Bowerchalke is a Village in the county of Wiltshire.

Bowerchalke postcode: SP5 5AZ

Retail in Bowerchalke

There are great places to visit near Bowerchalke including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes and villages.

Historic Monuments to visit near Bowerchalke include Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.

Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, and Silbury Hill are great places to visit near Bowerchalke if you like ancient sites.

Bowerchalke is near some unmissable historic buildings like Avebury Manor,

There are a several good country parks in the area around Bowerchalke like Coate Water Country Park.

The area close to Bowerchalke boasts some of the best lakes including Coate Water.

The area close to Bowerchalke boasts some of the best villages including Ashton Keynes.

Bowerchalke History

There are some historic monuments around Bowerchalke:

• Two long barrows on Gussage Hill
• Iron Age and Romano-British settlement remains on Woodcutts Common, 850m south east and 845m SSE of Arundell Cottages
• Bowl barrow west of Rotherley Wood, 750m WNW of Park Cottage
• Heath Wood earthwork
• Parts of Dorset Cursus on Bottlebush Down
• Knighton Roman road (stretching from Reddish Gore to reservoir)
• Two linear earthworks, two barrows and Iron Age and Romano-British settlements on Tidpit Common Down
• Knighton Hill round barrow
• Punch Bowl round barrow
• Middle Chase buildings round barrow
• Iron Age and Romano-British settlement remains on Rotherley Down
• Round barrows S of Hare Warren
• Barrow near Burtts Harley
• Castle Ditches camp
• Barrow 230yds (210m) W of Sutton Ivers, on Sutton Down
• Long mound 1500yds (1370m) E of Higher Farm
• Two sections of a linear earthwork north of West Woodyates Manor: part of the `Bokerley Line'
• Church Bottom earthwork enclosure
• Great Ditch banks
• Western end of Dorset Cursus
• A cross-ridge dyke on South Down 500m north east of Chase Barn
• Garden earthworks south of West Woodyates Manor
• Bowl barrow 270m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common
• Earthworks S of Knighton Hill Buildings
• Earthworks on Thickthorn Down
• Bowl barrow 520m north east of the shoulder angle of Bokerley Dyke on Martin Down
• Three associated linear earthworks on Martin Down
• Long barrow south-west of Vernditch Chase
• Village cross
• Grovely Ditch
• Wermere pond
• Hoop Side round barrows
• Disc barrow W of Harley Gap, Gussage Down
• Bowl barrow 350m east of the shoulder angle of Bokerley Dyke on Martin Down
• Camp in Mistlebury Wood
• A linear earthwork and two bowl barrows east of Bokerley Dyke on Blagdon Hill
• Barrow W of village
• Round barrow 860yds (786m) SE of Knighton Hill Buildings
• Bury Orchard ditch
• Round barrows near Thickthorn Farm
• Barrow 30yds (27m) E of Dorset Cursus
• Bowl barrow in Barrow Coppice, 660m north of Wayside Cottage
• Barrows on Wyke Down
• Vernditch Chase long barrow
• Wick Ball camp, the Common
• Two chalk military badges 380m and 550m west of Sheep Well
• Barrows in Salisbury Plantation
• Field system on Stoke Down
• Bokerley Dyke, and a section of Grim's Ditch, a section of a medieval boundary bank, and two bowl barrows on and north west of Martin Down
• Knowle Hill round barrow
• Two bowl barrows on South Down 660m north west of Chase Barn
• Chalk map of Australia 925m south west of Upper Hurdcott Farm
• Camp at Nine Yews
• A linear earthwork north east of West Woodyates Manor: part of the `Bokerley Line'
• Hydon Hill round barrows
• Croucheston Down Barn round barrow
• Middle Chase Farm ditch
• Long barrow 700m west of Bride's Farm
• Scrubbity Barrows: a round barrow cemetery in Scrubbity Coppice
