Manton
Manton is a Village in the county of Wiltshire.
Manton postcode: SN8 4HH
There are great places to visit near Manton including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes and villages.
There are a several good historic monuments in the Manton area like Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.
Ancient Sites to visit near Manton include Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, and Silbury Hill.
Manton is near some unmissable historic buildings like Avebury Manor,
The area close to Manton boasts some of the best country parks including Coate Water Country Park.
Manton is near some unmissable lakes like Coate Water,
The area close to Manton boasts some of the best villages including Ashton Keynes.
Manton History
There are some historic monuments around Manton:
- Bowl barrow 500m north-west of Berwick Bassett Clump
- Martinsell Hill camp
- Earth Burgh (or Eorth Burh) NW of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow 880m north east of Lower Upham Farm
- Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn
- Bell barrow 75m west of Red Shore
- Village settlement on Barton Down
- Mound in churchyard
- Two enclosures on Winterbourne Down
- Bowl barrow immediately west of the Ridgeway, 400m north east of its junction with Green Street
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Barbury Barn
- Pair of round barrows 400m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated on Avebury Down
- Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow
- Bowl barrow 650m ESE of New Barn, between Avebury Down and Monkton Down
- Bowl barrow 750m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 750m east of New Barn
- Bowl barrow 400m north-west of Aldbourne Warren Farm
- East Croft Coppice earthwork
- Moated site at Puthall Farm
- Pair of bowl barrows 150m north of the Wansdyke on All Cannings Down
- Medieval settlement remains immediately west of The Vicarage
- Bell barrow and adjacent bowl barrow on Marlborough Common, 120m east of Wootton Bassett Road
- Prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, cultivation, industrial and funerary remains on Fyfield, Overton and Manton Downs
- Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery
- Black Field Roman site
- Group of four round barrows 500m south-east of Avebury Down Barn, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Wick Down Farm earthwork
- Round barrow on Easton Down
- Swanborough Tump
- Linear earthwork in Savernake Forest, S of Great Lodge Bottom
- Two earthwork enclosures and a linear earthwork 625m north of Barbury Castle
- Group of round barrows on Rough Hill
- Barbury Castle: a hillfort and bowl barrow
- Wansdyke: section from S of Furze Hill to Marlborough-Pewsey road
- Avebury henge and stone circles
- West Kennett Farm palisaded enclosures
- Six bowl barrows 560m north of New Barn: part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Earthwork W of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow 1km west of Sheppard's Farm Dairy
- Bowl barrow 50m north east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Barrow 350yds (320m) E of Smeathe's Plantation, Ogbourne Down
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Ogbourne St Andrew Farm
- Bowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle Farm
- Whitefield Hill ditch
- Linear barrow cemetery on Hackpen Hill
- Three bowl barrows: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle
- Barbury Castle Farm deserted Medieval village
- Church Hill earthwork
- Round barrow cemetery 400m south of Avebury henge monument on Waden Hill
- Barrow S of Wansdyke
- Castle mound
- Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Earthworks on Marlborough Common
- Withy Copse ditch
- Sharpridge field system
- Bowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's Plantation
- Ogbourne Maizey Down round barrow
- Round barrow 750yds (690m) SE of Smeathe's Plantation
- Two bowl barrows 400m east of Cadley Vicarage
- Saucer barrow: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle
- Long barrow in Barrow Copse
- Bowl barrow 900m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Group of five round barrows north-east of the Sanctuary: part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Bowl barrow 400m south-east of Culley's Farm Cottages
- Bowl barrow 630m north east of Wick Bottom Barn
- Disc barrow on Burderop Down, 1km north-east of Upper Herdswick Farm
- Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse
- Bowl barrow 690m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Green Street and east of the Avebury henge monument
- 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
- Barrow on Avebury Down, S of track from Avebury
- Saucer barrow 620m north of New Barn: Part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Crowdown Clump earthwork (Godsbury)
