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 some of Avebury best historic monuments to visit near Avebury.
Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, Silbury Hill, and Barbury Castle are some of Avebury best ancient sites to visit near Avebury.
Avebury Manor is a great place to visit close to Avebury if you like historic buildings.
The area around Avebury features a number of interesting country parks including Coate Water Country Park, Barbury Castle Country Park, and Lydiard Park.
Don't miss Coate Water's lakes if visiting the area around Avebury.
Lydiard Park is a great place to visit close to Avebury if you like parks.
Avebury is near some unmissable villages like Ashton Keynes,
Avebury History
There are some historic monuments around Avebury:
- Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn
- Barrow on Smeathe's Ridge
- Earthwork W of New Town Farm
- Cross dyke 450m west of Cherhill Monument
- Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Barbury Castle Farm
- Bowl barrow 840m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Earthwork enclosure and dewpond 490m north of Barbury Castle
- Giant's Grave (Martinsell Hill)
- Saucer barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Shrunken medieval village site E of Avebury Trusloe
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Avebury and 70m north of Green Street
- Four round barrows 740m east of Kitchen Barrow, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on All Cannings Down
- Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Richardson medieval settlement
- Bell barrow on Easton Down
- Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill
- Earth Burgh (or Eorth Burh) NW of New Town Farm
- Iron Age enclosure on Overton Hill, 600m north west of North Farm
- Bowl barrow forming part of a cemetery 800m east of Kitchen Barrow
- Bell barrow 200m north of Rockley Plantation
- Earthwork enclosure N of Wansdyke
- Earthwork NW of New Town Farm
- Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow
- Bowl barrow 50m south-east of the `Sanctuary' forming part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Saucer barrow 910m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- Pair of round barrows 200m SSE of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Medieval settlement remains at Overtown
- Square enclosure 350m north of Wansdyke on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Barbury Castle Farm deserted Medieval village
- Six bowl barrows 560m north of New Barn: part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- West Kennet long barrow, 800m south-east of Silbury Hill
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Pair of bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Cross dyke 520m north east of Cherhill Monument
- Group of five round barrows north-east of the Sanctuary: part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- The Long Monument
- Bowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle Farm
- Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn
- Two bowl barrows 320m south-east of Little London
- Wansdyke: section from S of Furze Hill to Marlborough-Pewsey road
- Sharpridge earthworks
- Pair of bowl barrows 150m north of the Wansdyke on All Cannings Down
- Ogbourne Maizey Down round barrow
- Bowl barrow 900m SSE of Green Bank
- A henge, four Bronze Age barrows and part of a Roman road 500m south west of Fox Covert
- Bowl barrow situated 500m SSW of Shepherds' Shore
- Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Section of the Wansdyke
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 135m ENE of Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow 300m south of Fox Covert forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Bowl barrow 350m north-east of White Horse Plantation
- Bowl barrow 1150m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Romano-British villa complex 330m north west of Queen Court Farm
- Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Bowl barrow on Calstone Down, 500m south of Witch Plantation
- Group of four round barrows 500m south-east of Avebury Down Barn, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Medieval settlement, moat and fishponds at Woodhill Park Farm
- Bowl barrow 610m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Rybury camp
- Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery
- Remains of `Falkner's Circle', a Neolithic stone circle 180m east of the West Kennet Avenue
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Long barrow 85m west of Cherhill Monument
- Bowl barrow 200m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Three Bronze Age barrows 200m NNW of Down Barn 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
- 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 forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West 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 190m north east of Nolands Farm, Yatesbury
- Ten barrows forming part of Fox Covert round barrow cemetery, West Down.
- Site of an oval stone circle and part of an adjacent field system 700m SW of West Kennet long barrow.
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Barbury Barn
- Disc barrow on Burderop Down, 1km north-east of Upper Herdswick Farm
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Furze Knoll
- 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
- Sharpridge field system
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Baltic 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.
- Ditch W of Tanhill Fair
- Bowl barrow east of the Ridgeway forming part of the Overton Hill Bronze Age round barrow cemetery.
