Shrewton
Shrewton is a Town in the county of Wiltshire.
There are great places to visit near Shrewton including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes and villages.
Shrewton's best nearby historic monuments can be found at Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.
There are a several good ancient sites in the Shrewton area like Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, and Silbury Hill.
Don't miss Avebury Manor's historic buildings if visiting the area around Shrewton.
Shrewton is near some unmissable country parks like Coate Water Country Park,
The area close to Shrewton boasts some of the best lakes including Coate Water.
Don't miss Ashton Keynes's villages if visiting the area around Shrewton.
Shrewton History
There are some historic monuments around Shrewton:
- Casterley Camp and associated monuments
- Field system on West Lavington Down
- Bowl barrow on the eastern edge of Luxenborough Plantation
- Little Langford round barrow, N of Upper Farm Down
- Bowl barrow 250m north of Greenland Farm
- Boundary feature on Ball Down
- Disc barrow 220m south west of Stonehenge forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Stonehenge Down
- Bowl barrow on the north eastern edge of Luxenborough Plantation
- Bowl barrow 830m south west of Greenlands Bungalow, east of Shrewton
- Bowl barrow 250m south west of Longbarrow Cross Roads, west of A360
- Bowl barrow on Tilshead Down, 950m north west of Copehill Plantation
- Disc barrow forming part of the Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Hengi-form monument in Fargo Plantation south of The Cursus
- Orcheston Down Romano-British landscape
- Earthwork W of Woodford Clump
- Bowl barrow 200m north of The Cursus
- Winterbourne Stoke East round barrow cemetery and earthwork enclosure on Fore Down
- Bowl barrow 430m south of A344 on Winterbourne Stoke Down
- Bowl barrow 500m WNW of New King Barrows north of the A303
- Bowl barrow immediately north of Fargo Road
- Bowl barrow 500m south east of Greenland Farm, forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery west of the Lesser Cursus
- Bowl barrow 400m south east of Longbarrow Cross Roads, east of A360
- Long barrow on Winterbourne Stoke Down
- Enclosure south-east of Candown Copse
- Bowl barrow 700m north of Springbottom Farm
- Three bowl barrows 300m ESE of Middle Farm
- Bowl barrow 100m south east of the southern edge of The Diamond south of the A303
- Bowl barrow on Berril Down
- Five bowl barrows and two saucer barrows forming a round barrow cemetery on Winterbourne Stoke Down
- Bowl barrow 550m south of Airman's Corner on Winterbourne Stoke Down
- Bowl barrow 200m east of Lake Down round barrow cemetery north of Rox Hill
- Field system on Penning Down
- Thornham Down prehistoric and medieval landscapes
- Bowl barrow 400m south east of Greenland Farm, forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery west of the Lesser Cursus
- Two bowl barrows 300m south west of Rollestone Camp
- Group of barrows near Field Barn
- Bowl barrow 600m south of A344 on Winterbourne Stoke Down
- Heath Wood earthwork
- Three bowl barrows on the southern edge of Luxenborough Plantation
- Bell barrow 450m south east of Greenland Farm, forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery west of the Lesser Cursus
- Bell barrow 100m east of Stonehenge immediately south of the A344
- Bell barrow known as the Monarch of the Plain on the western edge of Fargo Plantation and south of The Cursus: part of The Cursus round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 220m west of Old King Barrows north of the A303
- Chitterne Down barrow
- White Barrow, a long barrow
- Disc barrow and pond barrow 350m NNW of Greenland Farm
- Disc barrow on Fargo Road
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 350m north of Springbottom Farm buildings on Wilsford Down
- Barrow SSW of Melsome's Field barn
- Bowl barrow 450m SSW of Airman's Corner on Winterbourne Stoke Down
- Disc barrow 400m north of A344, south east of Greenland Farm
- Boundary earthwork from East Down to Orcheston Down
- King Barrow and another bowl barrow on Coneybury Hill
- Long barrow north east of Winterbourne Stoke crossroads
- Nine round barrows forming a round barrow cemetery 400m north of the eastern end of The Cursus
- Robin Hood's Ball, causewayed enclosure
- Bowl barrow 160m south of Fargo Road, forming part of a nucleated round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 300m south west of Strangways forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery known as the Old King Barrows
- Enford Roman villa
- Enclosure on Black Heath Down
- Round barrow SE of Cowdown Farm
- Bowl barrow 450m south of Greenland Farm
- Bilbury Rings
- The Cursus, two round barrows situated within its western end, and a long barrow situated at its eastern end
- Long barrow north of Netheravon Bake
- Bowl barrow 100m south of Fargo Road
- Barrow N of 'The Spectacles'
- Yarnbury camp (Yarnbury Castle)
- Bowl barrow on Coneybury Hill, 450m south of the A303
- Nine bowl barrows, two disc barrows and two saucer barrows forming the majority of a round barrow cemetery on Durrington Down
- Bowl barrow 300m north west of Airman's Corner
- Enclosure and associated bowl barrow west of Wexland Hanging
- Bowl barrow 340m south of The Packway, north of the Lesser Cursus
- Bowl barrow south of the A303 and north west of Normanton Gorse
- Deserted medieval village, a bowl barrow, and part of a prehistoric field system opposite Lake House in Lake Bottom
- Bowl barrow 350m south west of Normanton Gorse
- Two of three bowl barrows south-east of Warren Plantation
- Round barrow south of Robin Hood Ball Clump
- Enclosure on Marden Down
- A bowl barrow and three bell barrows forming part of The Cursus round barrow cemetery
- A bell barrow and three disc barrows west of Fargo Road ammunition compound
- Long barrow and Old Ditch linear earthwork, on Tilshead Down
