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