Broad Town
Broad Town is a Village in the county of Wiltshire.
There are great places to visit near Broad Town including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes, parks and villages.
There are a several good historic monuments in the Broad Town area like Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.
Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, Silbury Hill, and Barbury Castle are some of Broad Town best ancient sites to visit near Broad Town.
Broad Town is near some unmissable historic buildings like Avebury Manor,
Coate Water Country Park, Barbury Castle Country Park, and Lydiard Park are great places to visit near Broad Town if you like country parks.
Coate Water is a great place to visit close to Broad Town if you like lakes.
Places near Broad Town feature a number of interesting parks including Lydiard Park.
Ashton Keynes is one of Broad Town's best, nearby villages to visit in Broad Town.
Broad Town History
There are some historic monuments around Broad Town:
- Roman pottery 140m SSW of Tewkesbury Cross
- Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn
- Bell barrow 660m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Medieval settlement and associated ridge and furrow, West Leaze
- Bowl barrow 350m north-east of White Horse Plantation
- Bowl barrow 200m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Round barrow in Mount Wood, 300m north-east of Upper Lodge
- Saucer barrow 620m north of New Barn: Part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Group of small enclosures on Horton Down, 910m north east of Easton Down long barrow
- Bowl barrow 500m north-west of Berwick Bassett Clump
- Wick Down Farm earthwork
- Oldbury Camp hillfort, bowl barrow and cross dyke on Cherhill Down
- Two bowl barrows 320m south-east of Little London
- Barrow on Avebury Down, S of track from Avebury
- Rabbit warren 800m east of Woodlane Farm
- Medieval cross in St Mary's churchyard
- Bowl barrow at east end of Morgan's Hill
- Two earthwork enclosures and a linear earthwork 625m north of Barbury Castle
- Two bowl barrows 680m north of Upper Herdswick Farm, Barbury Down
- West Kennet long barrow, 800m south-east of Silbury Hill
- A causewayed enclosure, the core of a round barrow cemetery, part of a prehistoric field system and an associated mortuary enclosure on Windmill Hill
- Romano-British villa complex 330m north west of Queen Court Farm
- Three sections of a linear earthwork south west of New Barn
- Ringsbury Camp hillfort
- Three Bronze Age barrows 200m NNW of Down Barn forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Bowl barrow 800m north-east of Hackpen Barn
- Three bowl barrows: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle
- Bowl barrow 900m SSE of Green Bank
- Two enclosures on Winterbourne Down
- Bowl barrow east of the Ridgeway forming part of the Overton Hill Bronze Age round barrow cemetery.
- Barbury Castle Farm deserted Medieval village
- Silbury Hill: a monumental Neolithic mound west of the River Kennet and south of Avebury village
- Five round barrows 1040m NNE of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Earthwork enclosure 950m SSE of Manor Farm
- Long Stones long barrow 150m north of Beckhampton House
- Bowl barrow 50m south-east of the `Sanctuary' forming part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Pair of bowl barrows 650m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bincknoll Camp
- Bowl barrow on Calstone Down, 500m south of Witch Plantation
- Bowl barrow 190m north east of Nolands Farm, Yatesbury
- Group of round barrows on Rough Hill
- Post mill mound 150m north west of Brynards Hill Farm
- Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings Down
- West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank east of West Kennett Farm
- Medieval settlement, moat and fishponds at Woodhill Park 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.
- Ten barrows forming part of Fox Covert round barrow cemetery, West Down.
- Bowl barrow 750m east of New Barn
- Grange bowl barrow 130m north west of The Grange Stables bell barrow, Beckhampton
- Bell barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Bowl barrow 120m west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Cross dyke 520m north east of Cherhill Monument
- Remains of watermill 500m east of Freeth Farm
- Bowl barrow 1150m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow 200m south of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Richardson medieval settlement
- Six bowl barrows 560m north of New Barn: part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Cross in the churchyard of St John the Baptist and St Helen
- Bowl barrow 550m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow situated 60m west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- East Kennett long barrow, 600m south of East Kennett church
- Round barrow cemetery 400m south of Avebury henge monument on Waden Hill
- Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Long barrow and abutting bowl barrow 700m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings, forming the focus of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Cross dyke 450m west of Cherhill Monument
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Avebury and 70m north of Green Street
- Stone circle
- Saucer barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Medieval settlement immediately north west of Upper Littlecott Farm
- Group of four round barrows 500m south-east of Avebury Down Barn, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Devil's Den long barrow, 600m east of White Acre
- Preshute Down field system
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Green Street and east of the Avebury henge monument
- Square earthwork enclosure 450m north west of Baltic Farm on Morgan's Hill
- Long barrow 85m west of Cherhill Monument
- Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Round barrow 1260m NNE of Baltic Farm, 75m south of Roman Road, forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Sharpridge field system
- Bowl barrow 870m ESE of New Barn on Monkton Down
- Bowl barrow 630m north east of Wick Bottom Barn
- Bowl barrow 840m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- Bell barrow 300m south-east of Avebury Down Barn forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Pair of bowl barrows on West Down, 550m east of Witch Plantation
- Bowl barrow 400m west of Cooks Plantation
- Two bowl barrows 670m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Sharpridge earthworks
- Site of an oval stone circle and part of an adjacent field system 700m SW of West Kennet long barrow.
