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1996
December
26 TWO of Avebury's giant ancient stones have been closed to the public following fears they could be on the verge of toppling over.
October
24 National Trust chiefs have met to end rumours they are planning to build a new hi-tech museum in the centre of Avebury's ancient stone circle.
August
14 A WOMAN armed with an air pistol was arrested after she fired shots at security guards at Stonehenge.
July
25 WHEN work began three years ago to replace a sewer pipe south of Avebury, archaeologists knew they were cutting through an area littered with Neolithic and Bronze Age remains.
23 A VEGETARIAN with a goatee beard and twitching right eye was responsible for a paint attack on the Avebury stone circle.
20 LASERS have been brought in to clean off graffiti daubed on prehistoric stones.
June
25 RESTORATION work has started at the World Heritage site of Avebury a week after vandals daubed its ancient stones with graffiti.
22 THE FOUR spirits of nature were summoned to the ancient village of Avebury on Friday in a bid to exorcise the forces of evil.
21 THIRTY nine people were arrested during the night as police threw up a security cordon around historic Stonehenge.
March
6 SCIENTISTS at English Heritage are at last able to reveal the real age of Stonehenge.
January
30 AERIAL archaeologists have discovered evidence of a large previously unknown structure inside the world-famous henge and stone circle at Avebury.
 

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