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Why Hire A Guide

By Laurence Davies on 6th November 2014 in Articles

Having travelled very widely both as a tourist and for business I have always found a local guide to be by far the best way to really get to know somewhere. The local guides I have hired have all shared the necessary combination of knowledge and enthusiasm and a real desire to excite me.

Raising a stone at Stonehenge with English Heritage

By Laurence Davies on 29th March 2018 in Articles

When I saw that English Heritage were going to experiment with raising a stone at Stonehenge it was something I was very keen to witness if not participate in. Perhaps unexpectedly the event in March 2018 was billed not so much as a study of the processes required for erecting the stone but to demonstrate […]

The Avebury Avenues – West Kennet Avenue and Beckhampton Avenue

By Laurence Davies on 11th February 2016 in Articles

Avebury and West Kennet Avenue from the air. Pilot: Tony Hughes; photo: Laurence On a massive scale: Avebury and the Avebury Avenues Probably the most extraordinary thing about Avebury is the sheer size of the monument. Not only does it incorporate the largest of all Britain's stone rings but the 'ditch and bank around the [...]

Causewayed enclosures

By Laurence Davies on 21st May 2015 in Articles

Olbury Tours - Avebury and Stonehenge guided tours Welcome to Oldbury Tours, the site you need for your Avebury and Stonehenge guided tours. I have written several articles on the website that supply background information for many of the sites that we visit. Please enquire here or via the 'enquire' button at the bottom of [...]

Adam’s Grave

By Laurence Davies on 9th May 2015 in Articles

Adam's Grave crowns Walker's Hill on the northern escarpment of the Pewsey Vale. The tiny figure on the right hand slope of the monument gives an ideal of the scale of this Neolithic Chambered Long Barrow. One of Wiltshire's famous white horses (Alton Barnes, cut in 1812) can be seen on the slope below Adam's [...]

Woodhenge

By Laurence Davies on 8th May 2015 in Articles

Oldbury Tours - Providing your Stonehenge and Avebury guide Welcome to Oldbury Tours' website. If you have landed on this page you may want to have a look at our home page first by following this link. You can also see suggested itineraries by clicking here and descriptions of recent tours by clicking here. Click on [...]

Durrington Walls

By Laurence Davies on 7th May 2015 in Articles

The scene of fascinating recent discoveries Durrington Walls is the site of some of the most fascinating recent archaeological work in the Avebury and Stonehenge World Heritage Site if not the whole of the UK. Between 2003 and 2009 the Stonehenge Riverside Project, directed by Mike Parker Pearson, gathered together a stellar line-up of British [...]

Stonehenge

By Laurence Davies on 13th April 2015 in Articles

Oldbury Tours provide full and half day tours of the Stonehenge region. To enquire about a tour with our local, expert Stonehenge guide please click on the 'Enquire' button or follow the link here. Enquire Your Stonehenge guide. On this page we have given a brief description of Stonehenge. This includes a concise account of [...]

West Kennet Long Barrow

By Laurence Davies on 3rd March 2015 in Articles

Long Barrows

By Laurence Davies on 18th February 2015 in Articles

Long barrows are the oldest monuments in the British Isles with examples being constructed from about 3,800 BC onwards. Present throughout the UK, there are many in the area we visit on our tours. Horslip Long Barrow which is hardly visible on the southern slope of Windmill Hill has provided the earliest radiocarbon date for [...]

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