Beckhampton
Beckhampton is a Village in the county of Wiltshire.
Beckhampton postcode: SN8 1QL
There are great places to visit near Beckhampton including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes and villages.
Beckhampton has some unmissable historic monuments nearby like Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.
Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, and Silbury Hill are some of Beckhampton best ancient sites to visit near Beckhampton.
Places near Beckhampton feature a number of interesting historic buildings including Avebury Manor.
There are a several good country parks in the area around Beckhampton like Coate Water Country Park.
Coate Water is one of Beckhampton's best, nearby lakes to visit in Beckhampton.
The area around Beckhampton's best villages can be found at Ashton Keynes.
Beckhampton History
There are some historic monuments around Beckhampton:
- Bowl barrow 200m south of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 190m north east of Nolands Farm, Yatesbury
- Bell barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Bowl barrow 870m ESE of New Barn on Monkton Down
- Pair of bowl barrows situated on the south east of Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 1150m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow 840m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- Bowl barrow 120m west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bowl barrow 400m west of Cooks Plantation
- Avebury henge and stone circles
- Two round barrows W of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow 750m south-west of Manor Farm: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Iron Age enclosure on Overton Hill, 600m north west of North Farm
- Grange Stables bell barrow
- Cross dyke 520m north east of Cherhill Monument
- Bowl barrow 930m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- Knap Hill camp near Alton Priors
- Five round barrows 1040m NNE of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Saucer barrow 620m north of New Barn: Part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Winterbourne Bassett mound
- Bowl barrow 700m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Furze Knoll
- Bowl barrow 900m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Long barrow and abutting bowl barrow 700m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings, forming the focus of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 950m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Earth Burgh (or Eorth Burh) NW of New Town Farm
- The Long Monument
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 400m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a cemetery on North Down
- Bell barrow 75m west of Red Shore
- Square earthwork enclosure 450m north west of Baltic Farm on Morgan's Hill
- Cross dyke 450m west of Cherhill Monument
- Pair of bowl barrows 150m north of the Wansdyke on All Cannings Down
- West Kennet long barrow, 800m south-east of Silbury Hill
- Bell barrow 350m south-west of Barbury Barn
- Group of small enclosures on Horton Down, 910m north east of Easton Down long barrow
- Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn
- Long barrow on Horton Down
- Four earthwork enclosures on All Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 50m north east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Pair of bowl barrows on West Down, 550m east of Witch Plantation
- Pair of round barrows 200m SSE of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow 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
- Group of round barrows on Rough Hill
- Saucer barrow 250m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Oldbury Camp hillfort, bowl barrow and cross dyke on Cherhill Down
- Bowl barrow 630m north east of Wick Bottom Barn
- Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Pair of bell barrows and a pair of bowl barrows forming part of a barrow cemetery at Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow 1070m NNW of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 135m ENE of Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow 770m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Devil's Den long barrow, 600m east of White Acre
- Long Stones long barrow 150m north of Beckhampton House
- Preshute Down field system
- Medieval village site
- Medieval settlement remains immediately west of The Vicarage
- Harepit Way linear boundary
- Roundway Hill Farm round barrows
- Medieval settlement remains at Overtown
- Bowl barrow 200m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning
- Group of three bowl barrows 250m north east of Shepherds' Shore
- Pair of round barrows 400m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated on Avebury Down
- Three confluent round barrows 580m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow on Calstone Down, 500m south of Witch Plantation
- Bell barrow 660m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Two bowl barrows 320m south-east of Little London
- Earthwork enclosure 950m SSE of Manor Farm
- Grange bowl barrow 130m north west of The Grange Stables bell barrow, Beckhampton
- Bowl barrow 230m west of The Grange, Beckhampton
- Barbury Castle Farm deserted Medieval village
- Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age 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
- Kitchen Barrow: a long barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Barbury Barn
- Saucer barrow on North Down
- Earthwork W of New Town Farm
- Six bowl barrows 560m north of New Barn: part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Bowl barrow 750m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Field system E of Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery
- Pair of round barrows and section of linear earthwork NE of the gallops on West Down
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Green Street and east of the Avebury henge monument
- Saucer barrow: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle
- Cross dyke 230m south west of Cherhill Monument
- Richardson medieval settlement
- West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank east of West Kennett Farm
- 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 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery
- Stone circle
- Long barrow 650m WSW of Shepherds' Shore
- Remains of watermill 500m east of Freeth Farm
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 120m north of the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- A henge, four Bronze Age barrows and part of a Roman road 500m south west of Fox Covert
- Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow
- Bowl barrow 375m east of Wick Bottom Barn
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Saucer 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
- Bowl barrow 1km west of Tan Hill
- Saucer barrow 910m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- Barbury Castle: a hillfort and bowl barrow
- Linear barrow cemetery on Hackpen Hill
- Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage
- All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site
- Green Bank bowl barrow, 230m east of the Avebury henge monument
- Bowl barrow 800m north-east of Hackpen Barn
- Two enclosures on Winterbourne Down
- Round barrow in Mount Wood, 300m north-east of Upper Lodge
- Earthwork enclosure N of Wansdyke
- Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery adjacent to the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Shrunken medieval village site E of Avebury Trusloe
- Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Bowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's Plantation
- Barrow S of Wansdyke
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated 120m NNW of Down Barn on North Down
- Two earthwork enclosures and a linear earthwork 625m north of Barbury Castle
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Tanhill Penning
- Bowl barrow 300m south of Fox Covert forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Barrow on Avebury Down, S of track from Avebury
- Three Bronze Age barrows 200m NNW of Down Barn forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Long barrow on Easton Down
- The Hatfield Earthwork: a henge enclosure, henge and remains of monumental mound at Marden
- 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 barrow 85m west of Cherhill Monument
- Section of the Wansdyke
- Bowl barrow 150m east of the wireless station on Morgan's Hill
- Bowl barrow at east end of Morgan's Hill
- Bowl barrow 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Earthwork enclosure and dewpond 490m north of Barbury Castle
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Square enclosure 350m north of Wansdyke on Bishop's Cannings Down
- 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
- Three sections of a linear earthwork south west of New Barn
- Round barrow cemetery 400m south of Avebury henge monument on Waden Hill
- Four bowl barrows forming part of a cemetery 270m east of long barrow on Roughridge Hill
- Bell barrow on Easton Down
- Two bowl barrows 400m south of Tanhill Penning
- Remains of `Falkner's Circle', a Neolithic stone circle 180m east of the West Kennet Avenue
- Silbury Hill: a monumental Neolithic mound west of the River Kennet and south of Avebury village
- Beckhampton round barrow cemetery 150m north east of the `Waggon and Horses'
- Bowl barrow 800m south of Hemp Knoll
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 200m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Bowl barrow 350m north-east of White Horse Plantation
- Bowl barrow 750m east of New Barn
- Earthwork enclosure on Allington Down
- Round barrow 1260m NNE of Baltic Farm, 75m south of Roman Road, forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Site of an oval stone circle and part of an adjacent field system 700m SW of West Kennet long barrow.
- Linear boundary earthwork and associated field system on Cherhill Down
- Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 610m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse
- 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 immediately west of the Ridgeway, 400m north east of its junction with Green Street
- Four round barrows 740m east of Kitchen Barrow, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on All Cannings Down
- Wick Down Farm earthwork
- Bowl barrow 900m SSE of Green Bank
- Linear earthworks forming part of a field system on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Bowl barrow 640m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Ten barrows forming part of Fox Covert round barrow cemetery, West Down.
- Sharpridge field system
- Bowl barrow 500m west of the wireless station on Morgan's Hill; part of a group of three bowl barrows
- Bowl barrow 840m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Pair of bowl barrows 650m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 650m ESE of New Barn, between Avebury Down and Monkton Down
- Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn
- Bowl barrow situated 60m west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, cultivation, industrial and funerary remains on Fyfield, Overton and Manton Downs
- Langdean stone circle
- Earthwork NW of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow 500m north-west of Berwick Bassett Clump
- Enclosure on Horton Down
- Pair of round barrows forming part of the Bronze Age round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Bincknoll Camp
- Group of four round barrows 300m north west of the junction between the Ridgeway and Green Street on Avebury Down
- Section of Wansdyke and associated monuments from east of The Firs to the eastern side of Tan Hill
- West Kennett Farm palisaded enclosures
- Cross ridge dyke on Morgan's Hill
- Group of five round barrows north-east of the Sanctuary: part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Section of Roman Road 560m north east of Beckhampton Buildings
- Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill
- Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Swanborough Tump
- Horslip long barrow, 450m north-west of Horslip Bridge.
- Group of barrows on Draycott Hill
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Ivy House Farm
- The Sanctuary, Overton Hill
- Long barrow in Barrow Copse
- Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Bowl barrow forming part of a cemetery 800m east of Kitchen Barrow
- Bowl barrow 550m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Baltic Farm
- Wansdyke: section from S of Furze Hill to Marlborough-Pewsey road
- Deserted medieval village E of Manor Farm
- Medieval settlement, moat and fishponds at Woodhill Park Farm
- Medieval settlement immediately north west of Upper Littlecott Farm
- Bell barrow 300m south-east of Avebury Down Barn forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Romano-British villa complex 330m north west of Queen Court Farm
- Ditch W of Tanhill Fair
- Three bowl barrows: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle
- Bowl barrow east of the Ridgeway forming part of the Overton Hill Bronze Age round barrow cemetery.
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- East Kennett long barrow, 600m south of East Kennett church
- Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn
- Avebury Long Stones 380m east of The Grange Stables, Beckhampton
- Bowl barrow 50m south-east of the `Sanctuary' forming part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- 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 situated between Bishop's Cannings Down and Easton Down
- South Street long barrow, 70m south east of the Long Stones
- Adam's Grave: a long barrow on Walker's Hill
- Sharpridge earthworks
- Round barrow forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Avebury and 70m north of Green Street
- West Kennet bell barrow, 160m north-west of West Kennet long barrow
- Bowl barrow 500m west of The Row
- Rybury camp
- Bowl barrow situated 500m SSW of Shepherds' Shore
