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