• Two bowl barrows on Stoke Down 650m south west of Foxhole Cottage
• Winkelbury camp
• Bowl barrow 120m north east of the junction of Grim's Ditch and Bokerley Dyke on Blagdon Hill
• Two bowl barrows 200m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common
• Penbury Knoll camp on Pentridge Hill
• Barrow on Fifield Down 700yds (640m) ESE of North Barn
• The Carrion Tree Rack:a linear boundary in Rushmore Park, south west, south and north east of Park Cottage
• Bronze Age and Romano-British enclosure on Martin Down, east of Bokerley Junction
• Roman road north east of Vernditch Chase: part of the Roman road between Sorviodunum (Old Sarum) and Vindocladia (Badbury)
• Winkelbury Hill round barrows
• Woodhouse Hanging round barrows
• Ring ditch on Blackheath Down 650m south west of North Allenford Farm
• Two barrows W of Stoke Down
• Barrows at junction of parish boundaries
• Wor Barrow and two bowl barrows on Handley Down
• South Lodge camp Bronze Age enclosure with associated field system and round barrow cemetery, 350m east of Rushmore Farm
• Neale's Barrow, round barrow
• Hamshill ditches and field system
• Marleycombe Hill round barrows
• Guest house of the Knights of St John
• Part of Dorset Cursus
• Faulston pigeon house
• Soldier's Ring
• Roman site in Upper Holt, Teffont Magna
• Marleycombe Hill earthworks
• Tithe barn and gatehouse at Place Farm
• Long barrows and group of round barrows on Bokerly Down
• Enclosure in Brookes Coppice, 600m north west of Five Elms
• Four bowl barrows 865m north east of Squirrel's Corner
• Bowl barrow 210m north east of the junction of Grim's Ditch and Bokerley Dyke on Blagdon Hill
• Three adjoining linear earthworks and three bowl barrows north of Bokerley Dyke on Martin Down
• Earthwork 360yds (328m) NW of Warren Copse
• Long Barrow 800m north-west of Paradise
• Two barrows near Ackling Dyke
• Barrows N of St Giles Park
• Barrow on Pentridge Down
• Barrows near Dorset Cursus
• Bowl barrow 290m north east of the junction of Bokerley Dyke and a linear earthwork on Martin Down
• Hut Bottom round barrow
• Long barrow 3/4 mile (1200m) SW of St Rumbold's Church
• Enclosure S of Humby's Stock Coppice
• Earthworks on Gussage Down
• Long barrow 360m SSW of Chettle House
• Winkelbury Hill earthworks
• Hare Warren Control Station
• Buxbury round barrow, Buxbury Hill
• Gallows Hill round barrow
• Two round barrows on Gussage Down
• Bowl barrow in Calcots Wood, 550m east of Tollard Farm
• Knighton Hill earthwork
• Bowl barrow 400m west of Vicarage Barn
• Two round barrows S of Cranborne Farm
• Cross-ridge dyke on Buxbury Hill
• The western of two linear earthworks north of West Woodyates Manor
• Barford Down milestone
• Castle mound (or Castle Hill)
• Two linear earthworks in Vernditch Chase
• Swallowcliffe Down settlement
• Three bowl barrows on Trow Down 520m north west and 545m west of Bigley Buildings
• Barrows in and near The Drive Plantation
• Chiselbury Camp hillfort, cross dykes and site of turnpike toll house
• Chalk military badges on Fovant Down
• Woodland Down ditch
• Bowl barrow 330m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common
• Grim's Ditch: Old Lodge Copse to Toyd Clump
• Long barrows SE of Thickthorn Farm
• Roman road along the south side of Vernditch Chase: part of the Roman road between Sorviodunum (Old Sarum) and Vindocladia (Badbury)
• Bowl barrow 45m south west of Bowldish Pond
• Round barrow on Swallowcliffe Down
• The eastern of two linear earthworks north of West Woodyates Manor
• Group of round barrows on Oakley Down
• Bowl barrow 250m south of Plantation Farm
• Woodminton Down round barrow
• Celtic fields on Pentridge Down