May 3, 2013 · Windmill Hill must have been a popular summer camp-site because of its proximity to Ludgershall Station, especially among Territorials not used to marching far. Other camp-sites on Salisbury Plain involved quite a hike.

In the Bronze-Age mindset, the hill would had made a natural sacred place when viewed from Sodbury Hill. Two natural hillocks, one at either end of the level hilltop, have both been crafted into burial mounds for the elite.

Windmill Hill has been part of the Salisbury Plain Training Area since c.1898, and land in the west of the parish has been used by the Army since 1939. Military activity, including the construction of Tidworth Camp nearby, led to a substantial increase in the population of the parish.

May 3, 2013 · The Windmill Hill camping-site has not been used for some decades (I think). During the early 20th century it was more popular that many other camping-sites with Volunteer and Territorial soldiers on their two-week annual camp because it was only a short march from Ludgershall Railway Station.

Photograph featuring the visit by King George V and Queen Mary to Windmill Hill Camp in Ludgershall, Wiltshire. They are standing by a marquee, the King is talking to an officer by a car, and there are others about, some with their backs turned away from the photographer.

To the north is Chute Forest whose western boundary, delineated in 1300, forms the northern boundary of Ludgershall parish. All the parish is on the upper chalk with highest land, Windmill...

Apr 10, 2024 · Windmill Hill Camp was a camping-site (ie no huts) much used by Territorial units in the summer months before the war, and also during it. It was between Tidworth and Ludgershall. Mounted units based there during WWI included:

Windmill Hill is crowned lopsidedly by the three approximately concentric rings of discontinuous ditches of a causewayed enclosure or 'camp'. It was the first to receive systematic investigation, and is a type site of the earlier Neolithic culture in Southern England.

Windmill Hill is famous for being one of the first sites excavated to provide evidence of the life of early farming communities in southern Britain. It is also the largest of all known causewayed enclosure sites in Britain. Its discovery and preservation are due to Alexander Keiller.

In August 1939 the 8th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment was at their annual camp at Windmill Hill (Ludgershall), Wiltshire, the Battalion strength was a thousand men. For some weeks the young men of the countryside had been coming forward in a new enthusiasm under the vague threat of events to come.