What is Amesbury?
[[File:Amesbury - Bus Station - geograph.org.uk - 1459849.jpg|thumb|Amesbury Bus Station]] '''Amesbury''' is a town and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in [[Wiltshire]], England. It is most famous for the [[prehistoric]] monument of [[Stonehenge]] which is in its parish, and for the discovery of the Amesbury Archer. The Amesbury Archer is an early [[Bronze Age]] man whose grave was discovered during excavations at the site of a new housing development in Amesbury in 2002. It has been confirmed by archaeologists that Amesbury is the oldest continuously occupied settlement in the [[United Kingdom]], having been first settled around 8820 BC.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/may/01/oldest-britain-settlement-amesbury-wiltshire-stonehenge|title=Britain's oldest settlement is Amesbury not Thatcham, say scientists|last=Brown|first=Mark|date=1 May 2014|access-date=2 May 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Towns in Wiltshire]] [[Category:Civil parishes in Wiltshire]]