Avebury
Avebury is a Town in the county of Wiltshire.
There are great places to visit near Avebury including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes, parks and villages.
Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury are great places to visit near Avebury if you like historic monuments.
Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, Silbury Hill, and Barbury Castle are great places to visit near Avebury if you like ancient sites.
Avebury Manor is a great place to visit close to Avebury if you like historic buildings.
Coate Water Country Park, Barbury Castle Country Park, and Lydiard Park are great places to visit near Avebury if you like country parks.
Coate Water is one of Avebury's best, nearby lakes to visit in Avebury.
Parks to visit near Avebury include Lydiard Park.
The area around Avebury's best villages can be found at Ashton Keynes.
Avebury History
There are some historic monuments around Avebury:
- Four earthwork enclosures on All Cannings Down
- Section of Roman Road 560m north east of Beckhampton Buildings
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Pair of bowl barrows 150m north of the Wansdyke on All Cannings Down
- Avebury henge and stone circles
- Long barrow 85m west of Cherhill Monument
- Green Bank bowl barrow, 230m east of the Avebury henge monument
- Long Stones long barrow 150m north of Beckhampton House
- The Long Monument
- Saucer barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Barbury Castle Farm deserted Medieval village
- Saucer barrow 620m north of New Barn: Part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Avebury and 70m north of Green Street
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Bowl barrow 150m east of the wireless station on Morgan's Hill
- Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 610m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow 700m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Group of five round barrows north-east of the Sanctuary: part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Linear barrow cemetery on Hackpen Hill
- Bowl barrow situated 500m SSW of Shepherds' Shore
- Round barrow cemetery 400m south of Avebury henge monument on Waden Hill
- Bowl barrow 1km west of Tan Hill
- Beckhampton round barrow cemetery 150m north east of the `Waggon and Horses'
- East Kennett long barrow, 600m south of East Kennett church
- Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill
- Sharpridge field system
- Bell barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Long barrow on Easton 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
- Two enclosures on Winterbourne Down
- Ogbourne Maizey Down round barrow
- Bowl barrow 350m north-east of White Horse Plantation
- Barrow on Avebury Down, S of track from Avebury
- Cross dyke 230m south west of Cherhill Monument
- Bowl barrow 200m north 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
- Bowl barrow 230m west of The Grange, Beckhampton
- Enclosure on Horton Down
- Medieval settlement immediately north west of Upper Littlecott Farm
- Remains of `Falkner's Circle', a Neolithic stone circle 180m east of the West Kennet Avenue
- Disc barrow on Burderop Down, 1km north-east of Upper Herdswick Farm
- South Street long barrow, 70m south east of the Long Stones
- The Sanctuary, Overton Hill
- Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Bowl barrow 840m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- Bowl barrow 375m east of Wick Bottom Barn
- Bowl barrow 750m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 800m north-east of Hackpen Barn
- Square earthwork enclosure 450m north west of Baltic Farm on Morgan's Hill
- Bowl barrow 620m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Bowl barrow immediately west of the Ridgeway, 400m north east of its junction with Green Street
- Preshute Down field system
- 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 1150m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Cross dyke 520m north east of Cherhill Monument
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Tanhill Penning
- Wick Down Farm earthwork
- Cross ridge dyke on Morgan's Hill
- Two bowl barrows 400m south of Tanhill Penning
- Barrow on Smeathe's Ridge
- Section of Wansdyke and associated monuments from east of The Firs to the eastern side of Tan Hill
- Medieval settlement remains at Overtown
- Pair of bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Bowl barrow 650m ESE of New Barn, between Avebury Down and Monkton Down
- Bowl barrow 750m east of New Barn
- Bell barrow 660m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Cross dyke 450m west of Cherhill Monument
- Earthwork enclosure N of Wansdyke
- Pair of round barrows forming part of the Bronze Age round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Barbury Castle: a hillfort and bowl barrow
- Ditch W of Tanhill Fair
- Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow
- Bowl barrow 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Earthwork enclosure 950m SSE of Manor Farm
- Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 120m north of the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Adam's Grave: a long barrow on Walker's Hill
- Grange Stables bell barrow
- A henge, four Bronze Age barrows and part of a Roman road 500m south west of Fox Covert
- Richardson medieval settlement
- Kitchen Barrow: a long barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Devil's Den long barrow, 600m east of White Acre
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Barbury Barn
- Bell barrow 200m north of Rockley Plantation
- A causewayed enclosure, the core of a round barrow cemetery, part of a prehistoric field system and an associated mortuary enclosure on Windmill Hill
- Silbury Hill: a monumental Neolithic mound west of the River Kennet and south of Avebury village
- Saucer barrow: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle
- Rybury camp
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Green Street and east of the Avebury henge monument
- Pair of round barrows and section of linear earthwork NE of the gallops on West Down
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Rockley Plantation
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Baltic Farm
- Stone circle
- Bowl barrow 880m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 200m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Bowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle Farm
- Bell barrow 350m south-west of Barbury Barn
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Pair of bowl barrows situated on the south east of Bishop's Cannings Down
- Saucer barrow 250m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 500m north-west of Berwick Bassett Clump
- Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Six bowl barrows 560m north of New Barn: part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Pair of bell barrows and a pair of bowl barrows forming part of a barrow cemetery at Baltic Farm
- Long barrow on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow east of the Ridgeway forming part of the Overton Hill Bronze Age round barrow cemetery.
