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Previously outside of the World Heritage designated area and with no public access few visitors to Avebury bother trying to get a close view of the East Kennet Long Barrow. It has never been properly excavated so continues to retain whatever secrets it may hold. As a result it is given relatively little attention in the general Avebury literature when compared to the more thoroughly researched components of the complex. This is perhaps unfortunate for it must have been just a

When visiting Avebury today the size of some of the stones is the feature that leaves a lasting impression on me,as it probably does with most visitors,but when the circle was first constructed the most awesome feature must have been the ditch and bank which had been dug from the solid chalk of the Wiltshire landscape. Excavations have revealed that, due to erosion and silting, the ditch today is now only one third of its original depth and the bank much reduced in height. No