Windmill Hill Causewayed Camp Wiltshire
Neolithic (3650–3000 BCE)·Early Neolithic / Peterborough·🇬🇧 England, Wiltshire, near Avebury, United Kingdom
About
About Windmill Hill Causewayed Camp Wiltshire
Avebury's northern causewayed camp excavated by Keiller 1925–29, 3650 BCE basal layer with Ebbsfleet ceramics.
Why it mattersKey Early Neolithic / Peterborough earthwork with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Trade network extent
- 02Function of enclosure
Theories
- 01Territorial marker
- 02Elite residence
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3650 BCE
- Period
- Neolithic (3650–3000 BCE)
- Culture
- Early Neolithic / Peterborough
- Purpose
- Type-site of causewayed enclosures — 3 concentric circuits atop chalk hill
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1851
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 800 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Windmill Hill Causewayed Camp Wiltshire
c. 3650 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Windmill Hill Causewayed Camp Wiltshire
On the ground
Structures & features
51.4420° N · 1.8770° W · 200 m · 4 mapped features
Windmill Hill Causewayed Camp Wiltshire — Principal Rampart
rampartrampart at Windmill Hill Causewayed Camp Wiltshire — primary structure
51.4436° N · 1.8756° WWindmill Hill Causewayed Camp Wiltshire — Northern Ditch
ditchditch at Windmill Hill Causewayed Camp Wiltshire — outlier feature
51.4414° N · 1.8765° WWindmill Hill Causewayed Camp Wiltshire — Southern Entrance
entranceentrance at Windmill Hill Causewayed Camp Wiltshire — hydraulic feature
51.4404° N · 1.8776° WWindmill Hill Causewayed Camp Wiltshire — Eastern Rampart
rampartrampart at Windmill Hill Causewayed Camp Wiltshire — primary structure
51.4414° N · 1.8786° W