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