West Lavant
West Lavant is a Village in the county of West Sussex.
There are great places to visit near West Lavant including some great towns, country parks, woodlands and airports.
West Lavant's best nearby towns can be found at Chichester, and Crawley.
Goodwood Country Park, and Buchan Country Park are some of West Lavant best country parks to visit near West Lavant.
The area close to West Lavant boasts some of the best woodlands including Goodwood Country Park.
The area around West Lavant features a number of interesting airports including Gatwick Airport, Shoreham Airport, and Chichester/Goodwood Airport.
West Lavant History
There are some historic monuments around West Lavant:
- A 210m length of Devil's Ditch running east from Chichester Main Road to Pook Lane
- A deserted medieval village and post-medieval farm buildings, 1.4km north-west of Yew Tree Cottage
- Bevis's Thumb long barrow, 370m west of Fernbeds Farm
- Halnaker House: a fortified medieval manor house and part of its landscaped grounds
- Oval barrow 700m SSE of Locksash Farm
- Multiple cross dyke on Little Graffham Bottom, 770m SSW of Hayland Farm
- Linear boundary on Stoke Down, 800m north of West Stoke House
- Bowl barrow in Poyntz's Piece, Heyshott Down
- An Itford Hill style settlement in Kingley Vale
- St Martin's Lane, Little London car park, Roman site
- Bowl barrow on Graffham Down
- Two bell barrows, two pond barrows and a cross dyke on Bow Hill: part of The Devil's Humps round barrow cemetery
- A 362m length of Devil's Ditch running WNW from Chapel Lane
- Bowl barrow on Bepton Down
- Devil's Ditch, section extending 200yds (180m) E of Waterbeach Hotel, Goodwood Park
- Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending 110yds (100m) in Raughmere Copse
- Bowl barrow and bell barrow on Graffham Down
- Neolithic causewayed enclosure and associated remains on Court Hill
- Bowl barrow on Heyshott Common, 170m west of Upper Polecats Copse
- Romano-British villa and traces of medieval occupation at Pitlands Farm, Up Marden
- Linear boundary 310m north west of the Tansley Stone on Bow Hill
- Devil's Ditch, section extending 1730yds (1580m) from Stane Street to NW end of Redvin's Copse
- Cross dyke on Heathbarn Down, 520m south east of Lodge Hill Farm
- Bowl barrow on Bow Hill, 290m south east of the Tansley Stone
- Cross dyke on St Roche's Hill, 410m and 425m north east of The Trundle hillfort
- Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending 250yds (230m) in Densworth Copse
- Devil's Ditch, section extending 330yds (300m) W of Waterbeach Hotel, Goodwood Park, Box Grove
- Bexley Bushes earthworks
- Devil's Ditch, section extending 380yds (350m) NW from The Cottage, Goodwood Park
- Chichester Dyke, Broyle earthwork, section extending 360yds (330m) SW of Broyle House
- Platform barrow on Bepton Down
- Devil's Ditch, section extending 200yds (180m) E from Chapel Lane
- Bowl barrow on Heyshott Common, 250m west of Foundry Cottages
- Greyfriars Chapel, Priory Park
- Flint mines on Bow Hill
- A Romano-Celtic temple, Iron Age shrine and associated remains 250m north west of Ratham Mill
- Medieval chapel near Chilgrove, 295m north-west of Yewtree Cottage
- Bowl barrow in Starve Acre Copse, 290m east of Heather View
- Cross dyke on northern spur of Bow Hill, 500m north east of the Tansley Stone
- Chichester Castle
- Twin bell barrow and a bowl barrow on Asdean Down
- Chichester Dyke: section 200yds (180m) long in Mouthey's Plantation, section 245yds (220m) long in Oakwood and section 100yds (90m) long SW of Oakwood House
- Bowl barrow in Walkers Copse, Heyshott Common
- Multiple cross dyke on Harting Downs, 570m east of Down Place