- Barbury Castle: a hillfort and bowl barrow
- Grange bowl barrow 130m north west of The Grange Stables bell barrow, Beckhampton
- Bowl barrow 950m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, 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 800m north-east of Hackpen Barn
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 400m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a cemetery on North Down
- Langdean stone circle
- Bowl barrow 120m west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- West Kennett Farm palisaded enclosures
- Saucer barrow on North Down
- Group of small enclosures on Horton Down, 910m north east of Easton Down long barrow
- Cross dyke 230m south west of Cherhill Monument
- Grange Stables bell barrow
- Three bowl barrows: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle
- Bowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's Plantation
- Bowl barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Linear earthworks forming part of a field system on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Two medieval fishponds 170m north of Little Park Farm
- Five round barrows 1040m NNE of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn
- Two round barrows W of New Town Farm
- Pair of bowl barrows 650m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Ivy House Farm
- Bowl barrow 840m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- South Street long barrow, 70m south east of the Long Stones
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Swanborough Tump
- Bowl barrow and a saucer barrow 200m north of Rockley Plantation
- Bowl barrow 930m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- Devil's Den long barrow, 600m east of White Acre
- West Kennet bell barrow, 160m north-west of West Kennet long barrow
- Bowl barrow 770m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Silbury Hill: a monumental Neolithic mound west of the River Kennet and south of Avebury village
- Three confluent round barrows 580m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 200m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Long barrow on Easton Down
- All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site
- Field system E of Kitchen Barrow Hill
- 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
- Bowl barrow 1km west of Tan Hill
- Bell barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, cultivation, industrial and funerary remains on Fyfield, Overton and Manton Downs
- Linear barrow cemetery on Hackpen Hill
- Bell barrow situated between Bishop's Cannings Down and Easton Down
- Group of round barrows on Rough Hill
- Two bowl barrows 400m south of Tanhill Penning
- Saucer barrow: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle
- Two enclosures on Winterbourne Down
- Group of barrows on Draycott Hill
- Adam's Grave: a long barrow on Walker's Hill
- Pair of round barrows and section of linear earthwork NE of the gallops on West Down
- Long barrow in Barrow Copse
- Bowl barrow 50m north of Barrow Farm
- Two earthwork enclosures and a linear earthwork 625m north of Barbury Castle
- Barrow on Avebury Down, S of track from Avebury
- Bowl barrow 620m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Cross ridge dyke on Morgan's Hill
- Earthwork enclosure 950m SSE of Manor Farm
- Bowl barrow situated 60m west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Kitchen Barrow: a long barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Bowl barrow 200m south of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Round barrow cemetery 400m south of Avebury henge monument on Waden Hill
- Section of Wansdyke and associated monuments from east of The Firs to the eastern side of Tan Hill
- Avebury henge and stone circles
- Bowl barrow 880m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Pair of round barrows 400m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 690m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Knap Hill camp near Alton Priors
- Green Bank bowl barrow, 230m east of the Avebury henge monument
- Harepit Way linear boundary
- Stone circle
- Pair of round barrows forming part of the Bronze Age round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Group of four round barrows 300m north west of the junction between the Ridgeway and Green Street on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 750m south-west of Manor Farm: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Medieval settlement remains immediately west of The Vicarage
- Three sections of a linear earthwork south west of New Barn
- Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Wick Down Farm earthwork
- Bowl barrow immediately west of the Ridgeway, 400m north east of its junction with Green Street
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Tanhill Penning
- Bowl barrow 700m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Bowl barrow 230m west of The Grange, Beckhampton
- West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank east of West Kennett Farm
- Bowl barrow 500m north-west of Berwick Bassett Clump
- Barrow S of Wansdyke
- Bowl barrow 1070m NNW of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bell barrow 75m west of Red Shore
- Square earthwork enclosure 450m north west of Baltic Farm on Morgan's Hill
- Two bowl barrows 670m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Long barrow and abutting bowl barrow 700m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings, forming the focus of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bincknoll Camp
- Two saucer barrows and a pair of bowl barrows 750m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning
- Linear boundary earthwork and associated field system on Cherhill Down
- Long barrow on Horton Down
- Section of Roman Road 560m north east of Beckhampton Buildings
- Two bowl barrows 680m north of Upper Herdswick Farm, Barbury Down
- Four earthwork enclosures on All Cannings Down
- Winterbourne Bassett mound
- Bowl barrow 400m west of Cooks Plantation
- Beckhampton round barrow cemetery 150m north east of the `Waggon and Horses'
- Medieval settlement immediately north west of Upper Littlecott Farm
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Green Street and east of the Avebury henge monument
- Bowl barrow 870m ESE of New Barn on Monkton Down
- East Kennett long barrow, 600m south of East Kennett church
- Bowl barrow 750m east of New Barn
- Cross in the churchyard of St John the Baptist and St Helen
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Rockley Plantation
- Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Oldbury Camp hillfort, bowl barrow and cross dyke on Cherhill Down
- Pair of bell barrows and a pair of bowl barrows forming part of a barrow cemetery at Baltic Farm
- Pair of bowl barrows situated on the south east of Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 120m north of the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Bell barrow 350m south-west of Barbury Barn
- Bowl barrow at east end of Morgan's Hill
- Saucer barrow 250m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 50m north east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bowl barrow 630m north east of Wick Bottom Barn
- Long barrow 650m WSW of Shepherds' Shore
- Bell barrow 300m south-east of Avebury Down Barn forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Two bowl barrows 820m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Earthwork enclosure on Allington Down
- The Sanctuary, Overton Hill
- Four bowl barrows forming part of a cemetery 270m east of long barrow on Roughridge Hill
- Field system and earthwork enclosure on Burderop Down
- Avebury Long Stones 380m east of The Grange Stables, Beckhampton
- Bowl barrow 150m east of the wireless station on Morgan's Hill
- Deserted medieval village E of Manor Farm
- Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse
- 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 750m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 375m east of Wick Bottom Barn
- Round barrow in Mount Wood, 300m north-east of Upper Lodge
- Enclosure on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow 550m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow 650m ESE of New Barn, between Avebury Down and Monkton Down
- Remains of watermill 500m east of Freeth Farm
- Bowl barrow 500m west of The Row
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated 120m NNW of Down Barn on North Down
- Bowl barrow 750m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Round barrow 1260m NNE of Baltic Farm, 75m south of Roman Road, forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Horslip long barrow, 450m north-west of Horslip Bridge.
- Long Stones long barrow 150m north of Beckhampton House
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Pair of bowl barrows on West Down, 550m east of Witch Plantation
- Preshute Down field system
- Bowl barrow 800m south of Hemp Knoll
- Saucer barrow 620m north of New Barn: Part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Group of three bowl barrows 250m north east of Shepherds' Shore