- Bowl barrow 800m south of Hemp Knoll
- Bowl barrow 550m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Medieval settlement, moat and fishponds at Woodhill Park Farm
- Saucer barrow on North Down
- Linear earthworks forming part of a field system on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Avebury Long Stones 380m east of The Grange Stables, Beckhampton
- Bowl barrow 120m west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bowl barrow 870m ESE of New Barn on Monkton Down
- Romano-British villa complex 330m north west of Queen Court Farm
- Four bowl barrows forming part of a cemetery 270m east of long barrow on Roughridge Hill
- West Kennet long barrow, 800m south-east of Silbury Hill
- Harepit Way linear boundary
- Round barrow 1260m NNE of Baltic Farm, 75m south of Roman Road, forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- 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
- Earthwork enclosure on Allington Down
- Bell barrow 75m west of Red Shore
- Bowl barrow 1070m NNW of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bell barrow on Easton Down
- Bowl barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Bowl barrow 190m north east of Nolands Farm, Yatesbury
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 400m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a cemetery on North Down
- Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning
- Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Eleven round barrows 1000m north of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery, and a probable enclosed Iron Age farmstead on North Down
- Three confluent round barrows 580m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury 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
- West Kennett Farm palisaded enclosures
- Barrow S of Wansdyke
- Bowl barrow 950m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow 200m south of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Earthwork W of New Town Farm
- Horslip long barrow, 450m north-west of Horslip Bridge.
- Long barrow in Barrow Copse
- Bowl barrow 400m west of Cooks Plantation
- Bell barrow situated between Bishop's Cannings Down and Easton Down
- Wansdyke: section from S of Furze Hill to Marlborough-Pewsey road
- Round barrow in Mount Wood, 300m north-east of Upper Lodge
- All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site
- Group of three bowl barrows 250m north east of Shepherds' Shore
- Sharpridge earthworks
- Bowl barrow 50m north of Barrow Farm
- Bowl barrow forming part of a cemetery 800m east of Kitchen Barrow
- Bowl barrow on Calstone Down, 500m south of Witch Plantation
- Two bowl barrows 320m south-east of Little London
- Group of small enclosures on Horton Down, 910m north east of Easton Down long barrow
- Earth Burgh (or Eorth Burh) NW of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Bowl barrow 300m south of Fox Covert forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Bowl barrow 900m SSE of Green Bank
- Pair of bowl barrows 650m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Long barrow 650m WSW of Shepherds' Shore
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Furze Knoll
- Knap Hill camp near Alton Priors
- Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Iron Age enclosure on Overton Hill, 600m north west of North Farm
- Field system E of Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse
- Group of round barrows on Rough Hill
- Remains of watermill 500m east of Freeth Farm
- Bowl barrow at east end of Morgan's Hill
- Grange bowl barrow 130m north west of The Grange Stables bell barrow, Beckhampton
- Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn
- Group of barrows on Draycott Hill
- Two bowl barrows 670m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Ten barrows forming part of Fox Covert round barrow cemetery, West Down.
- 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.
- Earthwork NW of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow 690m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow 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
- Swanborough Tump
- Bowl barrow 750m south-west of Manor Farm: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Section of the Wansdyke
- Two earthwork enclosures and a linear earthwork 625m north of Barbury Castle
- Bowl barrow 900m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Winterbourne Bassett mound
- Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Ivy House Farm
- Shrunken medieval village site E of Avebury Trusloe
- Two bowl barrows 820m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Pair of bowl barrows on West Down, 550m east of Witch Plantation
- Five round barrows 1040m NNE of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Two medieval fishponds 170m north of Little Park Farm
- Medieval settlement remains immediately west of The Vicarage
- Bowl barrow 50m south-east of the `Sanctuary' forming part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Bowl barrow 930m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- Square enclosure 350m north of Wansdyke on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 50m north east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Linear boundary earthwork and associated field system on Cherhill Down
- Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery
- Group of four round barrows 300m north west of the junction between the Ridgeway and Green Street on Avebury Down
- Deserted medieval village E of Manor Farm
- Three bowl barrows: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle
- Bowl barrow 500m west of The Row
- Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Barbury Castle Farm
- Bowl barrow 640m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Three sections of a linear earthwork south west of New Barn
- Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery adjacent to the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Cross in the churchyard of St John the Baptist and St Helen
- 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 840m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Four round barrows 740m east of Kitchen Barrow, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on All Cannings Down
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 200m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated 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
- West Kennet bell barrow, 160m north-west of West Kennet long barrow
- Two round barrows W of New Town Farm
- 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 situated 60m 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
- Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Earthwork enclosure and dewpond 490m north of Barbury Castle
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 135m ENE of Baltic Farm
- Long barrow and abutting bowl barrow 700m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings, forming the focus of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bincknoll Camp
- Pair of round barrows 400m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's Plantation
- Field system and earthwork enclosure on Burderop Down
- Langdean stone circle
- Two bowl barrows 680m north of Upper Herdswick Farm, Barbury Down
- Bowl barrow 630m north east of Wick Bottom Barn
- Bell barrow 300m south-east of Avebury Down Barn forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 750m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Giant's Grave (Martinsell Hill)
