Burcombe
Burcombe is a Village in the county of Wiltshire.
Burcombe postcode: SP2 0EJ
There are great places to visit near Burcombe including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes and villages.
There are a several good historic monuments in the Burcombe area like Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.
The area around Burcombe features a number of interesting ancient sites including Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, and Silbury Hill.
Don't miss Avebury Manor's historic buildings if visiting the area around Burcombe.
Don't miss Coate Water Country Park's country parks if visiting the area around Burcombe.
Coate Water is a great place to visit close to Burcombe if you like lakes.
The area close to Burcombe boasts some of the best villages including Ashton Keynes.
Burcombe History
There are some historic monuments around Burcombe:
- Four bowl barrows 140m north of the A303 on Stonehenge Down
- Six bowl barrows forming the greater part of a round barrow cemetery on Wilsford Down 350m north of Springbottom Farm buildings
- Bowl barrow on Little Toyd Down, 650m south west of Grims Lodge Farm
- Winterbourne Stoke West round barrow cemetery, The Coniger enclosure and section of linear boundary earthwork
- Hydon Hill round barrows
- Long barrow 700m west of Bride's Farm
- Long barrow north east of Winterbourne Stoke crossroads
- Barrow SSW of Melsome's Field barn
- Bowl barrow known as `Bush Barrow' and two disc barrows south east of Normanton Gorse forming part of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Bilbury Rings
- Bowl barrow south of the A303 and north west of Normanton Gorse
- Disc barrow 220m south west of Stonehenge forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Stonehenge Down
- Stapleford Castle
- Wick Ball camp, the Common
- Bowl barrow 300m north west of Lake House
- Ten round barrows forming the Lake Down round barrow cemetery and a section of linear boundary crossing Lake Down
- Chiselbury Camp hillfort, cross dykes and site of turnpike toll house
- Bronze Age enclosure and bowl barrow 100m west of Longbarrow Cross Roads on Winterbourne Stoke Down
- Newton Barrow
- Whitsbury hillfort
- Marleycombe Hill round barrows
- Long barrow in Round Clump
- Yarnbury camp (Yarnbury Castle)
- Three bowl barrows 150m south of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Long barrow 350m south west of the Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Great Ditch banks
- Bowl barrow 350m south west of Normanton Gorse
- Heath Wood earthwork
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery known as the New King Barrows
- Rockbourne Down, Spring Pond enclosure
- Linear boundary within Normanton Gorse
- Two sections of a linear earthwork north of West Woodyates Manor: part of the `Bokerley Line'
- Henge monument 400m south of Stonehenge Cottages
- Bell barrow situated 50m north of Normanton Gorse and 170m south of the A303
- Bowl barrow 50m south west of Rox Hill Clump
- Round barrows S of Hare Warren
- Bowl barrow 400m south of Normanton Gorse
- Two bowl barrows 700m north west of Normanton Down House
- Vernditch Chase long barrow
- Two bowl barrows on Stoke Down 650m south west of Foxhole Cottage
- Chalk map of Australia 925m south west of Upper Hurdcott Farm
- Marleycombe Hill earthworks
- Knowle Hill round barrow
- Bowl barrow south of Normanton Gorse on the southern edge of Normanton Down
- Bowl barrow 100m north of Rox Hill Clump
- Roman road along the south side of Vernditch Chase: part of the Roman road between Sorviodunum (Old Sarum) and Vindocladia (Badbury)
- Bury Orchard ditch
- Bowl barrow 100m south east of the southern edge of The Diamond south of the A303
- Long barrow on Little Toyd Down, 760m south west of Grims Lodge Farm
- Three bowl barrows immediately north of the A303 on Stonehenge Down
- Bowl barrow on Homington Down, 725m south of Tottens Farm
- Group of barrows W of Hooklands Plantation
- Two barrows W of Stoke Down
- Bowl barrow 540m south east of Druid's Head Farm
- Bowl barrow 400m west of Normanton Gorse
- Lake Barrow Group, North Kite earthwork enclosure, four sections of linear boundary, and a bowl barrow within the North Kite
- Faulston pigeon house
- Bowl barrow 470m south east of Druid's Head Farm
- Bowl barrow on Coneybury Hill, 130m NNE of Luxenborough Plantation
- Knighton Hill round barrow
- Pond barrow south of the A303 and 400m west of Normanton Gorse containing the 'Wilsford Shaft'
- Grim's Ditch: Old Lodge Copse to Toyd Clump
- Seven bowl barrows and a pond barrow forming a round barrow cemetery 200m north of The Diamond on Wilsford Down
- Round barrow 860yds (786m) SE of Knighton Hill Buildings
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 350m north of Springbottom Farm buildings on Wilsford Down
- A linear earthwork north east of West Woodyates Manor: part of the `Bokerley Line'
- Grans barrow: a long barrow 880m west of Down Farm
- Bowl barrow 250m north west of Lake House
- Neale's Barrow, round barrow
- Earthwork W of Woodford Clump
- Group of barrows near Field Barn
- Croucheston Down Barn round barrow
- Bell barrow north east of Westfield Farm and 150m south of Wilsford round barrow cemetery
- Long barrow south-west of Vernditch Chase
- Parsonage Down Camp earthwork enclosure and associated field system.
