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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Windmill Hill BarrowsCountry: England County: Wiltshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Map Ref: SU08637135
Latitude: 51.441079N Longitude: 1.877225W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Chrus visited on 25th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3
FrothNinja visited on 2nd Oct 2016 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 2
Estrela visited on 3rd Sep 2013 It was a long trek for us to Windmill Hill. We turned back several times as we had been told the metalled road was the best route and it was unmarked and not easy to follow at the village end. Originally my husband pointed us in the wrong direction - I know he can't navigate why did I listen to him? We did get there but very footsore. We came back across the fields footpath which suited us much better, being used to walking on grass. There is a good view of the whole landscape up there, but another time I would walk the Avenue and Overton Hill, West Kennet Long Barrow and Silbury Hill route in preference. A number of barrow mounds are visible up there and wildflower meadows planted by the metalled track.
TheCaptain visited on 4th Oct 1998 Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue
Chrus visited on 1st Jan 0002 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.33 Ambience: 4.67 Access: 2.67
The barrows were included within the 1990 RCHME survey of Windmill Hill. Either or both of Winterbourne Monkton 1 and 2 was/were excavated before 1849, yielding seven skeletons, perhaps Saxon secondary interments, plus a grape cup and a stone battle axe. Winterbourne Monkton 2, also known as Picket Barrow, was the scene of a small rescue excavation in 1935 after an urn was exposed by rabbit burrowing. In addition to the pottery vessel and the cremation it contained, finds included 3 stone axes, a bronze dolphin brooch of Roman date, Roman potsherds and a perforated macehead of sarsen. One of these barrows (or none of them) may have been the barrow opened by William Stukeley in the early 18th century. Stukeley seems to have found a collared urn standing upside down over a cremation.
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