Avebury
Proper noun
Meaning
Avebury
A village and civil parish west of Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, location of a prehistoric stone circle (OS grid ref SU1069).
Examples
Aveni 1997:65-66 The Heel Stone azimuth is one-seventh of circumference, matching the latitude of Avebury, while summer solstice sunrise azimuth is no longer equal to the construction era direction.
The call came in around 11:30 a.m. to Barrington Place apartment complex in the University area on Avebury Drive near East W.T. Harris Blvd.
Europe seeAlso Wiccans gather for a handfasting ceremony at Avebury in England.
Avebury, Wiltshire, England, is the largest known stone circle in the world.
Neopagan handfasting ceremony at Avebury (Beltane 2005).
For the druid-curious, the pub is 20 minutes’ drive from Stonehenge and about an hour from the Neolithic and Bronze Age sites of Avebury.