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Click on thumbnail to view full size picture from Windmill Hill AVEBURY to WINDMILL HILL
The main features of the hill itself are three concentric earth ditches from the Neolithic period around 3,600 - 3,300 years BC. Now very little of the original site is visible, most of whet you can see is the result of many archaeological digs. Although the site itself is not impressive the artefacts found here are the most important in the UK and form the corner stone of Neolithic archaeology. There is a manor house with the remains of a moat ( now empty) on the left just before Wp3. (GPS length 4.56 miles). The Red Lion Pub is at the eastern end of the High Street and there is a vegetarian cafe next to the Barn the end. How to get there: From the south you leave the A4 at Beckhampton taking the A4361 to Swindon. After 0.8 miles park in the National Trust car park on the left. From the north leave the M4 at junction 16 on the A4361, Travel 9.6 miles passing through Avebury to the car park on your right soon after.
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