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