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