Stone circles · South West England
Britain's earliest stone circles
Nine Neolithic circles from Stonehenge to Callanish.
Britain has the densest concentration of Neolithic stone circles in Europe — over 1,000 are recorded, of which roughly 350 are intact enough to visit. Most date from 3000–1500 BC, predating the Egyptian pyramids. The nine in this guide are picked for scale, accessibility and the strength of the archaeology — from Stonehenge and Avebury in Wessex, to the Outer Hebridean circle at Callanish.
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