Probably for superstitious reasons, a church was built in the Middle Ages right in the center of the prehistoric stone circle of Avebury. Parts of the church today date from Saxon and Norman times. When you go inside, you see what archaeology looks like when it's above ground. You can see all the different threads woven into the fabric of the Parish Church of St. James.
I wish now that I had gotten more pictures of the cemetery, but when you're in Avebury, the stone circle is pretty much the main event, and for good reason. It really is incredible, several times more vast than Stonehenge and (to me) infinitely more beautiful. Then there is the chance to see these ancient features juxtaposed with the medieval. People have been sticking stones upright in the ground for thousands of years. The motivations may have been different at different times, but at its core the gesture has to do with memory.
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