Bushton
Bushton is a Village in the county of Wiltshire.
Bushton postcode: SN4 7PX
There are great places to visit near Bushton including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes and villages.
Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury are some of Bushton best historic monuments to visit near Bushton.
Don't miss Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, and Silbury Hill's ancient sites if visiting the area around Bushton.
There are a several good historic buildings in the area around Bushton like Avebury Manor.
There are a several good country parks in the area around Bushton like Coate Water Country Park.
The area close to Bushton boasts some of the best lakes including Coate Water.
There are a number of villages near to Bushton including Ashton Keynes.
Bushton History
There are some historic monuments around Bushton:
- Bowl barrow 50m north east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Pair of round barrows forming part of the Bronze Age round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Stone circle
- West Kennett Farm palisaded enclosures
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 930m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- Long barrow and abutting bowl barrow 700m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings, forming the focus of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Silbury Hill: a monumental Neolithic mound west of the River Kennet and south of Avebury village
- Rabbit warren 800m east of Woodlane Farm
- Saucer barrow on North Down
- Bowl barrow 750m south-west of Manor Farm: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 120m west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Medieval cross in St Mary's churchyard
- Bowl barrow 300m south of Fox Covert forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Two bowl barrows 320m south-east of Little London
- Bowl barrow on Calstone Down, 500m south of Witch Plantation
- Group of four round barrows 300m north west of the junction between the Ridgeway and Green Street on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Green Street and east of the Avebury henge monument
- Bowl barrow 840m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- Bowl barrow 200m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Bowl barrow 650m ESE of New Barn, between Avebury Down and Monkton Down
- Bowl barrow 500m north-west of Berwick Bassett Clump
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated 120m NNW of Down Barn on North Down
- Group of five round barrows north-east of the Sanctuary: 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
- Bowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's Plantation
- Grange Stables bell barrow
- Five round barrows 1040m NNE of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 800m north-east of Hackpen Barn
- Roman pottery 140m SSW of Tewkesbury Cross
- Section of Roman Road 560m north east of Beckhampton Buildings
- Iron Age enclosure on Overton Hill, 600m north west of North Farm
- Cross dyke 450m west of Cherhill Monument
- Wansdyke: 460yds (420m) SE of Broads Green to 266yds (240m) NE of Paddock Farm
- Remains of watermill 500m east of Freeth Farm
- Winterbourne Bassett mound
- Pair of round barrows and section of linear earthwork NE of the gallops on West Down
- Bowl barrow 700m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Cross dyke 520m north east of Cherhill Monument
- Linear barrow cemetery on Hackpen Hill
- Earthwork enclosure 950m SSE of Manor Farm
- Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Linear boundary earthwork and associated field system on Cherhill Down
- Post mill mound 150m north west of Brynards Hill Farm
- Bowl barrow 350m north-east of White Horse Plantation
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Avebury and 70m north of Green Street
- Bell barrow 300m south-east of Avebury Down Barn forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury 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
- Bowl barrow 150m east of the wireless station on Morgan's Hill
- Bradenstoke Priory and fishponds and an associated motte and earthworks at Clack Mount.
- Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow
- South Street long barrow, 70m south east of the Long Stones
- Harepit Way linear boundary
- Medieval settlement 520m north east of Lower Beversbrook Farm
- Bowl barrow 750m east of New Barn
- Barrow on Avebury Down, S of track from Avebury
- Green Bank bowl barrow, 230m east of the Avebury henge monument
- Bowl barrow 870m ESE of New Barn on Monkton Down
- Bowl barrow 900m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Group of small enclosures on Horton Down, 910m north east of Easton Down long barrow
- Grange bowl barrow 130m north west of The Grange Stables bell barrow, Beckhampton
- Long barrow 85m west of Cherhill Monument
- Round barrow 1260m NNE of Baltic Farm, 75m south of Roman Road, forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Horslip long barrow, 450m north-west of Horslip Bridge.
