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, parks and villages.
Historic Monuments to visit near East Kennett include Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.
Ancient Sites to visit near East Kennett include Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, Silbury Hill, and Barbury Castle.
Avebury Manor is one of East Kennett's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in East Kennett.
East Kennett's best nearby country parks can be found at Coate Water Country Park, Barbury Castle Country Park, and Lydiard Park.
Don't miss Coate Water's lakes if visiting the area around East Kennett.
The area close to East Kennett boasts some of the best parks including Lydiard Park.
The area close to East Kennett boasts some of the best villages including Ashton Keynes.
East Kennett History
There are some historic monuments around East Kennett:
- Round barrow cemetery 320m south east of Down Farm
- Prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, cultivation, industrial and funerary remains on Fyfield, Overton and Manton Downs
- Saucer barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Ditch W of Tanhill Fair
- Bowl barrow 200m south of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Section of Roman Road 560m north east of Beckhampton Buildings
- Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Bowl barrow 880m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Pair of bowl barrows on West Down, 550m east of Witch Plantation
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Pair of round barrows 400m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated on Avebury Down
- Earthwork enclosure N of Wansdyke
- Bowl barrow 700m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Pair of round barrows and section of linear earthwork NE of the gallops on West Down
- Horslip long barrow, 450m north-west of Horslip Bridge.
- Two round barrows W of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow forming part of a cemetery 800m east of Kitchen Barrow
- Three Bronze Age barrows 200m NNW of Down Barn forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow
- Pair of bowl barrows situated on the south east of Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's Plantation
- Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Cross dyke 520m north east of Cherhill Monument
- Bowl barrow 1150m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Two bowl barrows 680m north of Upper Herdswick Farm, Barbury Down
- Medieval settlement remains immediately west of The Vicarage
- Bowl barrow immediately west of the Ridgeway, 400m north east of its junction with Green Street
- Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery adjacent to the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Bowl barrow 800m north-east of Hackpen Barn
- Bowl barrow 610m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow situated 60m west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Swanborough Tump
- Bowl barrow 950m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Enclosure on Horton Down
- Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn
- Bell barrow 660m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Earthwork NW of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Green Street and east of the Avebury henge monument
- Bowl barrow 300m south of Fox Covert forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Group of barrows on Draycott Hill
- Kitchen Barrow: a long barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Group of small enclosures on Horton Down, 910m north east of Easton Down long barrow
- Ten barrows forming part of Fox Covert round barrow cemetery, West Down.
- Pair of round barrows forming part of the Bronze Age round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett 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
- Section of the Wansdyke
- Bowl barrow 650m ESE of New Barn, between Avebury Down and Monkton Down
- Bowl barrow 200m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Bowl barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Beckhampton round barrow cemetery 150m north east of the `Waggon and Horses'
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Barbury Barn
- Stone circle
- Six bowl barrows 560m north of New Barn: part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Linear barrow cemetery on Hackpen Hill
- Adam's Grave: a long barrow on Walker's Hill
- Oldbury Camp hillfort, bowl barrow and cross dyke on Cherhill Down
- Earthwork enclosure on Allington Down
- Bell barrow and adjacent bowl barrow on Marlborough Common, 120m east of Wootton Bassett Road
- Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- The Hatfield Earthwork: a henge enclosure, henge and remains of monumental mound at Marden
- Green Bank bowl barrow, 230m east of the Avebury henge monument
- Village settlement on Barton Down
- Two bowl barrows 820m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Round barrow 750yds (690m) SE of Smeathe's Plantation
- Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse
- Three Roman burial mounds, a Bronze Age bowl barrow, a pagan Saxon inhumation cemetery and a short length of Roman road on Overton Hill.
- Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Bowl barrow 500m north-west of Berwick Bassett Clump
- Earthwork W of New Town Farm
- Preshute Down field system
- Bowl barrow 620m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Barrow on Avebury Down, S of track from Avebury
- Round barrow cemetery 400m south of Avebury henge monument on Waden Hill
- Group of round barrows on Rough Hill
- Bowl barrow 750m south-west of Manor Farm: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 1km west of Sheppard's Farm Dairy
- Barrow S of Wansdyke
- Bowl barrow 800m south of Hemp Knoll
- Grange Stables bell barrow
- Bell barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Field system E of Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Saucer barrow on North Down
- Bowl barrow and a saucer barrow 200m north of Rockley Plantation
- Devil's Den long barrow, 600m east of White Acre
- Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery
- Grange bowl barrow 130m north west of The Grange Stables bell barrow, Beckhampton
- Wansdyke: section from S of Furze Hill to Marlborough-Pewsey road
- Three sections of a linear earthwork south west of New Barn
- Barbury Castle: a hillfort and bowl barrow
- Pair of bowl barrows 650m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Field system and earthwork enclosure on Burderop Down
- Bowl barrow 350m north-east of White Horse Plantation
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 200m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Earth Burgh (or Eorth Burh) NW of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow 750m east of New Barn
- 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 300m east of Ivy House Farm
- Long barrow in Barrow Copse
- Bowl barrow 400m west of Cooks Plantation
- Bowl barrow 375m east of Wick Bottom Barn
- Bowl barrow on Calstone Down, 500m south of Witch Plantation
- Bowl barrow 190m north east of Nolands Farm, Yatesbury
- 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
- Martinsell Hill camp
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Tanhill Penning
- West Kennet bell barrow, 160m north-west of West Kennet long barrow
- Barrow 350yds (320m) E of Smeathe's Plantation, Ogbourne Down
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Rockley Plantation
- Four bowl barrows forming part of a cemetery 270m east of long barrow on Roughridge Hill
- Group of five round barrows north-east of the Sanctuary: part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- West Kennett Farm palisaded enclosures
- Four round barrows 740m east of Kitchen Barrow, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on All Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 50m north east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Remains of `Falkner's Circle', a Neolithic stone circle 180m east of the West Kennet Avenue
- Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Saucer barrow 250m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- West Kennet long barrow, 800m south-east of Silbury Hill
- Bowl barrow east of the Ridgeway forming part of the Overton Hill Bronze Age round barrow cemetery.
