Cricklade
Cricklade is a Town in the county of Wiltshire.
There are great places to visit near Cricklade including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes and villages.
There are a several good historic monuments in the Cricklade area like Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.
The area around Cricklade boasts some of the best 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 Cricklade.
Cricklade is near some unmissable country parks like Coate Water Country Park,
Don't miss Coate Water's lakes if visiting the area around Cricklade.
There are a several good villages in the area around Cricklade like Ashton Keynes.
Cricklade History
There are some historic monuments around Cricklade:
Places to see near Cricklade
History of Cricklade
The third phase is marked by systematic razing of the stone wall, which was pulled down over the inner berm (the space between the wall and the inner ditch). Stones from it were used to fill the inner two ditches, which shows that the process was deliberate. A similar phase can be seen in the archaeological record at Christchurch, Dorset, another burh of the Burghal Hidage. Observations at other burhs also suggest that this phase of destruction was implemented over the whole of Wessex, and must therefore have been the result of a concerted policy, again by inference on the part of the king. The most reasonable historical context for this seems to be accession of King Cnut in the early 11th century, to prevent the burhs being seized and used against him by his rivals.
