Alton Barnes
Alton Barnes is a Village in the county of Wiltshire.
Alton Barnes postcode: SN8 4LE
There are great places to visit near Alton Barnes including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes, parks and villages.
Don't miss Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury's historic monuments if visiting the area around Alton Barnes.
There are a several good ancient sites in the Alton Barnes area like Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, Silbury Hill, and Barbury Castle.
Historic Buildings to visit near Alton Barnes include Avebury Manor.
Coate Water Country Park, Barbury Castle Country Park, and Lydiard Park are some of Alton Barnes best country parks to visit near Alton Barnes.
Coate Water is a great place to visit close to Alton Barnes if you like lakes.
Don't miss Lydiard Park's parks if visiting the area around Alton Barnes.
Alton Barnes is near some unmissable villages like Ashton Keynes,
Alton Barnes History
There are some historic monuments around Alton Barnes:
- Bowl barrow 750m south-west of Manor Farm: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Long barrow in Barrow Copse
- Saucer barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Grange Stables bell barrow
- Two bowl barrows 350m south east of Baden Down Farm
- Bowl barrow and a saucer barrow 200m north of Rockley Plantation
- Two saucer barrows and a pair of bowl barrows 750m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow 870m ESE of New Barn on Monkton Down
- Bowl barrow 200m south of Green Street and 1100m east of the Avebury henge monument, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, cultivation, industrial and funerary remains on Fyfield, Overton and Manton Downs
- Pair of bell barrows and a pair of bowl barrows forming part of a barrow cemetery at Baltic Farm
- Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Two bowl barrows 670m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow 640m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn
- Bowl barrow 800m south of Hemp Knoll
- Group of small enclosures on Horton Down, 910m north east of Easton Down long barrow
- Pair of bowl barrows situated on the south east of Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 400m west of Cooks Plantation
- Bowl barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Ivy House Farm
- Bowl barrow situated 500m SSW of Shepherds' Shore
- West Kennet bell barrow, 160m north-west of West Kennet long barrow
- Saucer barrow 910m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- Group of round barrows on Rough Hill
- Four earthwork enclosures on All Cannings Down
- Long Stones long barrow 150m north of Beckhampton House
- Medieval village site
- Boundary earthworks on Wilsford Down
- Bowl barrow immediately west of the Ridgeway, 400m north east of its junction with Green Street
- Earthwork enclosure N of Wansdyke
- Devil's Den long barrow, 600m east of White Acre
- Bowl barrow 750m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 50m south-east of the `Sanctuary' forming part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Bohune Down round barrow
- Bowl barrow five hundred metres north-west of Baden Down Farm
- Bowl barrow forming part of a cemetery 800m east of Kitchen Barrow
- Bowl barrow 840m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Square enclosure 350m north of Wansdyke on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Round barrow near Charlton Clumps
- Boundary earthwork east of Church Hill
- Barrow S of Wansdyke
- West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank east of West Kennett Farm
- Bowl barrow 950m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Pair of bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Barrow on Avebury Down, S of track from Avebury
- Three sections of a linear earthwork south west of New Barn
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated 120m NNW of Down Barn on North Down
- Bowl barrow 550m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Bell barrow 660m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow 690m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Earthwork enclosure 950m SSE of Manor Farm
- Bell barrow on Easton Down
- Lidbury Camp, associated trackways and bowl barrow, on Littlecott Down
- Bowl barrow 230m west of The Grange, Beckhampton
- Beckhampton round barrow cemetery 150m north east of the `Waggon and Horses'
- Earthwork NW of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Site of an oval stone circle and part of an adjacent field system 700m SW of West Kennet long barrow.
- Two bowl barrows 400m south of Tanhill Penning
- Eleven round barrows 1000m north of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery, and a probable enclosed Iron Age farmstead on North Down
- Giant's Grave (Martinsell Hill)
- Wansdyke: section from S of Furze Hill to Marlborough-Pewsey road
- Section of Roman Road 560m north east of Beckhampton Buildings
- Ten barrows forming part of Fox Covert round barrow cemetery, West Down.
- Linear boundary earthwork and associated field system on Cherhill Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 120m north of the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Bowl barrow 930m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Bowl barrow 1km west of Tan Hill
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Tanhill Penning
- Green Bank bowl barrow, 230m east of the Avebury henge monument
- Enclosure north of Chirton Gorse
- Group of five round barrows north-east of the Sanctuary: part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Casterley Camp and associated monuments
- Group of four round barrows 300m north west of the junction between the Ridgeway and Green Street on Avebury Down
- Oldbury Camp hillfort, bowl barrow and cross dyke on Cherhill Down
- Round barrow forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Ell Barrow, long barrow
- Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery
- Pair of round barrows and section of linear earthwork NE of the gallops on West Down
- Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow
- Enclosure on Marden Down
- Bowl barrow 900m SSE of Green Bank
- Enclosure on Black Heath Down
- Bowl barrow 880m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Remains of `Falkner's Circle', a Neolithic stone circle 180m east of the West Kennet Avenue
- Bowl barrow 200m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
- The Hatfield Earthwork: a henge enclosure, henge and remains of monumental mound at Marden
- Long barrow on Easton Down
- Pair of round barrows forming part of the Bronze Age round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Linear barrow cemetery on Hackpen Hill
- Saucer barrow on North Down
- Shrunken medieval village site E of Avebury Trusloe
- Bowl barrow 900m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Multiple trackway between and north of Round Clump and Dogtail Plantation
- Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Avebury henge and stone circles
- Group of four round barrows 500m south-east of Avebury Down Barn, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 750m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Enclosure on Ogbourne Down
- Boundary feature, western section of Long Ditch across Wilsford Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Bowl barrow 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- West Kennett Farm palisaded enclosures
- Linear earthworks forming part of a field system on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Round barrow 1260m NNE of Baltic Farm, 75m south of Roman Road, forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Barrow north-west of Weatherhill Scrub
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Square earthwork enclosure 450m north west of Baltic Farm on Morgan's Hill
- Earthwork W of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Field system on Penning Down
- Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Four round barrows 740m east of Kitchen Barrow, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on All Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 700m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Medieval settlement remains immediately west of The Vicarage
- Earthwork enclosure on Allington Down
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Rockley Plantation
- Two boundary earthworks on the west of Rushall Down
- Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 120m west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 400m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a cemetery on North Down
- Thornham Down prehistoric and medieval landscapes
- Pair of round barrows 400m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated on Avebury Down
- Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Bell barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Earth Burgh (or Eorth Burh) NW of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse
- Round barrow south-west of Compton Farm
- Bowl barrow 800m north-east of Hackpen Barn
- Bell barrow 75m west of Red Shore
- Strip lynchets north-east of East Chisenbury
- Three Roman burial mounds, a Bronze Age bowl barrow, a pagan Saxon inhumation cemetery and a short length of Roman road on Overton Hill.
