Windmill Hill, Avebury - Wikipedia
Windmill Hill is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure in the English county of Wiltshire, part of the Avebury World Heritage Site, about 1 mile (2 km) northwest of Avebury. Enclosing an area of 21 acres (8.5 ha), it is the largest known causewayed enclosure in Britain. [1]
History of Windmill Hill - English Heritage
Windmill Hill is famous for being one of the first sites excavated to provide evidence of the life of early farming communities in southern Britain. It is also the largest of all known causewayed enclosure sites in Britain. Its discovery and preservation are due to Alexander Keiller.
Windmill Hill, Avebury - English Heritage
Windmill Hill is a classic example of a Neolithic 'causewayed enclosure', with three concentric but intermittent ditches. Large quantities of animal bones found here indicate feasting, animal trading or rituals, or perhaps all three. It is part of the Avebury World Heritage Site.
Windmill Hill culture - Wikipedia
The Windmill Hill culture was a name given to a people inhabiting southern Britain, in particular in the Salisbury Plain area close to Stonehenge, c. 3000 BC. [1] They were an agrarian Neolithic people; their name comes from Windmill Hill, a causewayed enclosure near Avebury. [2]
Windmill Hill - Wikipedia
Windmill Hill culture, named after the Avebury site but now considered as several separate archaeological cultures; Windmill Hill, Bristol, a predominantly residential area within Bedminster, Bristol; Windmill Hill, Buckinghamshire, an archive and office complex near Waddesdon Manor
Windmill Hill | archaeological site, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
, Windmill Hill, Wiltshire), which are now believed to have been centres of ritual and of seasonal tribal feasting. From them developed, late in the 3rd millennium, more clearly ceremonial ditch-enclosed earthworks known as henge monuments.
Windmill Hill, Avebury - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting
2024年12月5日 · It was built and altered over many centuries from about 2850 BC until about 2200 BC and is one of the largest, and undoubtedly the most complex, of Britain's surviving Neolithic henge monuments.
Windmill Hill
The windmill at Windmill Hill is the tallest post mill in Sussex and is a Grade II* listed building. Find out more about its history and restoration on the History page. Groups, including cycling and walking groups are welcome to visit by prior arrangement.
The Avebury landscape from Windmill Hill (scroll to view)
Situated on the higher ground to the north-west of the henge it was found to be the location of an early Neolithic settlement dated to about 3700 BC. It was during this same period that the West Kennet Long Barrow was built a few miles to the south.
Windmill Hill (Causewayed Enclosure) — The Modern Antiquarian
Well preserved Neolithic causewayed enclosure, built around 3675 BC comprising three concentric rings of ditches enclosing an area of 21 acres. Each ditch is broken at intervals by crossing points or causeways.