Lion pub for fish and chips!!                                                                                

      Et enfin, apres nos lecons en histoire, on y va au 'pub' Lion Rouge, pour les Fish and Chips!!!