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