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