Shot on location in Avebury duringthe summer of 1976, the now legendary Children of the Stones was screened by ITV as aseven-part series in early 1977. It was repeated only once, yet an astonishingnumber of people still recall being terrified by it as children, due partly toSidney Sager’s stunning music score, with its dissonant vocal harmonies andpagan chanting.

The film’s power-ful atmosphere,and its sense of dark and brooding mystery lurking within the ancient stones,obviously impacted deeply on some young minds, as many of Avebury’s regularvisitors – including pagans, druids and some leading archæo-logists –acknowledge that it was watching Children of the Stones that first got them interested inthe place.