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Stage 1: Avebury Stone Circles To Uffington White Horse - Ride The Ancient Ridgeway

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Stage 1: Avebury Stone Circles To Uffington White Horse - Ride The Ancient Ridgeway

komoot planned a gravel ride

December 2, 2019

Stage 1: Avebury Stone Circles To Uffington White Horse - Ride The Ancient Ridgeway

Hard

03:53

40.6km

10.5km/h

470m

490m

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Overview

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

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285 m

Avebury Stone Circle

Highlight • Monument

Avebury is an extraordinary place in the North Wiltshire & Wessex Downs AONB. One of many Neolithic sites in the area, this stone circle is large enough to encircle part of the village.

Many of the stones have names and myths attached to them and there were 100 when it was first built between 4,000 and 5,000 years ago. In the vicinity lies West Kennet Long Barrow, Silbury Hill (a prehistoric fort) and numerous other standing stones and long barrows. Stonehenge lies to the south near Amesbury; a more famous but smaller circle in diameter.

You can visit Avebury's stone circle for free and there are plenty of footpaths passing through which will take you to the other nearby remnants of prehistory.

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12.9 km

Barbury Castle Iron Age Hill Fort

Highlight (Segment) • Historical Site

Barbury Castle is a well-preserved Iron Age hill fort. The site was first occupied around 2,500 years ago and has been used by the Romans, the Saxons, and even played a role in the Second World War. From the fort, you are afforded wonderful views over the landscape. In clear conditions, you can see the Cotswolds and the River Severn.

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39.2 km

Uffington White Horse

Highlight • Climb

The white horse at Uffington, carved out of the hillside and coloured with white chalk is believed to be the oldest in Britain, and of a much simpler style than the other chalk horses that it inspired since. Historians date it to the Iron or Bronze age, and at over 100 metres long (over 328 feet) is heralded as an incredibly early example of minimalist art.

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40.6 km

End point

Camping Site

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

23.8 km

6.83 km

5.68 km

3.02 km

919 m

248 m

Surfaces

31.2 km

6.73 km

1.44 km

1.15 km

< 100 m

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Highest point (270 m)

Lowest point (140 m)

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Stage 1: Avebury Stone Circles To Uffington White Horse - Ride The Ancient Ridgeway

Avebury Stone Circle

Barbury Castle Iron Age Hill Fort

Uffington White Horse

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