UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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Avebury and Stonehenge in Wiltshire | |
Location | Wiltshire, England |
Includes | |
Criteria | Cultural: (i), (ii), (iii) |
Reference | 373bis |
Inscription | 1986 (10th Session) |
Extensions | 2008 |
Area | 4,985.4 ha (12,319 acres) |
Coordinates | 51°10′44″N 1°49′31″W / 51.17889°N 1.82528°W |
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites is a UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) in Wiltshire, England. The WHS covers two large areas of land separated by about 24 kilometres (15 mi), rather than a specific monument or building. The sites were inscribed as co-listings in 1986. Some large and well known monuments within the WHS are listed below, but the area also has an exceptionally high density of small-scale archaeological sites, particularly from the prehistoric period. More than 700 individual archaeological features have been identified. There are 160 separate scheduled monuments, covering 415 items or features.[1]