View E of Knap Hill Neolithic causewayed enclosure overlooking the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, England, UK: a 4th millennium BC seasonal meeting-place.

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View E from minor road of Knap Hill Neolithic causewayed camp on a rounded hill overlooking the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, England, UK. A 4th millennium BC roughly oval earthwork enclosure formed by external ditches with causeways & a bank with matching gaps. Based on finds at other causewayed camps (stone axes & pottery etc. from distant parts of Britain), they are considered to be seasonal (late autumn) meeting-places for widely spaced populations: signs of magic, ritual, feasting, burial, trade, exchange, animal husbandry & processing; possibly also human sacrifice, infanticide & cannibalism. On the Tan Hill Way.

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Location: Knap Hill Causewayed Camp, Alton Priors, Wiltshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
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