Huish
Huish is a Village in the county of Wiltshire.
Huish postcode: SN8 4JW
There are great places to visit near Huish 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 Huish.
Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, and Silbury Hill are great places to visit near Huish if you like ancient sites.
The area close to Huish boasts some of the best historic buildings including Avebury Manor.
Places near Huish feature a number of interesting country parks including Coate Water Country Park.
Coate Water is one of Huish's best, nearby lakes to visit in Huish.
Don't miss Ashton Keynes's villages if visiting the area around Huish.
Huish History
There are some historic monuments around Huish:
- West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank east of West Kennett Farm
- Wansdyke: section 610yds (560m) NW of Wernham Farm to 250yds (230m) SW of New 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 750m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow on Longstreet Down
- Round barrow in the grounds of RAF Upavon
- Silbury Hill: a monumental Neolithic mound west of the River Kennet and south of Avebury village
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Rockley Plantation
- Round barrow cemetery 400m south of Avebury henge monument on Waden Hill
- Linear barrow cemetery on Hackpen 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.
- Langdean stone circle
- Bowl barrow 230m west of The Grange, Beckhampton
- Strip lynchet system north of Chisman's Cleeve
- Earthwork enclosure N of Wansdyke
- Knap Hill camp near Alton Priors
- Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Barrow S of Wansdyke
- Bowl barrow 800m north-east of Hackpen Barn
- Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Green Street and east of the Avebury henge monument
- Henge Monument/enclosure, on Everleigh Down, north of Weather Hill Firs
- Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn
- Enclosure on Ogbourne Down
- Long barrow on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow 200m north-east of Everleigh Ashes
- Field system north-east of Chisenbury Field Barn
- Bowl barrow 50m north east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bowl barrow immediately west of the Ridgeway, 400m north east of its junction with Green Street
- Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow five hundred metres north-west of Baden Down Farm
- Four earthwork enclosures on All Cannings Down
- Strip lynchets north-east of East Chisenbury
- Field system south of East Everleigh
- Bowl barrow 690m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Pair of bowl barrows 150m north of the Wansdyke on All Cannings Down
- Castle mound
- Bowl barrow, Round Down Copse
- Bowl barrow north of Jenner's Firs
- Bowl barrow 1km west of Tan Hill
- Harepit Way linear boundary
- Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Section of the Wansdyke
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Ivy House Farm
- Six bowl barrows 560m north of New Barn: part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Pair of bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Bowl barrow 50m south-east of the `Sanctuary' forming part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Boundary earthwork on Upavon Down
- Two boundary earthworks on the west of Rushall 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 forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- 'Giant's Grave' long barrow on Milton Hill
- Bell barrow 300m south-east of Avebury Down Barn forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn
- Withy Copse ditch
- Two bowl barrows 400m south of Summer Down Farm
- Wick Down Farm earthwork
- Enclosure on Horton Down
- Linear earthwork in Savernake Forest, S of Great Lodge Bottom
- Bowl barrow 50m north of Barrow Farm
- Avebury Long Stones 380m east of The Grange Stables, Beckhampton
- Bowl barrow and a saucer barrow 200m north of Rockley Plantation
- Bowl barrow 500m west of The Row
- Giant's Grave (Martinsell Hill)
- Round barrow forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Bowl barrow north-east of Everleigh Ashes
- Barrow on Coombe Down, 1070yds (980m) NE of Upper Poughcombe
- Earthwork enclosure on Allington Down
- Bowl barrow 375m east of Wick Bottom Barn
- Bohune Down round barrow
- Remains of `Falkner's Circle', a Neolithic stone circle 180m east of the West Kennet Avenue
- Barrow on Avebury Down, S of track from Avebury
- Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Ogbourne St Andrew Farm
- West Kennet bell barrow, 160m north-west of West Kennet long barrow
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Avebury and 70m north of Green Street
- Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse
- Richardson medieval settlement
- Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 950m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Beckhampton round barrow cemetery 150m north east of the `Waggon and Horses'
- Group of four round barrows 300m north west of the junction between the Ridgeway and Green Street on Avebury Down
- Group of five round barrows north-east of the Sanctuary: part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Thornham Down prehistoric and medieval landscapes
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Rybury camp
- Bowl barrow 500m north-west of Berwick Bassett Clump
- Horslip long barrow, 450m north-west of Horslip Bridge.
- Bowl barrow 275m west of Square Copse: part of the Square Copse barrow cemetery
- East Kennett long barrow, 600m south of East Kennett church
- Camp on Forest Hill
- Bowl barrow 650m ESE of New Barn, between Avebury Down and Monkton Down
- Site of an oval stone circle and part of an adjacent field system 700m SW of West Kennet long barrow.
