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Boundary earthwork and associated bowl barrow on Windmill Hill is a Neolithic monument complex located near Avebury in Wiltshire. The site comprises a boundary earthwork of uncertain original extent alongside a bowl barrow, a burial mound of Bronze Age date characteristic of the funerary practices of the second millennium BCE. The monument lies within the broader archaeological landscape of Windmill Hill, which has yielded evidence of Neolithic activity and occupation. Both elements represent distinct periods of prehistoric use and modification of this significant ritual and funerary landscape in the Wessex chalk downlands.
Boundary earthwork and associated bowl barrow on Windmill Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010288. View the official record →
Boundary earthwork and associated bowl barrow on Windmill Hill is a Neolithic monument complex located near Avebury in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010288.
Boundary earthwork and associated bowl barrow on Windmill Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1010288.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Three round barrows 100m north west of Andover Lodge: part of a round barrow cemetery in Barrow Field Clumps, Cholderton Park (8.5 km), Three bowl barrows 250m west of Andover Lodge: part of a round barrow cemetery in Barrow Field Clumps, Cholderton Park (8.6 km), Bowl barrow 130m WSW of Andover Lodge: part of a round barrow cemetery in Barrow Field Clumps, Cholderton Park (8.6 km).
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