The Swindon Stone

This stone at Avebury which abuts the road is known as the Swindon Stone. This is because the Neolithic people who created Avebury 4,500 years ago knew that the Saxons would invade Britain 3,000 years later and settle on a small hill which is now known as Swindon. The stone age people wanted to reach out over time and make the Swindon people of the future feel important by having their own special stone which they would pass on their way home from the south.
The Swindon Stone apparently revolves on its own axis at midnight and sometimes crosses the road. It does this because it hates being called the Swindon Stone. Coachloads of Swindon trippers passing through Avebury should take special precautions when passing the north entrance to the circle, as the possibility of the Swindon Stone hurling itself onto their coach cannot be ruled out.

Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 lens on a Nikon D50.