West Kennet Long Barrow

November 7 was a banner megalithic day. The carpark at

Avebury was closed early when we got there, so we drove

over to neighboring West Kennet Long Barrow, one of the

older neolithic monuments in the area, 3000-4000BC. I

walked the quarter mile over to enjoy it alone in the early

morning calm. A long barrow--in this case perhaps 150'

long--is a chambered tomb, sometimes kerbed, but with

huge entrance, interior side and ceiling stones, all big

enough for a large person to walk under. An allee couverte,

as we'll say in France in a couple weeks. Above, the

entrance to the barrow.

Cup marks on the big stones

Part of the passage-way

Exterior view...just a long mound

Silbury Hill in the distance