- Iron Age enclosure on Overton Hill, 600m north west of North Farm
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Ivy House Farm
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Furze Knoll
- Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery
- Post mill at Church Hills
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Baltic Farm
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 400m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a cemetery on North 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
- Saucer barrow on North Down
- Cross dyke 230m south west of Cherhill Monument
- Bowl barrow 375m east of Wick Bottom Barn
- Bowl barrow 700m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Linear boundary earthwork and associated field system on Cherhill Down
- Pair of round barrows 200m SSE of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
- West Kennett Farm palisaded enclosures
- Section of Roman Road 560m north east of Beckhampton Buildings
- Bowl barrow immediately west of the Ridgeway, 400m north east of its junction with Green Street
- Earthwork enclosure and dewpond 490m north of Barbury Castle
- Round barrow forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Saucer barrow: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle
- Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Avebury henge and stone circles
- Bowl barrow 610m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Saucer barrow 250m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Pair of round barrows and section of linear earthwork NE of the gallops on West Down
- Bowl barrow 750m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 50m north east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 200m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning
- Bowl barrow 840m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow 750m south-west of Manor Farm: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Medieval settlement remains immediately west of The Vicarage
- Bowl barrow 500m west of the wireless station on Morgan's Hill; part of a group of three bowl barrows
- Bowl barrow 230m west of The Grange, Beckhampton
- Remains of `Falkner's Circle', a Neolithic stone circle 180m east of the West Kennet Avenue
- 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 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Green Bank bowl barrow, 230m east of the Avebury henge monument
- Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Barbury Castle Farm
- Grange Stables bell barrow
- Cross ridge dyke on Morgan's Hill
- Barbury Castle: a hillfort and bowl barrow
- Bowl barrow 150m east of the wireless station on Morgan's Hill
- Bowl barrow 500m west of The Row
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 120m north of the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn
- Group of five round barrows north-east of the Sanctuary: part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Moated site 400m north-east of Hooker's Gate
- Prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, cultivation, industrial and funerary remains on Fyfield, Overton and Manton Downs
- Two medieval fishponds 170m north of Little Park Farm
- Saucer barrow 910m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- Bowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's Plantation
- Medieval settlement remains at Overtown
- The Sanctuary, Overton Hill
- Bowl barrow 770m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle Farm
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Bowl barrow 640m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Harepit Way linear boundary
- Winterbourne Bassett mound
- Bowl barrow 300m south of Fox Covert forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Three confluent round barrows 580m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery
- Group of four round barrows 300m north west of the junction between the Ridgeway and Green Street on Avebury Down
- Pair of round barrows forming part of the Bronze Age round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Bell barrow 350m south-west of Barbury Barn
- Horslip long barrow, 450m north-west of Horslip Bridge.
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- South Street long barrow, 70m south east of the Long Stones
- Avebury Long Stones 380m east of The Grange Stables, Beckhampton
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Barbury Barn
- Bowl barrow 900m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- A henge, four Bronze Age barrows and part of a Roman road 500m south west of Fox Covert
- Medieval rural settlement 240m south of Lower Woodshaw Farm
- Beckhampton round barrow cemetery 150m north east of the `Waggon and Horses'
- Pair of round barrows 400m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated 120m NNW of Down Barn on North Down
- Shrunken medieval village site E of Avebury Trusloe
- Bowl barrow 210m north east of Rushy Platt Farm
- Bowl barrow 1070m NNW of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow
- West Kennet bell barrow, 160m north-west of West Kennet long barrow
- Bowl barrow 650m ESE of New Barn, between Avebury Down and Monkton Down
- Linear barrow cemetery on Hackpen Hill
- Earthwork on Paven Hill
- Bowl barrow 930m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill 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
- Site of watermill 290m south east of West Leaze
- Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
