Preshute
Preshute is a Town in the county of Wiltshire.
There are great places to visit near Preshute including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes, parks and villages.
Preshute's best nearby historic monuments can be found at Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.
Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, Silbury Hill, and Barbury Castle are some of Preshute best ancient sites to visit near Preshute.
Avebury Manor is one of Preshute's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Preshute.
Country Parks to visit near Preshute include Coate Water Country Park, Barbury Castle Country Park, and Lydiard Park.
The area close to Preshute boasts some of the best lakes including Coate Water.
Preshute is near some unmissable parks like Lydiard Park,
Places near Preshute feature a number of interesting villages including Ashton Keynes.
Preshute History
There are some historic monuments around Preshute:
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Adam's Grave: a long barrow on Walker's Hill
- Black Field Roman site
- Easton Clump settlement
- 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 800m south-east of Barbury Barn
- Disc barrow on Burderop Down, 1km north-east of Upper Herdswick Farm
- Wansdyke: section 610yds (560m) NW of Wernham Farm to 250yds (230m) SW of New Buildings
- Bowl barrow 1km west of Sheppard's Farm Dairy
- Bell barrow 350m south-west of Barbury Barn
- Dam of King's fishpond
- Group of barrows on Draycott Hill
- Preshute Down field system
- Wick Down Farm earthwork
- Bowl barrow 150m north of Half Moon Wood
- Langdean stone circle
- 'Giant's Grave' long barrow on Milton Hill
- Lewisham Castle
- Bell barrow 300m south-east of Avebury Down Barn forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 900m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Withy Copse ditch
- Barrow on Coombe Down, 1070yds (980m) NE of Upper Poughcombe
- Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Sharpridge earthworks
- Bowl barrow 400m north-west of Aldbourne Warren Farm
- Moated site at Puthall Farm
- Wansdyke: section from S of Furze Hill to Marlborough-Pewsey road
- Martinsell Hill camp
- The Giant's Grave round barrow cemetery
- Castle mound
- Bowl barrow 375m east of Wick Bottom Barn
- Earthwork NW of New Town Farm
- Pair of round barrows forming part of the Bronze Age round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Devil's Den long barrow, 600m east of White Acre
- 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
- Five bowl barrows 600m north-east of Brimslade Farm Cottages: part of the Square Copse barrow cemetery
- Ogbourne Maizey Down round barrow
- Bowl barrow 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Sharpridge field system
- Bowl barrow 880m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Disc barrow at Easton Clump
- Settlement and field system on Milton Hill (Fyfield Down)
- Bell barrow 75m west of Red Shore
- Bowl barrow 175m west of Square Copse: part of the Square Copse barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 700m south west of Liddington Warren Farm
- Medieval settlement and prehistoric field system 520m north east and 760m east of Snap Farm
- Pair of round barrows 400m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 880m north east of Lower Upham Farm
- Long barrow in Barrow Copse
- West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank east of West Kennett Farm
- Swanborough Tump
- Romano-British kilns 150yds (135m) SSW of Tottenham House
- Bowl barrow 620m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 500m west of The Row
- 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
- East Croft Coppice earthwork
- Bowl barrow 50m south-east of the `Sanctuary' forming part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Barrow on Avebury Down, S of track from Avebury
- Saucer barrow: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle
- Barbury Castle Farm deserted Medieval village
- Bowl barrow 450m south-west of Savernake Lodge
- Mound in churchyard
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Ogbourne St Andrew Farm
- Prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, cultivation, industrial and funerary remains on Fyfield, Overton and Manton Downs
- Bowl barrow 870m ESE of New Barn on Monkton Down
- Group of five round barrows north-east of the Sanctuary: part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn
- The Sanctuary, Overton Hill
- Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery
- Round barrow on Easton Down
- Enclosure on Ogbourne Down
- Bell barrow and adjacent bowl barrow on Marlborough Common, 120m east of Wootton Bassett Road
- Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Two bowl barrows in Shipley Bottom
- Two enclosures on Winterbourne Down
- Bowl barrow 50m north of Barrow Farm
- Bowl barrow 770m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Whitefield Hill ditch
- Bowl barrow 690m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Ivy House Farm
- Bowl barrow 750m east of New Barn
- Group of round barrows on Rough Hill
- Church Hill earthwork
- Barbury Castle: a hillfort and bowl barrow
- Field system and earthwork enclosure on Burderop Down
- Bowl barrow 400m south-east of Culley's Farm Cottages
- Two bowl barrows 400m south of Whitecomb Plantation
- Camp on Forest Hill
- Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn
- Bowl barrow 50m north east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bowl barrow 400m south-east of Cadley Vicarage
- Earthwork enclosure 950m SSE of Manor Farm
- Medieval settlement remains immediately west of The Vicarage
- Bowl barrow 850m north west of North Farm
- Bowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's Plantation
- East Kennett long barrow, 600m south of East Kennett church
- Two bowl barrows 820m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Two earthwork enclosures and a linear earthwork 625m north of Barbury Castle
- Two bowl barrows 400m east of Cadley Vicarage
- Two bowl barrows 680m north of Upper Herdswick Farm, Barbury Down
- Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Three bowl barrows: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle
- Linear barrow cemetery on Hackpen Hill
- Knap Hill camp near Alton Priors
- Bowl barrow on Sugar Hill
- Barrow 350yds (320m) E of Smeathe's Plantation, Ogbourne Down
- Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Barbury Castle Farm
- Group of four round barrows 300m north west of the junction between the Ridgeway and Green Street on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle Farm
- Bowl barrow 500m north-west of Berwick Bassett Clump
- Medieval settlement remains at Overtown
- Three confluent round barrows 580m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Crowdown Clump earthwork (Godsbury)
- Six bowl barrows 560m north of New Barn: part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Bell barrow 200m north of Rockley Plantation
- Bowl barrow 275m west of Square Copse: part of the Square Copse barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 650m ESE of New Barn, between Avebury Down and Monkton Down
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Avebury and 70m north of Green Street
- Bowl barrow and a saucer barrow 200m north of Rockley Plantation
- Village settlement on Barton Down
- West Kennett Farm palisaded enclosures
- 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 620m north of New Barn: Part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Giant's Grave (Martinsell Hill)
- Ditch 530yds (484m) SW of Stitchcombe Farm
- Barrow on Smeathe's Ridge
- Bowl barrow 800m north-east of Hackpen Barn
- Banjo enclosure 480m south west of Cheldene
- Romano-British kilns, Column Ride, Savernake Forest
- Earthwork W of New Town Farm
- Earthwork enclosure and dewpond 490m north of Barbury Castle
- Bowl barrow east of the Ridgeway forming part of the Overton Hill Bronze Age round barrow cemetery.
- Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Rockley Plantation
- Bowl barrow 850m WNW of Dudmore Lodge
- Linear earthwork in Savernake Forest, S of Great Lodge Bottom
- Round barrow 750yds (690m) SE of Smeathe's Plantation
- Bowl barrow 750m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow immediately west of the Ridgeway, 400m north east of its junction with Green Street
- Two round barrows W of New Town Farm
- Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Earthworks on Marlborough Common
- Bowl barrow on Sugar Hill
- Bowl barrow 630m north east of Wick Bottom Barn
- Medieval settlement, cultivation remains and boundary 550m north west of Upham Hall
- Bowl barrow 120m west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Barrow on Coombe Down, 930yds (830m) WSW of St George's Church
