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. Recorded context — Period: Neolithic (3650–3000 BCE); Culture: Early Neolithic / Peterborough; Field status: excavated; Materials: chalk, flint; Condition: preserved — National Trust.
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 Rampartrampartrampart at Windmill Hill Causewayed Camp Wiltshire — primary structure51.4436° N · 1.8756° W
- Windmill Hill Causewayed Camp Wiltshire — Northern Ditchditchditch at Windmill Hill Causewayed Camp Wiltshire — outlier feature51.4414° N · 1.8765° W
- Windmill Hill Causewayed Camp Wiltshire — Southern Entranceentranceentrance at Windmill Hill Causewayed Camp Wiltshire — hydraulic feature51.4404° N · 1.8776° W
- Windmill Hill Causewayed Camp Wiltshire — Eastern Rampartrampartrampart at Windmill Hill Causewayed Camp Wiltshire — primary structure51.4414° N · 1.8786° W
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