Avebury stone circle and village, Marlborough, Wiltshire | 2850 – 2200 BC

I have a kink for Neolithic circles. They often organise my holiday plans, frequently testing my daughter’s patience. Places like Orkney’s Skara Brae, an amazing group of 4,000-year-old homes that feel like their occupants have just walked out of the door. Or Callanesh on the Isle of Harris that feels like the end of the world. Or Stanton Drew in Somerset, perfect site for a romantic mini break.

但我选择了艾夫伯里。它是欧洲最大的石圈。更确切地说，是三个同心圆的石阵，周围是一条山脊，一条石道将遗址与新石器时代复杂的网络连接起来，其中包括锡尔伯里山、圣所和西肯尼特长冢。

Symbolic and abstract, the stones have an incredible physical presence. It’s magical. But it’s not the neo-spirituality that gets me, nor the history. It’s the specific feeling of space. The stones create a kind of interior within the landscape while also connecting you to the far distance. Avebury works just as Vincent Scully used to describe Greek temples – as structures that negotiate the space between ground, sky and horizon.

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