HERITAGE RECORD · 373

Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites

“巨石阵”、埃夫伯里及周围的巨石遗迹

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

Stonehenge and Avebury, in Wiltshire, are among the most famous groups of megaliths in the world. The two sanctuaries consist of circles of menhirs arranged in a pattern whose astronomical significance is still being explored. These holy places and the nearby Neolithic sites are an incomparable testimony to prehistoric times.

Open the official UNESCO record ↗

Wikidata reference

QIDQ39671 ↗

Inception3000

Administrative areaQ470299

WikipediaStonehenge ↗

Chinese Wikipedia巨石阵 ↗

Imported locally from Wikidata; it does not replace the UNESCO record or editorial copy.

Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(i)A masterpiece of human creative genius.

(ii)An important interchange of human values in architecture, technology, arts, town planning or landscape design.

(iii)A unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or civilisation.

Cultural archive

Direct quotation

This simplest of all simple structures—two upright stones and a lintel laid across—had long outstood all later churches, and all history.

Ralph Waldo Emerson · English TraitsOriginal: This simplest of all simple structures—two upright stones and a lintel laid across—had long outstood all later churches, and all history.Original work in the public domainSource ↗

Make a photograph with this siteChoose a photo and try different layouts, ratios and filters locally.