Barbury Castle Country Park
Barbury Castle Country Park
An amazing country park near Swindon in Wiltshire that is centred on an ancient hillfort on the North Wessex Downs.
Barbury Castle Country Park is in North Wessex Downs AONB, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Created: 6 August 2022 Edited: 24 March 2025
Barbury Castle Country Park Information
Barbury Castle Country Park Address
Wroughton, Swindon SN4 0QH, UK
SN4 0QH
Local History around Barbury Castle Country Park
There are some historic monuments around including:
Bowl barrow 630m north east of Wick Bottom BarnThree sections of a linear earthwork south west of New BarnBarrow on Coombe Down, 930yds (830m) WSW of St George's ChurchWick Down Farm earthworkBowl barrow 85m north east of Day House CottagesSite of watermill 290m south east of West LeazePair of round barrows forming part of the Bronze Age round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett FarmBell barrow and adjacent bowl barrow on Marlborough Common, 120m east of Wootton Bassett RoadBowl barrow 750m east of New BarnBowl barrow 300m east of Ivy House FarmBowl barrow 210m north east of Rushy Platt FarmPair of round barrows 400m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated on Avebury DownBowl barrow 1km north-east of Avebury and 70m north of Green StreetBell barrow 300m south-east of Avebury Down Barn forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury DownSaucer barrow 620m north of New Barn: Part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton DownPrehistoric to post-medieval settlement, cultivation, industrial and funerary remains on Fyfield, Overton and Manton DownsGroup of four round barrows 300m north west of the junction between the Ridgeway and Green Street on Avebury DownDisc barrow on Burderop Down, 1km north-east of Upper Herdswick FarmStone circle immediately north east of Day House, CoateBowl barrow 900m SSE of Green BankTwo earthwork enclosures and a linear earthwork 625m north of Barbury CastleWhitefield Hill ditchBowl barrow 1km west of Sheppard's Farm DairyCross in the churchyard of St John the Baptist and St HelenBowl barrow 900m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury DownRemains of `Falkner's Circle', a Neolithic stone circle 180m east of the West Kennet AvenueGroup of four round barrows 500m south-east of Avebury Down Barn, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury DownThree Roman burial mounds, a Bronze Age bowl barrow, a pagan Saxon inhumation cemetery and a short length of Roman road on Overton Hill.Saucer barrow: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury CastleSix bowl barrows 560m north of New Barn: part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton DownBowl barrow and a saucer barrow 200m north of Rockley PlantationBowl barrow 650m ESE of New Barn, between Avebury Down and Monkton DownBowl barrow 750m south-east of Barbury Castle FarmBell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton HillTwo bowl barrows 820m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemeteryBowl barrow 800m south-east of Barbury BarnBowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle FarmMedieval settlement remains at OvertownEarthwork enclosure 950m SSE of Manor FarmBowl barrow 620m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemeteryThree confluent round barrows 580m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury DownEarthwork enclosure and dewpond 490m north of Barbury CastleBarrow on Coombe Down, 1070yds (980m) NE of Upper PoughcombeBowl barrow 870m ESE of New Barn on Monkton DownGroup of round barrows on Rough HillBowl barrow 70m north of Green Street and east of the Avebury henge monumentTwo bowl barrows 680m north of Upper Herdswick Farm, Barbury DownBowl barrow 375m east of Wick Bottom BarnMound in churchyardRemains of Holy Rood Church, The Lawn, Old TownBowl barrow east of the Ridgeway forming part of the Overton Hill Bronze Age round barrow cemetery.Bowl barrow immediately west of the Ridgeway, 400m north east of its junction with Green StreetBarbury Castle Farm deserted Medieval villageEarthworks on Marlborough CommonBowl barrow 70m north of Rockley PlantationBowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's PlantationBowl barrow 800m north-east of Hackpen BarnBarrow on Smeathe's RidgeDam of King's fishpondSharpridge earthworksBowl barrow 880m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemeteryBowl barrow 690m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemeteryBell barrow 200m north of Rockley PlantationSharpridge field systemRound barrow 750yds (690m) SE of Smeathe's PlantationBowl barrow 770m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury DownBarbury Castle: a hillfort and bowl barrowBowl barrow 50m north of Barrow FarmBowl barrow 200m south of Green Street and 1100m east of the Avebury henge monument, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury DownBarrow 350yds (320m) E of Smeathe's Plantation, Ogbourne DownBowl barrow 500m north-west of Berwick Bassett ClumpEnclosure on Ogbourne DownBowl barrow 750m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemeteryField system and earthwork enclosure on Burderop DownOgbourne Maizey Down round barrowBowl barrow 800m south-east of Ogbourne St Andrew FarmBell barrow 350m south-west of Barbury BarnDevil's Den long barrow, 600m east of White AcreMedieval settlement and associated ridge and furrow, West LeazeBarrow on Avebury Down, S of track from AveburyVillage settlement on Barton DownIron Age enclosure on Overton Hill, 600m north west of North FarmLinear barrow cemetery on Hackpen HillPreshute Down field systemPenning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down BarnGroup of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett FarmBowl barrow 500m west of The RowCastle moundBincknoll CampTwo enclosures on Winterbourne DownThree bowl barrows: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury CastleBowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill.
