East Kennett
East Kennett is a Village in the county of Wiltshire.
There are great places to visit near East Kennett including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes and villages.
Don't miss Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury's historic monuments if visiting the area around East Kennett.
East Kennett's best nearby ancient sites can be found at Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, and Silbury Hill.
Avebury Manor is a great place to visit close to East Kennett if you like historic buildings.
The area close to East Kennett boasts some of the best country parks including Coate Water Country Park.
Lakes to visit near East Kennett include Coate Water.
The area around East Kennett's best villages can be found at Ashton Keynes.
East Kennett History
There are some historic monuments around East Kennett:
- Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Long Stones long barrow 150m north of Beckhampton House
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Baltic Farm
- Saucer barrow: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle
- Sharpridge field system
- Bell barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Bowl barrow 800m south of Hemp Knoll
- Pair of round barrows 400m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated on Avebury Down
- Enclosure on Horton Down
- Green Bank bowl barrow, 230m east of the Avebury henge monument
- Bell barrow and adjacent bowl barrow on Marlborough Common, 120m east of Wootton Bassett Road
- 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 1km north-east of Avebury and 70m north of Green Street
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Rockley Plantation
- Two bowl barrows 820m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Avebury Long Stones 380m east of The Grange Stables, Beckhampton
- The Sanctuary, Overton Hill
- Preshute Down field system
- Section of Roman Road 560m north east of Beckhampton Buildings
- Pair of bowl barrows 150m north of the Wansdyke on All Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 770m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Disc barrow on Burderop Down, 1km north-east of Upper Herdswick Farm
- Stone circle
- 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
- Bowl barrow 1150m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Ditch W of Tanhill Fair
- West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank east of West Kennett Farm
- Field system E of Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse
- Group of four round barrows 500m south-east of Avebury Down Barn, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 1km west of Tan Hill
- Avebury henge and stone circles
- Giant's Grave (Martinsell Hill)
- Bowl barrow 700m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Saucer barrow on North Down
- Earthwork enclosure on Allington Down
- Bowl barrow 200m south of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Knap Hill camp near Alton Priors
- Bowl barrow 750m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Bell barrow on Easton Down
- Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings Down
- 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
- Four round barrows 740m east of Kitchen Barrow, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on All Cannings Down
- Earthwork enclosure N of Wansdyke
- Barrow on Smeathe's Ridge
- Cross dyke 520m north east of Cherhill Monument
- Three bowl barrows: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle
- Bowl barrow 840m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Barrow S of Wansdyke
- Bowl barrow 800m north-east of Hackpen Barn
- South Street long barrow, 70m south east of the Long Stones
- Bowl barrow 550m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Three Bronze Age barrows 200m NNW of Down Barn forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning
- Bowl barrow 50m south-east of the `Sanctuary' forming part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Langdean stone circle
- Square enclosure 350m north of Wansdyke on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 1km west of Sheppard's Farm Dairy
- Medieval settlement remains immediately west of The Vicarage
- Group of four round barrows 300m north west of the junction between the Ridgeway and Green Street on Avebury Down
- Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery adjacent to the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- A henge, four Bronze Age barrows and part of a Roman road 500m south west of Fox Covert
- Bowl barrow 750m south-west of Manor Farm: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Horslip long barrow, 450m north-west of Horslip Bridge.
- Group of small enclosures on Horton Down, 910m north east of Easton Down long barrow
- Six bowl barrows 560m north of New Barn: part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Bowl barrow 630m north east of Wick Bottom Barn
- Grange Stables bell barrow
- Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn
- Bowl barrow 750m east of New Barn
- Bowl barrow 900m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Pair of round barrows forming part of the Bronze Age round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Adam's Grave: a long barrow on Walker's Hill
- Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Barbury Castle Farm
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 400m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a cemetery on North Down
- 'The Spectacles'
- Bowl barrow 300m south of Fox Covert forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Bowl barrow 610m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow 400m west of Cooks Plantation
- Earthwork enclosure 950m SSE of Manor Farm
- Wansdyke: section from S of Furze Hill to Marlborough-Pewsey road
- Bowl barrow 350m north-east of White Horse Plantation
- Pair of round barrows 200m SSE of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Bell barrow situated between Bishop's Cannings Down and Easton Down
- Winterbourne Bassett mound
- Round barrow cemetery 320m south east of Down Farm
- West Kennet bell barrow, 160m north-west of West Kennet long barrow
- Bowl barrow forming part of a cemetery 800m east of Kitchen Barrow
- Earthwork NW of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow 200m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
- 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
- Bowl barrow 120m west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Barbury Barn
- Bowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's Plantation
- Saucer barrow 250m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Group of round barrows on Rough Hill
- Castle mound
- Settlement and field system on Milton Hill (Fyfield Down)
- Two saucer barrows and a pair of bowl barrows 750m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow 50m north of Barrow Farm
- Bowl barrow 690m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Sharpridge earthworks
- Deserted medieval village E of Manor Farm
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Ivy House Farm
- Long barrow on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow immediately west of the Ridgeway, 400m north east of its junction with Green Street
- Wick Down Farm earthwork
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Bowl barrow 190m north east of Nolands Farm, Yatesbury
- Bell barrow 200m north of Rockley Plantation
- Remains of `Falkner's Circle', a Neolithic stone circle 180m east of the West Kennet Avenue
- Pair of bowl barrows situated on the south east of Bishop's Cannings Down
- Pair of bowl barrows 650m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn
- Three sections of a linear earthwork south west of New Barn
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 120m north of the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow
- Richardson medieval settlement
- Saucer barrow 620m north of New Barn: Part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Bowl barrow 750m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Section of Wansdyke and associated monuments from east of The Firs to the eastern side of Tan Hill
- Bowl barrow 400m south-east of Culley's Farm Cottages
- Bowl barrow 500m west of The Row
- Medieval village site
- Round barrow forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Three Roman burial mounds, a Bronze Age bowl barrow, a pagan Saxon inhumation cemetery and a short length of Roman road on Overton Hill.
- Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Section of the Wansdyke
- Withy Copse ditch
- Site of an oval stone circle and part of an adjacent field system 700m SW of West Kennet long barrow.
- Two enclosures on Winterbourne Down
- Long barrow in Barrow Copse
- Two bowl barrows 670m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow on Calstone Down, 500m south of Witch Plantation
- Long barrow on Easton Down
- Grange bowl barrow 130m north west of The Grange Stables bell barrow, Beckhampton
- Bowl barrow 640m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Medieval settlement, moat and fishponds at Woodhill Park Farm
- Four bowl barrows forming part of a cemetery 270m east of long barrow on Roughridge Hill
- Two round barrows W of New Town Farm
- Bell barrow 350m south-west of Barbury Barn
- Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle Farm
- Round barrow cemetery 400m south of Avebury henge monument on Waden Hill
- Prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, cultivation, industrial and funerary remains on Fyfield, Overton and Manton Downs
- Bowl barrow 375m east of Wick Bottom Barn
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated 120m NNW of Down Barn on North Down
- East Kennett long barrow, 600m south of East Kennett church
- Bowl barrow 650m ESE of New Barn, between Avebury Down and Monkton Down
- Three confluent round barrows 580m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 500m north-west of Berwick Bassett Clump
- West Kennett Farm palisaded enclosures
- Bowl barrow 900m SSE of Green Bank
- Martinsell Hill camp
- West Kennet long barrow, 800m south-east of Silbury Hill
- Round barrow 750yds (690m) SE of Smeathe's Plantation
- Bowl barrow 880m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Enclosure on Ogbourne Down
- Village settlement on Barton Down
- Two bowl barrows 320m south-east of Little London
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Tanhill Penning
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Bowl barrow 950m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn
- Bell barrow 75m west of Red Shore
- Kitchen Barrow: a long barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Pair of bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Swanborough Tump
- Bowl barrow 50m north east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bell barrow 660m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Barbury Castle Farm deserted Medieval village
- Pair of bowl barrows on West Down, 550m east of Witch Plantation
- Group of five round barrows north-east of the Sanctuary: part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Linear boundary earthwork and associated field system on Cherhill Down
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 200m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- The Hatfield Earthwork: a henge enclosure, henge and remains of monumental mound at Marden
- Barbury Castle: a hillfort and bowl barrow
- Earth Burgh (or Eorth Burh) NW of New Town Farm
- Bell barrow 300m south-east of Avebury Down Barn forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Barrow 350yds (320m) E of Smeathe's Plantation, Ogbourne Down
- Rybury camp
- Earthworks on Marlborough Common
- Saucer barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Bowl barrow 870m ESE of New Barn on Monkton Down
- Earthwork W of New Town Farm
- Harepit Way linear boundary
- Long barrow and abutting bowl barrow 700m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings, forming the focus of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Barrow on Avebury Down, S of track from Avebury
- Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Two earthwork enclosures and a linear earthwork 625m north of Barbury Castle
- Bowl barrow 620m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Two bowl barrows 680m north of Upper Herdswick Farm, Barbury Down
- Bowl barrow 230m west of The Grange, Beckhampton
- Beckhampton round barrow cemetery 150m north east of the `Waggon and Horses'
- Group of barrows on Draycott Hill
- Bowl barrow east of the Ridgeway forming part of the Overton Hill Bronze Age round barrow cemetery.
- Iron Age enclosure on Overton Hill, 600m north west of North Farm
- Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery
- Two bowl barrows 400m south of Tanhill Penning
- Field system and earthwork enclosure on Burderop Down
- Silbury Hill: a monumental Neolithic mound west of the River Kennet and south of Avebury village
- Devil's Den long barrow, 600m east of White Acre
- Earthwork enclosure and dewpond 490m north of Barbury Castle
- Pair of round barrows and section of linear earthwork NE of the gallops on West Down
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Green Street and east of the Avebury henge monument
- Linear earthworks forming part of a field system on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill
- Ogbourne Maizey Down round barrow
- Bowl barrow and a saucer barrow 200m north of Rockley Plantation
- Linear barrow cemetery on Hackpen Hill
- Ten barrows forming part of Fox Covert round barrow cemetery, West Down.
- Four earthwork enclosures on All Cannings Down
- Shrunken medieval village site E of Avebury Trusloe