- Bowl barrow forming part of the Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Round barrow N of Yarnbury Castle
- Knighton Roman road (stretching from Reddish Gore to reservoir)
- Woodminton Down round barrow
- Long barrow and 18 round barrows, forming the greater part of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Long Barrow 800m north-west of Paradise
- Churchyard cross
- Bowl barrow 250m south west of Longbarrow Cross Roads, west of A360
- King Barrow and another bowl barrow on Coneybury Hill
- Long barrow on Wilsford Down 300m north of The Diamond
- Bowl barrow 400m south east of Longbarrow Cross Roads, east of A360
- Chalk military badges on Fovant Down
- Grovely Ditch
- Henge monument 300m south of Longbarrow Cross Roads, east of A360
- Bowl barrow 450m east of The Diamond south of the A303
- Barford Down milestone
- Bowl barrow 50m south of A303
- Deptford Down round barrow
- Round barrow 230yds (210m) NW of New Field Plantation
- Romano-British settlement at Stratford sub Castle
- Grovely Castle and earthworks N of Grovely Wood
- Disc barrow forming part of the Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Field system on Stoke Down
- Bowl barrow on the north eastern edge of Luxenborough Plantation
- Bowl barrow on Coneybury Hill, 450m south of the A303
- Deserted medieval village, a bowl barrow, and part of a prehistoric field system opposite Lake House in Lake Bottom
- Hanging Langford camp and Church-end Ring
- East Castle
- Hare Warren Control Station
- Village cross
- Bowl barrow 700m north of Springbottom Farm
- Two bowl barrows forming part of the Winterbourne Stoke crossroads round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 450m north of Springbottom Farm
- Barrow on Fifield Down 700yds (640m) ESE of North Barn
- Five bowl barrows and two saucer barrows forming a round barrow cemetery on Winterbourne Stoke Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Knighton Hill earthwork
- Bowl barrow 250m south of Westfield Farm buildings
- Middle Chase buildings round barrow
- Bowl barrow in Normanton Gorse, forming part of the Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Bronze Age and Romano-British enclosure on Martin Down, east of Bokerley Junction
- Two round barrows 300m south of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 520m north east of the shoulder angle of Bokerley Dyke on Martin Down
- Two linear earthworks in Vernditch Chase
- Duck's Nest: a long barrow on Rockbourne Down
- Earthworks S of Knighton Hill Buildings
- Packhorse bridge
- Bowl barrow and a disc barrow in Normanton Gorse, forming part of the Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Field system on Wylye Down
- Bowl barrow 300m south west of New King Barrows
- Bowl barrow 430m north west of Northdown Barn
- Long barrow 250m north of Normanton Gorse
- Bowl barrow 650m SSE of Stonehenge
- Bowl barrow 120m south of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 240m east of The Penning
- Three bowl barrows 150m south of the A303, north of Luxenborough Plantation
- Two bowl barrows 700m south of Springbottom Farm buildings
- Long barrow 700m north-west of Tenantry Farm
- Section of a linear boundary from 350m north east of Westfield Farm on Lake Down to Lake Bottom
- Hut Bottom round barrow
- Heale Hill round barrows and earthworks
- Ditch, 343yds (310m) ENE of East Farm Cottages to 800yds (730m) NW of St Martin's Chapel
- Ruined church of SS Mary and Nicholas
- Punch Bowl round barrow
- Ten bowl barrows, five disc barrows, a bell barrow, a pond barrow and a saucer barrow forming the Wilsford round barrow cemetery
- Eighteen round barrows forming the greater part of the Winterbourne Stoke crossroads round barrow cemetery
- Middle Chase Farm ditch
- Barrow in Wilton Park
- Bowl barrow immediately east of the A360 forming part of the Winterbourne Stoke crossroads round barrow cemetery
- Long barrow 600yds (550m) SE of Vanity
- Little Langford round barrow, N of Upper Farm Down
- Giant's Grave: a long barrow 400m north-west of Down Farm
- Bowl barrow 200m east of Lake Down round barrow cemetery north of Rox Hill
- Knap barrow: a long barrow 900m west of Down Farm
- Bowl barrow 70m south of A303
- Roman road north east of Vernditch Chase: part of the Roman road between Sorviodunum (Old Sarum) and Vindocladia (Badbury)
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 350m north of Springbottom Farm buildings on Wilsford Down
- Old Sarum
- Hoop Side round barrows
- Barrow N of 'The Spectacles'
- Bowl barrow on the eastern edge of Luxenborough Plantation
- Three bowl barrows on the southern edge of Luxenborough Plantation
- Grim's Ditch
- Bowl barrow east of the A360 forming part of the Winterbourne Stoke crossroads round barrow cemetery
- Ancient cultivation terraces
- Hamshill ditches and field system
- Milestone SE of Yarnbury Castle
- Bowl barrow 350m east of the shoulder angle of Bokerley Dyke on Martin Down
- Linear boundary from south east of Winterbourne Stoke crossroads to south west of The Diamond on Wilsford Down
- Round barrow SE of Cowdown Farm
- Bowl barrow 200m WNW of Lake House
- Bowl barrow within Luxenborough Plantation
- Bowl barrow 150m east of Stonehenge Cottages on A303
- Group of barrows on North Hill Down
- Two barrows NW of Little Down
