Beechingstoke
Beechingstoke is a Village in the county of Wiltshire.
There are great places to visit near Beechingstoke including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes, parks and villages.
The area around Beechingstoke features a number of interesting historic monuments including Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.
Don't miss Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, Silbury Hill, and Barbury Castle's ancient sites if visiting the area around Beechingstoke.
Avebury Manor is one of Beechingstoke's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Beechingstoke.
There are a several good country parks in the Beechingstoke area like Coate Water Country Park, Barbury Castle Country Park, and Lydiard Park.
There are a several good lakes in the area around Beechingstoke like Coate Water.
There are a number of parks near to Beechingstoke including Lydiard Park.
Don't miss Ashton Keynes's villages if visiting the area around Beechingstoke.
Beechingstoke History
There are some historic monuments around Beechingstoke:
- Long barrow in Barrow Plantation, East Down
- Casterley Camp and associated monuments
- Strip lynchet system north of Chisman's Cleeve
- Bowl barrow 230m west of The Grange, Beckhampton
- Bowl barrow east of the Ridgeway forming part of the Overton Hill Bronze Age round barrow cemetery.
- West Kennet bell barrow, 160m north-west of West Kennet long barrow
- Bowl barrow on Calstone Down, 500m south of Witch Plantation
- Bowl barrow 50m south-east of the `Sanctuary' forming part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Tanhill Penning
- All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site
- Ditch W of Tanhill Fair
- Bowl barrow forming part of a cemetery 800m east of Kitchen Barrow
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Three Bronze Age barrows 200m NNW of Down Barn forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Multiple trackway between and north of Round Clump and Dogtail Plantation
- Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning
- Boundary earthwork east of Church Hill
- Saucer barrow on North Down
- Earthwork W of New Town Farm
- Compton Farm Romano-British and Early Medieval occupation sites and associated cultivation earthworks
- Group of five round barrows north-east of the Sanctuary: part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Remains of `Falkner's Circle', a Neolithic stone circle 180m east of the West Kennet Avenue
- Bowl barrow 1km west of Tan Hill
- Barrow east of Chirton Landing Strip
- Cross ridge dyke on Morgan's Hill
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Baltic Farm
- Enclosure on Summer Down
- Field system on Penning Down
- Pair of round barrows forming part of the Bronze Age round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery adjacent to the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Saucer barrow 910m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- Orcheston Down Romano-British landscape
- Langdean stone circle
- Bowl barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Three Roman burial mounds, a Bronze Age bowl barrow, a pagan Saxon inhumation cemetery and a short length of Roman road on Overton Hill.
- Square enclosure 350m north of Wansdyke on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Enclosure north of Chirton Gorse
- Long barrow 650m WSW of Shepherds' Shore
- Earthwork NW of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Bell barrow situated between Bishop's Cannings Down and Easton Down
- Bowl barrow 610m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Strip lynchets north-east of East Chisenbury
- The Long Monument
- Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage
- The Sanctuary, Overton Hill
- Enford Roman villa
- Barrow S of Wansdyke
- Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Section of Wansdyke and associated monuments from east of The Firs to the eastern side of Tan Hill
- Pair of bowl barrows situated on the south east of Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 135m ENE of Baltic Farm
- Group of barrows on Draycott Hill
- Bowl barrow 800m south of Hemp Knoll
- Round barrow 1260m NNE of Baltic Farm, 75m south of Roman Road, forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Pair of bell barrows and a pair of bowl barrows forming part of a barrow cemetery at Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow situated 60m west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Linear boundary earthwork and associated field system on Cherhill Down
- Oldbury Camp hillfort, bowl barrow and cross dyke on Cherhill Down
- Bowl barrow 900m SSE of Green Bank
- Round barrow in the grounds of RAF Upavon
- Ten barrows forming part of Fox Covert round barrow cemetery, West Down.