- Wick Down Farm earthwork
- Bowl barrow 1km west of Tan Hill
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Avebury and 70m north of Green Street
- Bowl barrow 400m south-east of Culley's Farm Cottages
- Bowl barrow 640m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Baltic Farm
- The Sanctuary, Overton Hill
- Long barrow on Easton Down
- Bowl barrow 870m ESE of New Barn on Monkton Down
- Bowl barrow 50m south-east of the `Sanctuary' forming part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill
- Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Barbury Castle Farm
- 'The Spectacles'
- Square enclosure 350m north of Wansdyke on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn
- Bowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle Farm
- A henge, four Bronze Age barrows and part of a Roman road 500m south west of Fox Covert
- Earthwork enclosure and dewpond 490m north of Barbury Castle
- Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Medieval settlement, moat and fishponds at Woodhill Park Farm
- Avebury henge and stone circles
- Harepit Way linear boundary
- Two bowl barrows 400m south of Tanhill Penning
- Deserted medieval village E of Manor Farm
- Bell barrow 350m south-west of Barbury Barn
- Sharpridge field system
- Castle mound
- Section of Wansdyke and associated monuments from east of The Firs to the eastern side of Tan Hill
- Long barrow and abutting bowl barrow 700m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings, forming the focus of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Earthwork enclosure 950m SSE of Manor Farm
- Two enclosures on Winterbourne Down
- All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site
- Bowl barrow 770m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, 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
- Knap Hill camp near Alton Priors
- Ogbourne Maizey Down round barrow
- Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Long barrow on Horton Down
- Earthworks on Marlborough Common
- Barrow on Smeathe's Ridge
- Shrunken medieval village site E of Avebury Trusloe
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated 120m NNW of Down Barn on North Down
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 400m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 230m west of The Grange, Beckhampton
- Pair of bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Winterbourne Bassett mound
- Three bowl barrows: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 120m north of the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Pair of bowl barrows 150m north of the Wansdyke on All Cannings Down
- Two bowl barrows 320m south-east of Little London
- Bowl barrow 550m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Enclosure on Ogbourne Down
- Medieval village site
- Bowl barrow 750m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Four earthwork enclosures on All Cannings Down
- Rybury camp
- Bowl barrow 900m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Giant's Grave (Martinsell Hill)
- Long Stones long barrow 150m north of Beckhampton House
- South Street long barrow, 70m south east of the Long Stones
- Silbury Hill: a monumental Neolithic mound west of the River Kennet and south of Avebury village
- Group of four round barrows 300m north west of the junction between the Ridgeway and Green Street on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 120m west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bowl barrow 500m west of The Row
- Bowl barrow 630m north east of Wick Bottom Barn
- Round barrow forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Langdean stone circle
- Bowl barrow 900m SSE of Green Bank
- Barbury Castle Farm deserted Medieval village
- Sharpridge earthworks
- Saucer barrow 620m north of New Barn: Part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Two earthwork enclosures and a linear earthwork 625m north of Barbury Castle
- Bell barrow on Easton Down
- Site of an oval stone circle and part of an adjacent field system 700m SW of West Kennet long barrow.
- Richardson medieval settlement
- Linear boundary earthwork and associated field system on Cherhill Down
- Avebury Long Stones 380m east of The Grange Stables, Beckhampton
- Disc barrow on Burderop Down, 1km north-east of Upper Herdswick Farm
- Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery
- Withy Copse ditch
- Two bowl barrows 670m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow 840m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Saucer barrow: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle
- Bowl barrow 690m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Bell barrow 200m north of Rockley Plantation
- Group of four round barrows 500m south-east of Avebury Down Barn, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Linear earthworks forming part of a field system on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Iron Age enclosure on Overton Hill, 600m north west of North Farm
- Bell barrow 75m west of Red Shore
- Bell barrow situated between Bishop's Cannings Down and Easton Down
- Pair of round barrows 200m SSE of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Three confluent round barrows 580m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Settlement and field system on Milton Hill (Fyfield Down)
- Bell barrow 300m south-east of Avebury Down Barn forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 50m north of Barrow Farm
- West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank east of West Kennett Farm
- East Kennett long barrow, 600m south of East Kennett church
