Avebury Stone Circle

It is known that when Christianity came to the area many of the stones were burned and destroyed in fear that they were used for pagan rituals. Today, pagan festivals take place there, and the site is regarded not just as an archaeological wonder but as a sacred site.

An interesting point is that the stones are of 2 types: a tall, skinny type and a short, squat type. It has been suggested that the tall skinny ones represent the male and the short squat ones the female gender. A pretty good guess, really, since male and female are the 2 complementary features of all life. Assuming that this monument has meaning, and that meaning is derived from the significant spiritual and/or natural aspects of life, the male-female duality is certainly a likely candidate. Ancestor worship has been suggested as a possible purpose of the Avebury stone circle, which is compatible with the male/female distinction.

The henge itself clearly is symbolic not defensive, since the ditch is on the inside. It does form an imposing boundary to the circle. One suggestion, based on the idea that the Avebury stone circle was built according to some astronomical alignment, is that the bank of the henge provides a uniform horizon by which to observe the rising and setting of various heavenly bodies.

Other theories have connected the Avebury stone circle to the crop circles that have appeared particularly in the English countryside in recent decades. Here, the idea that aliens are responsible for the crop circles ties in well to the idea, often suggested, that these huge megalithic stone monuments like the stones circle at Avebury could not have been built by ancient human culture alone, but were inspired and assisted, if not entirely built, by extraterrestrial aliens.