FIELDTRIP TO AVEBURY
Avebury Henge is known for its Stone circle and as being ‘one of the greatest marvels in prehistoric Britain’, so prior to our visit we were excited to see if it would live up to its claims. It was mainly used in practices of religious ceremonies that would bring communities together, hence the vast sacred landscape.
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We saw the stones and my first thought was how did they end up here? They were fairly large so would have required multiple people to carry them, which is evidence of teamwork from between 2850 BC and 2200 BC.
 Also noticing how they had been placed in a circle formation which would require discussion and communication which makes you think humans weren’t all that different, they still had to communicate with each other. |
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| On our explore round the area we ran into some of the locals (cows), who were just as intrigued by us as we were of them, turns out they like Careless Whisper by George Michael. |
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| We also found what is known as the wishing tree where people had tied ribbons to its roots in remembrance which displayed a modern example of humanity and showed just how many people had visited. |
We then finished off our day of exploring with a trip to the pub, (the only one in the surrounding area) and had a well-deserved drink. We also discussed the day we'd just had with the highlights mainly being the cows we came across on our walk round.
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