The Barber Stone
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Barber Stone by Jim Champion as part of the Geograph project.
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The Barber Stone
Image: © Jim Champion Taken: 29 Dec 2008
On the left is a sarsen standing stone (known as the Barber Stone) in the south-west quadrant of the Great Circle. The name comes from the human remains found underneath the stone when it was excavated by Alexander Keiller: from the tools and coins found with the body it is assumed that he was a 14th-century barber-surgeon. Most of the stones at the Avebury site were toppled and buried or broken up in the middle ages and some (such as the ones in this photograph) were re-erected in the 20th century. The beech trees in the distance are planted on the henge bank at the southern entrance to the henge, which now admits the A361 road.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.427027
Longitude
-1.854393