In August 2013 a group from the Hunebedcentrum was invited to attend a conference in England to discuss ways of interpreting and explaining megalithic monuments to the general public. It was organised by UNESCO advisory group ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) and the British organisation National Heritage. We were delighted and proud that the Drenthe hunebeds should be numbered alongside the world’s other megalithic monuments, including of course Stonehenge.
The conference was held not far from Stonehenge and during the conference an excursion was organised to Stonehenge itself, and also to the nearby sites of Avebury and Silbury Hill.
We were there early, it was a magical moment.Our guide, Mark Bowden, known for several BBC documentaries about Stonehenge, tells us about the monumentA mystical atmosphere early in the morningThe Causeway, the ceremonial path from Stonehenge to the riverClose to Stonehenge lies Woodhenge. Concrete pillars now stand where the wooden posts once stoodSilbury Hill, near Avebury, is a 40 metre high man-made hill, built between 4,600 and 4,700 years ago. It is the world’s largest artificial prehistoric hillNear Stonehenge, the beautiful cathedral in SalisburyThe stone circle at Avebury30 km north of Stonehenge lies Avebury, the largest known stone circle in the world30 km north of Stonehenge lies Avebury, the largest known stone circle in the worldThe village of AveburyThere are many neolithic burial mounds near Avebury
