Aubrey Holes

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The ring of 56 pits just inside the Stonehenge bank, dug in Stage 1 and later used for cremation burials.

References

• Darvill, T., Marshall, P., Parker Pearson, M., Wainwright, G. 2012. Stonehenge remodelled. Antiquity 86(334): 1021–1040. DOI (open access)
• Parker Pearson, M., Chamberlain, A., Jay, M., Marshall, P., Pollard, J., Richards, C., Thomas, J., Tilley, C., Welham, K. 2009. Who was buried at Stonehenge? Antiquity 83(319): 23–39. DOI (open access)
• Willis, C., Marshall, P., McKinley, J., Pitts, M., Pollard, J., Richards, C., Richards, J., Thomas, J., Waldron, T., Welham, K., Parker Pearson, M. 2016. The dead of Stonehenge. Antiquity 90(350): 337–356. DOI (open access)
• Pitts, M. 1981. Stones, pits and Stonehenge. Nature 290: 46–47. DOI
• Pitts, M. 2009. A year at Stonehenge. Antiquity 83(319): 184–194. DOI
• Daw, T. 2026-03. sarsen.org blog post "did aubrey discover aubrey holes". link (open access)
• Daw, T. 2026-06. sarsen.org blog post "the absence of altar stone fragments in". link (open access)

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