Plan of Avebury
Date
8 July 1663
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p1
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 240mm
width (page): 355mm
width (page): 355mm
Subject
Content object
Description
A map and explanation of the stone circle at Avebury, near Marlborough, Wiltshire, presented to the Royal Society by Dr Walter Charleton.
The map is currently kept separately from the Classified Papers volume.
The map is currently kept separately from the Classified Papers volume.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 8 July 1663, 'Dr. Charleton presented the society with the plan of the stone antiquity at Avebury, near Marlborough, in Wiltshire; suggesting, that it was worth the while to dig there under a certain triangular stone, where he conceived would be found a monument of some Danish king. Col. Long and Mr. Aubrey were desired to make farther inquiry into it' (Birch, 1:272).
Related fellows
Walter Charleton (1619 - 1707, British) , Physician
Associated place