- Section of the Wansdyke
- Bowl barrow 50m north of Barrow Farm
- Avebury Long Stones 380m east of The Grange Stables, Beckhampton
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Green Street and east of the Avebury henge monument
- Pair of bowl barrows on West Down, 550m east of Witch Plantation
- East Kennett long barrow, 600m south of East Kennett church
- Enclosure on Horton Down
- Swanborough Tump
- Bowl barrow 750m east of New Barn
- Bell barrow 300m south-east of Avebury Down Barn forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Saucer barrow 250m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow situated 60m west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Boundary earthwork on Upavon Down
- Horslip long barrow, 450m north-west of Horslip Bridge.
- Long barrow 650m WSW of Shepherds' Shore
- All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site
- Enclosure east of Baden Down Farm
- Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn
- Four bowl barrows forming part of a cemetery 270m east of long barrow on Roughridge Hill
- Bowl barrow 375m east of Wick Bottom Barn
- Two bowl barrows 320m south-east of Little London
- Strip lynchet system north of Chisman's Cleeve
- Iron Age enclosure on Overton Hill, 600m north west of North Farm
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 135m ENE of Baltic Farm
- Group of three bowl barrows 250m north east of Shepherds' Shore
- Five round barrows 1040m NNE of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Field system north-east of Chisenbury Field Barn
- Compton Farm Romano-British and Early Medieval occupation sites and associated cultivation earthworks
- Bowl barrow 650m ESE of New Barn, between Avebury Down and Monkton Down
- Bowl barrow 200m south of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Six bowl barrows 560m north of New Barn: part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Barrow east of Chirton Landing Strip
- Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery adjacent to the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Field system E of Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Kitchen Barrow: a long barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Cross dyke 450m west of Cherhill Monument
- Bell barrow situated between Bishop's Cannings Down and Easton Down
- Enclosure and boundary earthwork west of Scraggy Copse
- Three confluent round barrows 580m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 1070m NNW of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Round barrow cemetery 400m south of Avebury henge monument on Waden Hill
- South Street long barrow, 70m south east of the Long Stones
- Bowl barrow 350m north-east of White Horse Plantation
- Silbury Hill: a monumental Neolithic mound west of the River Kennet and south of Avebury village
- Withy Copse ditch
- Enford Roman villa
- Deserted medieval village E of Manor Farm
- Group of barrows on Draycott Hill
- Round barrow in the grounds of RAF Upavon
- Bowl barrow 770m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Two round barrows W of New Town Farm
- Cross dyke 230m south west of Cherhill Monument
- Cross dyke 520m north east of Cherhill Monument
- Bowl barrow 840m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- Long barrow and abutting bowl barrow 700m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings, forming the focus of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Pair of bowl barrows 650m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Three Bronze Age barrows 200m NNW of Down Barn forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Bowl barrow 50m north east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Round barrow north of Summer Down
- Ditch W of Tanhill Fair
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 1150m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow 620m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Grange bowl barrow 130m north west of The Grange Stables bell barrow, Beckhampton
- Long barrow on Horton Down
- The Sanctuary, Overton Hill
- Pair of round barrows 200m SSE of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Rybury camp
- Long barrow 85m west of Cherhill Monument
- Knap Hill camp near Alton Priors
- Bowl barrow 500m west of The Row
- Village settlement on Barton Down
- Bowl barrow 610m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Avebury and 70m north of Green Street
- Saucer barrow 620m north of New Barn: Part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Section of Wansdyke and associated monuments from east of The Firs to the eastern side of Tan Hill
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill
- Bowl barrow on Calstone Down, 500m south of Witch Plantation
- Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn
- Pair of bowl barrows 150m north of the Wansdyke on All Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow on Longstreet Down
- Two bowl barrows 820m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 190m north east of Nolands Farm, Yatesbury
- Adam's Grave: a long barrow on Walker's Hill
- Bowl barrow 300m south of Fox Covert forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- A causewayed enclosure, the core of a round barrow cemetery, part of a prehistoric field system and an associated mortuary enclosure on Windmill Hill
- Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning
- Harepit Way linear boundary
- A henge, four Bronze Age barrows and part of a Roman road 500m south west of Fox Covert
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 200m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Bowl barrow east of the Ridgeway forming part of the Overton Hill Bronze Age round barrow cemetery.
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Baltic Farm
- Langdean stone circle
- West Kennet long barrow, 800m south-east of Silbury Hill
- Round barrow in Mount Wood, 300m north-east of Upper Lodge
- West Chisenbury Settlement