- Giant's Grave (Martinsell Hill)
- Three sections of a linear earthwork south west of New Barn
- Bell barrow 300m south-east of Avebury Down Barn forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Remains of `Falkner's Circle', a Neolithic stone circle 180m east of the West Kennet Avenue
- Bowl barrow 800m north-east of Hackpen Barn
- Bowl barrow 375m east of Wick Bottom Barn
- Section of the Wansdyke
- Disc barrow at Easton Clump
- Settlement and field system on Milton Hill (Fyfield Down)
- Two round barrows W of New Town Farm
- Medieval settlement, cultivation remains and boundary 550m north west of Upham Hall
- Bell barrow 200m north of Rockley Plantation
- Banjo enclosure 480m south west of Cheldene
- Bowl barrow 850m WNW of Dudmore Lodge
- West Kennet long barrow, 800m south-east of Silbury Hill
- Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn
- Bowl barrow 450m south-west of Savernake Lodge
- Earthwork enclosure 950m SSE of Manor Farm
- Romano-British kilns, Column Ride, Savernake Forest
- Pair of round barrows forming part of the Bronze Age round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Bowl barrow 700m south west of Liddington Warren Farm
- Langdean stone circle
- 'Giant's Grave' long barrow on Milton Hill
- Two bowl barrows 820m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 120m west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Three Roman burial mounds, a Bronze Age bowl barrow, a pagan Saxon inhumation cemetery and a short length of Roman road on Overton Hill.
- Medieval settlement and prehistoric field system 520m north east and 760m east of Snap Farm
- Barrow on Coombe Down, 1070yds (980m) NE of Upper Poughcombe
- Ditch 530yds (484m) SW of Stitchcombe Farm
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Rockley Plantation
- Barrow on Coombe Down, 930yds (830m) WSW of St George's Church
- Wansdyke: section 610yds (560m) NW of Wernham Farm to 250yds (230m) SW of New Buildings
- Knap Hill camp near Alton Priors
- West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank east of West Kennett Farm
- Field system and earthwork enclosure on Burderop Down
- Green Bank bowl barrow, 230m east of the Avebury henge monument
- Bowl barrow and a saucer barrow 200m north of Rockley Plantation
- Bincknoll Camp
- Bowl barrow 50m south-east of the `Sanctuary' forming part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Five bowl barrows 600m north-east of Brimslade Farm Cottages: part of the Square Copse barrow cemetery
- Two bowl barrows in Shipley Bottom
- Earthwork enclosure N of Wansdyke
- Bowl barrow 770m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Bell barrow 350m south-west of Barbury Barn
- Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Bowl barrow 900m SSE of Green Bank
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Avebury and 70m north of Green Street
- Dam of King's fishpond
- Enclosure on Ogbourne Down
- Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bowl barrow 175m west of Square Copse: part of the Square Copse barrow cemetery
- 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
- Barrow on Smeathe's Ridge
- Preshute Down field system
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Ivy House Farm
- Sharpridge earthworks
- Bowl barrow 880m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Adam's Grave: a long barrow on Walker's Hill
- Easton Clump settlement
- Bowl barrow 275m west of Square Copse: part of the Square Copse barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 870m ESE of New Barn on Monkton Down
- Bowl barrow 620m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Barbury Castle Farm
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Tanhill Penning
- Bowl barrow 400m south-east of Cadley Vicarage
- East Kennett long barrow, 600m south of East Kennett church
- Medieval settlement remains at Overtown
- The Sanctuary, Overton Hill
- Earthwork enclosure and dewpond 490m north of Barbury Castle
- Camp on Forest Hill
- Bowl barrow east of the Ridgeway forming part of the Overton Hill Bronze Age round barrow cemetery.
- Devil's Den long barrow, 600m east of White Acre
- Two bowl barrows 680m north of Upper Herdswick Farm, Barbury Down
- Bowl barrow 50m north of Barrow Farm
- Earthwork NW of New Town Farm
- West Kennet bell barrow, 160m north-west of West Kennet long barrow
- Bowl barrow 150m north of Half Moon Wood
- Group of barrows on Draycott Hill
- Group of four round barrows 300m north west of the junction between the Ridgeway and Green Street on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 500m west of The Row
- Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Three confluent round barrows 580m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
