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Best of South East England

The 20 best archaeological sites in South East England

Our curated top 20 archaeological sites in South East England, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 567 archaeological sites see the full archaeological sites index for South East England.

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    Stonehenge Avenue

    Stonehenge Avenue, hill forts in South East England

    Stonehenge Avenue — ancient avenue on Salisbury plain, Wiltshire, England.

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    Durrington Walls

    Durrington Walls, hill forts in South East England

    Durrington Walls — the site of a large Neolithic settlement, village; also it enclosed several hedges;.

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    Windmill Hill

    Windmill Hill, hill forts in South East England

    Windmill Hill is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure in the English county of Wiltshire, part of the Avebury World Heritage Site, about 1 mile (2 km) northwest of Avebury. Enclosing an area of 21 acres (

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    Woodhenge

    Woodhenge, hill forts in South East England

    Woodhenge — Neolithic henge and timber circle monument near Stonehenge.

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    Stonehenge

    Stonehenge, unesco world heritage in South East England

    Stonehenge — Neolithic henge monument in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, UK.

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    Maiden Castle

    Maiden Castle, hill forts in South East England

    Maiden Castle — Iron Age hill fort in Dorset, England, UK.

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    Bisham Woods

    Bisham Woods, archaeological sites in South East England

    Bisham Woods — woodland in Berkshire, England.

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    Richborough Roman Fort

    Kent

    Richborough Roman Fort, hill forts in Kent

    Richborough Roman Fort — Roman fort at Richborough, Ash, United Kingdom.

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    Castrum Anderitum

    East Sussex

    Castrum Anderitum, hill forts in East Sussex

    Castrum Anderitum — 3rd century Roman fort in the province of Britannia.

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    Stonehenge Cursus

    Stonehenge Cursus, unesco world heritage in South East England

    Stonehenge Cursus — Neolithic cursus monument.

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    Savernake Forest

    Savernake Forest, archaeological sites in South East England

    Savernake Forest — 4500 acre forest in Wiltshire, England.

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    Old Wardour Castle

    Old Wardour Castle, castles in South East England

    Wardour Castle or Old Wardour Castle is a ruined 14th-century castle at Wardour, on the boundaries of the civil parishes of Tisbury and Donhead St Andrew in the English county of Wiltshire, about 15 m

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    Portus Adurni

    Hampshire

    Portus Adurni, hill forts in Hampshire

    Portus Adurni is a hill fort in the United Kingdom.

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    America Wood

    America Wood, archaeological sites in South East England

    America Wood — biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the Isle of Wight.

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    Taplow burial

    Taplow burial, hill forts in South East England

    Taplow burial — medieval barrow in England.

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    Avebury

    Avebury, hill forts in South East England

    Avebury — Neolithic henge monument in Wiltshire, England, UK.

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    All Cannings Cross

    All Cannings Cross, hill forts in South East England

    All Cannings Cross — archaeological site in All Cannings, Wiltshire, England, UK.

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    West Kennet Long Barrow

    West Kennet Long Barrow, hill forts in South East England

    West Kennet Long Barrow — Neolithic tomb or barrow in Wiltshire, England, UK.

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    Chiselbury

    Chiselbury, hill forts in South East England

    Chiselbury — site of an Iron Age univallate hillfort located in Wiltshire, England, UK.

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    Trundle

    West Sussex

    Trundle, hill forts in West Sussex

    Trundle — hillfort in West Sussex, England, UK.

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