- Long barrow in Barrow Copse
- Enclosed settlement 450m north of Bake Barn
- Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill
- Settlement and field system on Milton Hill (Fyfield Down)
- Lidbury Camp, associated trackways and bowl barrow, on Littlecott Down
- West Kennett Farm palisaded enclosures
- Dam of King's fishpond
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Tanhill Penning
- The Sanctuary, Overton Hill
- Barrow on Coombe Down, 930yds (830m) WSW of St George's Church
- Earthwork W of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow 620m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site
- Devil's Den long barrow, 600m east of White Acre
- Adam's Grave: a long barrow on Walker's Hill
- Boundary earthworks on Wilsford Down
- Round barrow near Charlton Clumps
- Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning
- Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Group of round barrows on Rough Hill
- Everleigh Barrows
- Disc barrow at Easton Clump
- Bowl barrow 400m south-east of Culley's Farm Cottages
- Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Swanborough Tump
- Earthwork NW of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow 120m west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- 'The Spectacles'
- Casterley Camp and associated monuments
- Grange bowl barrow 130m north west of The Grange Stables bell barrow, Beckhampton
- Enclosure and boundary earthwork west of Scraggy Copse
- Enclosure on Marden Down
- Bowl barrow 880m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Village settlement on Barton Down
- Bowl barrow 400m south-east of Cadley Vicarage
- Section of Wansdyke and associated monuments from east of The Firs to the eastern side of Tan Hill
- Bowl barrow 900m SSE of Green Bank
- 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
- Two bowl barrows 400m south of Tanhill Penning
- Pair of round barrows 200m SSE of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Pair of round barrows 400m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated on Avebury Down
- Ditch W of Tanhill Fair
- Bell barrow and adjacent bowl barrow on Marlborough Common, 120m east of Wootton Bassett Road
- Long Stones long barrow 150m north of Beckhampton House
- South Street long barrow, 70m south east of the Long Stones
- Bell barrow 75m west of Red Shore
- Bowl barrow 200m south of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Group of four round barrows 500m south-east of Avebury Down Barn, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Ogbourne Maizey Down round barrow
- Chisenbury Warren Romano-British settlement and associated trackway
- Medieval village site
- Bell barrow 660m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Martinsell Hill camp
- Wansdyke: section from S of Furze Hill to Marlborough-Pewsey road
- Trackway, ditch and bell barrow on Longstreet Down
- Shrunken medieval village site E of Avebury Trusloe
- Earthworks on Marlborough Common
- Section of Roman Road 560m north east of Beckhampton Buildings
- Bowl barrow 300m south of Fox Covert forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery 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
- Bowl barrow 700m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Pair of round barrows forming part of the Bronze Age round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Bowl barrow 750m south-west of Manor Farm: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- West Kennet long barrow, 800m south-east of Silbury Hill
- Bowl barrow 770m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Old Hat Barrow, bowl barrow
- Easton Clump settlement
- Two enclosures on Winterbourne Down
- Bowl barrow 200m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Saucer barrow 620m north of New Barn: Part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Grange Stables bell barrow
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Bell barrow 200m north of Rockley Plantation
- Bowl barrow 870m ESE of New Barn on Monkton Down
- Earth Burgh (or Eorth Burh) NW of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Three confluent round barrows 580m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Two round barrows W of New Town Farm
- Round barrow 750yds (690m) SE of Smeathe's Plantation
- Avebury henge and stone circles
- The Hatfield Earthwork: a henge enclosure, henge and remains of monumental mound at Marden
- Saucer barrow 250m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Enclosure on Everleigh Down, south-west of Snail Clump
- Prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, cultivation, industrial and funerary remains on Fyfield, Overton and Manton Downs
- Two bowl barrows 670m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- 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 630m north east of Wick Bottom Barn
- Round barrow cemetery 320m south east of Down Farm
- Bowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle Farm
- Round barrow on Easton Down
- Two bowl barrows 820m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- West Chisenbury Settlement
- Bowl barrow 750m east of New Barn
- Earthwork enclosure 950m SSE of Manor Farm
- Group of barrows on Draycott Hill
- Green Bank bowl barrow, 230m east of the Avebury henge monument
- Bowl barrow 900m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Mound in churchyard
- Three sections of a linear earthwork south west of New Barn
- Medieval settlement remains immediately west of The Vicarage
