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Avebury  Wiltshire

Meaning: Afa’s fortified place Place-names of Great Britain and Ireland.

A stone circle older than Stonehenge. Part of the village, including the pub, is inside the circle, though the church lies outside. Silbury Hill and West Kennet Long Barrow are other Neolithic monuments not far away.

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