Windmill Hill, Avebury

Name: Windmill Hill
Address: Avebury, United Kingdom

#6 among attractions in Avebury

Archaeological site, View point, Historical place

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Windmill Hill is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure in the English county of Wiltshire, part of the Avebury World Heritage Site, about 1 mile northwest of Avebury. Enclosing an area of 21 acres, it is the largest known causewayed enclosure in Britain. The site was first occupied around 3800 BC, although the only evidence is a series of pits apparently dug by an agrarian society using Hembury pottery. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°26'28"N, 1°52'36"W

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Avebury United Kingdom

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Windmill Hill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kennet Avenue, Avebury Manor, Stonehenge, Church of St Mary Magdalene.

1.7 miSE
Avenue of prehistoric standing stones
Kennet Avenue, Avebury
45 min walk • Kennet Avenue or West Kennet Avenue is a prehistoric site in the English county of Wiltshire. It was an avenue of two parallel lines of stones 25m wide and 2.5 km in length, which ran between the Neolithic sites of Avebury and The Sanctuary.
1.1 miSE
Historical place, Garden, Museum
Avebury Manor, Avebury
29 min walk • Avebury Manor & Garden is a National Trust property consisting of a Grade I listed early-16th-century manor house and its surrounding garden.
1.4 miSE
, Archaeological site
Stonehenge, Avebury
36 min walk • Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Wiltshire, England. The WHS covers two large areas of land separated by about 15 miles, rather than a specific monument or building.
0.8 miNE
Church
Church of St Mary Magdalene, Avebury
20 min walk • The Church of St Mary Magdalene is the Anglican church in the village of Winterbourne Monkton, Wiltshire, England. It is a 19th-century rebuilding of a structure dating from the 14th century.

Windmill Hill, Avebury

Facts and practical information

Windmill Hill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Kennet Avenue, Avebury

Avebury Manor, Avebury

Stonehenge, Avebury

Church of St Mary Magdalene, Avebury