# Adam and Eve Stones - Added to Iconic Landscapes and Ancient Sites in South West

**URL:** <https://greyarro.ws/t/adam-and-eve-stones-added-to-iconic-landscapes-and-ancient-sites-in-south-west/41670>\
**Category:** Where to fly your drone in the UK\
**Created:** [16 January 2022 22:38 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/adam-and-eve-stones-added-to-iconic-landscapes-and-ancient-sites-in-south-west/41670 "2022-01-16T22:38:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![clinkadink](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/clinkadink/32/93116_2.png) [@clinkadink](https://greyarro.ws/u/clinkadink)\
**Post date:** [16 January 2022 22:38 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/adam-and-eve-stones-added-to-iconic-landscapes-and-ancient-sites-in-south-west/41670/1 "2022-01-16T22:38:04Z")

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I have just added this to the map of places to fly your drone at [Drone Scene](https://dronescene.co.uk/where-to-fly-drone/adam-and-eve-stones/south-west/1655):

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> **[Adam and Eve Stones](https://dronescene.co.uk/where-to-fly-drone/adam-and-eve-stones/south-west/1655)**
>
> This location has been recommended to fly your drone in the Iconic Landscapes and Ancient Sites category in the South West region.

Land owner permission not required.

Parking and TOAL was from Nash Road, 51.422019, -1.873002.

Adam and Eve Stones also known as Beckhampton Longstones are two large standing stones which are the only visible remains of Longstones Cove and Beckhampton Avenue.

Adam is the larger of the two stones and along with three others formed a four-sided cove known as Longstones Cove which was also part of the Beckhampton Avenue. Unfortunately, the other stones were destroyed in the post-medieval period by a landowner. Adam stone fell over in 1911 and was re-erected in 1912.

Adam and Eve Stones are all that is known to survive of the Beckhampton Avenue which was a major ceremonial avenue of standing stones. It's believed that this avenue was connected to Avebury Henge, but there is no evidence to support this theory.

> **[The Longstones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Longstones)**
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> The Longstones are two standing stones, one of which is the remains of a prehistoric 'cove' of standing stones, at grid reference SU089693, close to Beckhampton in Avebury parish, in the English county of Wiltshire.
> Two stones are visible, known as 'Adam' and 'Eve' although the latter is more likely to have been a stone that formed part of the Beckhampton Avenue that connected with Avebury. The avenue probably terminated here although it may have extended further to the south west beyond the sto...

_The originator declared that this location was **not** inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 16/01/2022. It remains the responsibility of any pilot to check for any changes before flying at the same location._