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