- Causewayed enclosure, World War II searchlight emplacements and associated remains on Halnaker Hill
- Bowl barrow on Cocking Down
- The Devil's Jumps round barrow cemetery
- Chichester City Walls, The Tower, Orchard Street
- Multiple cross dyke on Heyshott Down
- Bowl barrow on Charlton Down, 350m south of Goodwood racecourse
- Cross dyke on south eastern spur of Bow Hill, 900m south west of the Tansley Stone
- Field system in Lamb Lea
- Medieval moated site north-east of Upper Common
- Devil's Ditch, section extending 1100yds (1000m), Valdoe Wood
- Chichester Dyke, Broyle earthwork, section at Brandy Hole, extending E 230yds (210m) from railway, New Fishbourne
- A saucer barrow and a bowl barrow on Bow Hill, 270m south east of the Tansley Stone
- Romano-British villa, with cemetery and associated building, at Batten Hanger, 600m south east of Hill Lands Farm
- Fishbourne Roman site
- Devil's Ditch, section extending 900yds (820m), Lye Wood, West Stoke
- Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending N 480yds (440m) from The Drive, Summersdale, near Chichester
- Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending N 360yds (330m) from Otter Memorial College
- Market cross
- The Trundle hillfort, causewayed enclosure and associated remains at St Roche's Hill
- Bowl barrow in Edgar Plantation
- Flint mine on Stoke Down, immediately north of Stoke Clump
- Roman amphitheatre
- Ruined church
- Devil's Ditch, section extending 530yds (480m) W from Lavant Lodge
- Beckett's Barn and adjoining earthworks
- Oval barrow, the south-eastern of two on Stoughton Down
- Two round barrows in Grevitts Copse
- Chichester Dyke, Broyle earthwork, section extending 430yds (393m) through East Broyle Copse, to railway, and earthwork extending 400yds (365m) from Brandy Hole Lane, New Fishbourne
- Bowl barrow on Charlton Down, 250m south of Goodwood racecourse
- Bowl barrow on Treyford Hill
- Chichester Dyke, section of Broyle earthwork, extending 150yds (140m) through Plain Wood
- Cross dyke on St Roche's Hill, 480m north west of The Trundle hillfort
- Bowl barrow on Didling Hill
- Devil's Ditch, section extending 1200yds (1100m) through Little Tomlins Copse
- Medieval settlement in Eastdean Park, 670m north east of Counter's Gate
- Heyshott Down round barrow cemetery and cross dykes
- Harting Beacon: a hilltop enclosure, Anglo-Saxon burial mound and telegraph station on Beacon and Pen Hills
- Bowl barrow north west of Telegraph House
- Iron Age farmstead and Roman villa, 360m SSW of Brickkiln Farm
- Devil's Ditch, section extending 960yds (870m) S of Lavant House
- Chichester Dyke, earthwork E of Chichester Barracks extending 600yds (550m)
- The Vandalian Tower, Up Park
- Oval barrow, the north-western of two on Stoughton Down
- A multiple enclosure fort known as Goosehill Camp and a prehistoric linear boundary on Bow Hill
- Bowl barrow in Starve Acre Copse, 200m east of Heather View
- Cakeham Manor (uninhabited parts)
- Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending 300yds (270m) W of Densworth House
- Bowl barrow on Linch Down
- Bowl barrow 480m south of Irongates Lodge
- Hilltop enclosure and linear boundary on Bow Hill
- Boxgrove Priory
- Cross dyke on north eastern spur of Bow Hill, 150m south east of the Tansley Stone
- Two bowl barrows on Bow Hill forming part of The Devil's Humps round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow in Stonehill Clump, Goodwood Country Park
- Roman villa on Warren Down
- Chichester Dyke, sections in Little Cotfield Plantation
- Devil's Ditch, section 725yds (660m) long W of Ounces Barn
- Chichester Dyke, Broyle earthwork, section extending 360yds (330m) S of West Broyle House
- Bell barrow north-west of Brooms Farm