- Enclosure and boundary earthwork west of Scraggy Copse
- Bowl barrow 400m west of Cooks Plantation
- Medieval village site
- Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- South Street long barrow, 70m south east of the Long Stones
- Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Four bowl barrows forming part of a cemetery 270m east of long barrow on Roughridge Hill
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Bowl barrow at east end of Morgan's Hill
- Round barrow north of Summer Down
- Cross dyke 450m west of Cherhill Monument
- Long barrow in Barrow Copse
- Long barrow on Easton Down
- Bell barrow 75m west of Red Shore
- Boundary earthwork from East Down to Orcheston Down
- Round barrow south-west of Compton Farm
- Cross dyke 230m south west of Cherhill Monument
- Barrow on Avebury Down, S of track from Avebury
- Earth Burgh (or Eorth Burh) NW of New Town Farm
- Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill
- Five round barrows 1040m NNE of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Earthwork enclosure on Allington Down
- Bowl barrow 950m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- 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
- Saucer barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn
- Shrunken medieval village site E of Avebury Trusloe
- The Hatfield Earthwork: a henge enclosure, henge and remains of monumental mound at Marden
- Bell barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- 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
- Round barrow cemetery 400m south of Avebury henge monument on Waden Hill
- Grange bowl barrow 130m north west of The Grange Stables bell barrow, Beckhampton
- Boundary earthworks on Wilsford Down
- Rybury camp
- Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 150m east of the wireless station on Morgan's Hill
- Bowl barrow 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bowl barrow 1150m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow 500m west of the wireless station on Morgan's Hill; part of a group of three bowl barrows
- Wansdyke: section from S of Furze Hill to Marlborough-Pewsey road
- Avebury henge and stone circles
- Boundary feature, western section of Long Ditch across Wilsford Down
- Beckhampton round barrow cemetery 150m north east of the `Waggon and Horses'
- Pair of bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Harepit Way linear boundary
- Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery
- Bell barrow 660m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow 750m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Devil's Den long barrow, 600m east of White Acre
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 120m north of the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Site of an oval stone circle and part of an adjacent field system 700m SW of West Kennet long barrow.
- Bowl barrow 840m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow north of splinterproof shelter, Larkhill Artillery Range
- Two round barrows W of New Town Farm
- Grange Stables bell barrow
- Earthwork enclosure 950m SSE of Manor Farm
- Linear earthworks forming part of a field system on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Bowl barrow 350m north-east of White Horse Plantation
- Four round barrows 740m east of Kitchen Barrow, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on All Cannings Down
- West Chisenbury Settlement
- Long barrow 85m west of Cherhill Monument
- Bowl barrow 300m south of Fox Covert forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Roundway Hill Farm round barrows
- Barrow north-west of Weatherhill Scrub
- Ell Barrow, long barrow
- Two bowl barrows 400m south of Tanhill Penning
- Three confluent round barrows 580m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Ivy House Farm
- Avebury Long Stones 380m east of The Grange Stables, Beckhampton
- Two saucer barrows and a pair of bowl barrows 750m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Knap Hill camp near Alton Priors
- Earthwork enclosure N of Wansdyke
- Boundary earthwork on Upavon Down
- Group of three bowl barrows 250m north east of Shepherds' Shore
- Bowl barrow 640m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Three round barrows west of Netheravon Aerodrome
- Square earthwork enclosure 450m north west of Baltic Farm on Morgan's Hill
- West Kennett Farm palisaded enclosures
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated 120m NNW of Down Barn on North Down
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Pair of bowl barrows 650m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Group of small enclosures on Horton Down, 910m north east of Easton Down long barrow
- Round barrow forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Silbury Hill: a monumental Neolithic mound west of the River Kennet and south of Avebury village
- Bowl barrow 1070m NNW of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 400m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a cemetery on North Down
- Section of the Wansdyke
- Pair of round barrows 400m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated on Avebury Down
- Pair of bowl barrows on West Down, 550m east of Witch Plantation
- Bowl barrow 550m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Enclosure on Marden Down
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Furze Knoll
- Round barrow near Charlton Clumps
- Two boundary earthworks on the west of Rushall Down
- Thornham Down prehistoric and medieval landscapes
- Long barrow on Horton Down
- Iron Age enclosure on Overton Hill, 600m north west of North Farm
- Deserted medieval village E of Manor Farm
- West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank east of West Kennett Farm
- Bowl barrow 930m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- Bowl barrow 120m west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bell barrow on Easton Down
- Cross dyke 520m north east of Cherhill Monument
- Field system E of Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Enclosure on Horton Down
- Medieval settlement remains immediately west of The Vicarage
- Pair of bowl barrows 150m north of the Wansdyke on All Cannings Down
- A henge, four Bronze Age barrows and part of a Roman road 500m south west of Fox Covert
- East Kennett long barrow, 600m south of East Kennett church
- Swanborough Tump
- Enclosure south-east of Candown Copse
- Four earthwork enclosures on All Cannings Down
- West Kennet long barrow, 800m south-east of Silbury Hill
- Enclosure on Black Heath Down
- Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Kitchen Barrow: a long barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Bowl barrow 50m north east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Boundary feature on Ball 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
- Green Bank bowl barrow, 230m east of the Avebury henge monument
- Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn
- Long barrow and abutting bowl barrow 700m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings, forming the focus of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 840m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow
- Section of Roman Road 560m north east of Beckhampton Buildings
- Bowl barrow situated 500m SSW of Shepherds' Shore
- Two bowl barrows 670m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 200m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Long Stones long barrow 150m north of Beckhampton House