- Bell barrow situated between Bishop's Cannings Down and Easton Down
- West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank east of West Kennett Farm
- Saucer barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Bowl barrow 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bowl barrow 610m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow 190m north east of Nolands Farm, Yatesbury
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 400m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a cemetery on North Down
- Medieval rural settlement 240m south of Lower Woodshaw Farm
- Two bowl barrows 670m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow immediately west of the Ridgeway, 400m north east of its junction with Green Street
- Post mill at Church Hills
- Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bowl barrow east of the Ridgeway forming part of the Overton Hill Bronze Age round barrow cemetery.
- Earthwork on Paven Hill
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 135m ENE of Baltic Farm
- Round barrow in Mount Wood, 300m north-east of Upper Lodge
- Three confluent round barrows 580m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 1150m north-east of Baltic 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.
- The Sanctuary, Overton Hill
- Sharpridge earthworks
- Bowl barrow 770m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Richardson medieval settlement
- Group of four round barrows 500m south-east of Avebury Down Barn, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Beckhampton round barrow cemetery 150m north east of the `Waggon and Horses'
- Site of an oval stone circle and part of an adjacent field system 700m SW of West Kennet long barrow.
- Medieval settlement immediately north west of Upper Littlecott Farm
- Saucer barrow 250m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Bell barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Three sections of a linear earthwork south west of New Barn
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Baltic Farm
- Long Stones long barrow 150m north of Beckhampton House
- Medieval rural settlement at Quemerford
- Bell barrow 660m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow 50m south-east of the `Sanctuary' forming part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Pair of bowl barrows on West Down, 550m east of Witch Plantation
- West Kennet bell barrow, 160m north-west of West Kennet long barrow
- Pair of round barrows 200m SSE of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery adjacent to the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning
- Six bowl barrows 560m north of New Barn: part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Oldbury Camp hillfort, bowl barrow and cross dyke on Cherhill Down
- Bowl barrow situated 60m west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bincknoll Camp
- Ringsbury Camp hillfort
- West Kennet long barrow, 800m south-east of Silbury Hill
- Avebury henge and stone circles
- East Kennett long barrow, 600m south of East Kennett church
- Two enclosures on Winterbourne Down
- Bowl barrow 200m south of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Ten barrows forming part of Fox Covert round barrow cemetery, West Down.
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 200m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Medieval settlement 400m south west of Crew's Farm
- Medieval settlement, moat and fishponds at Woodhill Park Farm
- Cross dyke 230m south west of Cherhill Monument
- Cross ridge dyke on Morgan's Hill
- Avebury Long Stones 380m east of The Grange Stables, Beckhampton
- Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Square earthwork enclosure 450m north west of Baltic Farm on Morgan's Hill
- 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
- Shrunken medieval village site E of Avebury Trusloe
- Round barrow forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Bowl barrow at east end of Morgan's Hill
- Bowl barrow 640m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Moated site 400m north-east of Hooker's Gate
- Bowl barrow 500m west of the wireless station on Morgan's Hill; part of a group of three bowl barrows
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Furze Knoll
- Bowl barrow 840m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Saucer barrow 910m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- Romano-British villa complex 330m north west of Queen Court Farm
- A causewayed enclosure, the core of a round barrow cemetery, part of a prehistoric field system and an associated mortuary enclosure on Windmill Hill
- Bowl barrow 550m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Saucer barrow 620m north of New Barn: Part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Pair of round barrows 400m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated on Avebury Down
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Three Bronze Age barrows 200m NNW of Down Barn forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- A henge, four Bronze Age barrows and part of a Roman road 500m south west of Fox Covert
- Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery
- Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Round barrow cemetery 400m south of Avebury henge monument on Waden Hill
- Bowl barrow 1070m NNW of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn
- Remains of `Falkner's Circle', a Neolithic stone circle 180m east of the West Kennet Avenue
- Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Windmill Hill
- 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 750m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 230m west of The Grange, Beckhampton
- Bowl barrow 900m SSE of Green Bank
- Bowl barrow 400m west of Cooks Plantation
- Village cross 12m north of St Mary's church
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 120m north of the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings Down
