tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post6305040714261147989..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Avebury, WiltshirePhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-54030488497468200322008-04-05T18:09:00.000+01:002008-04-05T18:09:00.000+01:00This is one of my favourite places too - so much m...This is one of my favourite places too - so much more magical than Stonehenge with all its fences and fuss. Beautiful for a breakfast picnic, while the sun slowly wakes the stones. It's not just artists and antiquarians who have been inspired by Avebury. I can think of two long poem cycles, both excellent in their way - the book-length Avebury by Richard Burns (Anvil Press Poetry, 1972), and A Day at the Earth-House by Philip Gross (in his book A Cast of Stones; Digging Deeper, 1996).Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-86691748801770298322008-04-02T15:41:00.000+01:002008-04-02T15:41:00.000+01:00Yes, Keiller showed Nash around Avebury on one of ...Yes, Keiller showed Nash around Avebury on one of his visits. Keiler also used his marmalade money to help found the journal Antiquity and for other archaeological projects.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-13763167797271167152008-04-02T14:16:00.000+01:002008-04-02T14:16:00.000+01:00Mr.Keiller of marmalade fame used his wealth to ex...Mr.Keiller of marmalade fame used his wealth to excavate here. And I responded to Avebury's magic by having my first ever pint of Wadworth 6X here.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-27479578995007360862008-04-02T13:28:00.000+01:002008-04-02T13:28:00.000+01:00Quite a few people turn up on summer weekends, but...Quite a few people turn up on summer weekends, but at other times there are fewer visitors. The place is especially magical in the evenings and in winter, times when it's quiet and the shadows are long.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-26395320386363395192008-04-02T13:17:00.000+01:002008-04-02T13:17:00.000+01:00I wish more was made of places such as this...most...I wish more was made of places such as this...most Brits let alone tourists don't even know it exists...perhaps too many people would be a disaster for the magic this site exudes.Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.com