Pubs: The Waggon and Horses. Image credit Willow


Probable venue for this year's World Megameet at Avebury. Note Silbury through the trees on the right.

Avebury: World Megameet. Saturday, 21 August 2010


"It’s that time of the year again when we look forward to sun and summer, and our annual (this year being our fifth) picnic at Avebury. As the weather has not been too good for the last two years the picnic on the grass has normally ended up in the Red Lion, with people scattered amongst its many rooms. Fingers crossed for fine weather this year but, if not, the Waggon and Horses pub at Beckhampton will be our venue. Otherwise, the picnic will take place in either the north-east or south-east quadrant of the Avebury Henge from noon onwards on Saturday, 21 August 2010."

"All are welcome. Bring your own food and drink, or eat at one of several pubs around Avebury."

More here -
http://heritageaction.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/avebury-world-megameet-saturday-21-august-2010/
and here - http://aveburymatters.blogspot.com/2008/11/waggon-and-horses.html

The Google Street View of Avebury

For those unable to get to Avebury as often as they might like, this is a useful tool for exploring the Henge -

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=U[...]AHaOxg00w&cbp=12,206.68,,0,4.7

North-east quadrant


Giants of the Royal Society

Bill Bryson, writing in The Times today, pays homage to (among others) John Lubbock who, "...was a banker by profession, but was in addition a distinguished botanist, astronomer, expert on the social behaviour of insects, politician and antiquarian. Among much else, he coined the terms palaeolithic, mesolithic and neolithic in 1865. But his real contribution to life was to push through Parliament the first Ancient Monuments Protection Act, which became law in 1882. People forget how much of Britain’s historic fabric was nearly destroyed in the past. Before Lubbock’s intervention, nearly half of Avebury was cleared away for housing, and at one point it was even threatened that Stonehenge, then still in private hands, might be dismantled and shipped to America. Without Lubbock, many stone circles, tumuli and other historical features of the landscape would have vanished long ago.

More here -

West Kennet Long Barrow. Image credit Willow

Events at Avebury. December 2009 - February 2010

Circles in Time: Photo competition to mark the turning of the year at Avebury.
Anti-lovers walk: 14 February, 10.30am – 12.30pm.
Discover the Avebury Landscape: 18 February, 10.30am – 1pm.

More here – http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/eventsNet/default.aspx?propertyID=316
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