- Two bell barrows, two bowl barrows and a disc barrow which form the greater part of Rollestone Field linear round barrow cemetery
- Ditch, 343yds (310m) ENE of East Farm Cottages to 800yds (730m) NW of St Martin's Chapel
- Milestone SE of Yarnbury Castle
- East Castle
- Bronze Age enclosure and bowl barrow 100m west of Longbarrow Cross Roads on Winterbourne Stoke Down
- Bowl barrow in Robin Hood Ball Clump
- Six bowl barrows and two disc barrows forming the majority of a round barrow cemetery 300m north west of Fargo Road ammunition compound
- Bell barrow situated 50m north of Normanton Gorse and 170m south of the A303
- Grovely Castle and earthworks N of Grovely Wood
- Two bowl barrows 200m SSW of Rollestone Camp
- Enclosure on Summer Down
- Bell barrow 450m south of A344 on Winterbourne Stoke Down
- Two bowl barrows 100m west of Durrington Down Plantation
- Long barrow south of Horse Down
- Ell Barrow, long barrow
- Compton Farm Romano-British and Early Medieval occupation sites and associated cultivation earthworks
- Pond barrow 50m north of A344 west of The Cursus
- Long barrow in Barrow Plantation, East Down
- Bowl barrow 475m north of The Avenue forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery known as the Old King Barrows
- Bowl barrow 450m east of The Diamond south of the A303
- Hanging Langford camp and Church-end Ring
- Three bowl barrows forming part of Rollestone Field linear round barrow cemetery
- Six bowl barrows forming the greater part of a round barrow cemetery on Wilsford Down 350m north of Springbottom Farm buildings
- Three bowl barrows immediately north of the A303 on Stonehenge Down
- Enclosure north of Chirton Gorse
- West Chisenbury Settlement
- Round barrow north-west of Goods Clump
- Six of the eight round barrows making up a nucleated round barrow cemetery 100m south of Fargo Road
- Bowl barrow 50m south of Fargo Road, forming part of a nucleated round barrow cemetery
- Three bowl barrows 350m north of The Avenue forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery known as the Old King Barrows
- Bowl barrow 250m south of Fargo Road
- Round barrow near Charlton Clumps
- Bowl barrow 650m SSE of Stonehenge
- Bowl barrow immediately east of the A360 forming part of the Winterbourne Stoke crossroads round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow and section of linear boundary earthwork on Winterbourne Stoke Down
- A twin bell barrow and a bell barrow forming the eastern part of The Cursus round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow south of The Cursus in Fargo Plantation forming part of The Cursus round barrow cemetery
- Pond barrow on the western margin of Durrington Down Plantation
- Chapperton Down Prehistoric and Romano-British Landscape
- Pond barrow south of the A303 and 400m west of Normanton Gorse containing the 'Wilsford Shaft'
- Bowl barrow on the south east corner of Larkhill Race Course
- Disc barrow near the southern edge of Fargo Plantation forming part of The Cursus round barrow cemetery
- Round barrow south of Robin Hood's Ball
- Romano-British settlement on Winterbourne Stoke Down
- Round barrow 230yds (210m) NW of New Field Plantation
- Long barrow and 18 round barrows, forming the greater part of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Saucer barrow and bowl barrow 250m north of A344, south of the Lesser Cursus
- Linear boundary within Normanton Gorse
- Heale Hill round barrows and earthworks
- Bowl barrow 400m south of Normanton Gorse
- Saucer barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 300m north west of Fargo Road ammunition compound
- Bowl barrow 300m south west of New King Barrows
- Two bowl barrows forming part of Rollestone Field linear round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow forming part of the Durrington Down round barrow cemetery
- Two round barrows 300m south of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 600m south west of Airman's Corner on Winterbourne Stoke Down
- Group of barrows W of Hooklands Plantation
- Bowl barrow 25m north of The Cursus
- Two bowl barrows and four bell barrows forming the greater part of a round barrow cemetery known as the New King Barrows
- Eighteen round barrows forming the greater part of the Winterbourne Stoke crossroads round barrow cemetery
- Two bowl barrows 30m north of The Cursus
- Deptford Down round barrow
- Four bowl barrows 140m north of the A303 on Stonehenge Down
- Bowl barrow 400m west of Normanton Gorse
- Bowl barrow 800m west of Airman's Corner on Winterbourne Stoke Down
- Bowl barrow 160m south of the west end of The Cursus
- Henge monument 300m south of Longbarrow Cross Roads, east of A360
- Round barrow north of Summer Down
- Bowl barrow and a disc barrow in Normanton Gorse, forming part of the Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 300m north of A344, south west of the Lesser Cursus
- Bowl barrow known as `Bush Barrow' and two disc barrows south east of Normanton Gorse forming part of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 50m south west of Rox Hill Clump
- Pond barrow 700m south of A344 on Winterbourne Stoke Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 350m north of Springbottom Farm buildings on Wilsford Down
- Bowl barrow 100m north of Rox Hill Clump
- Field system on Chitterne Down
- Enclosure and boundary earthwork west of Scraggy Copse
- Bell barrow situated south of The Cursus and east of Fargo Plantation forming part of The Cursus round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 250m south of Westfield Farm buildings
- Bowl barrow 200m south east of Middle Farm
- Long barrow 250m north of Normanton Gorse
- Bowl barrow 400m south of A344 on Winterbourne Stoke Down
- Three bowl barrows 150m south of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 540m south east of Druid's Head Farm
- Bowl barrow 150m east of Stonehenge Cottages on A303
- Barrow north-west of Weatherhill Scrub
- Two boundary earthworks on the west of Rushall Down
- Group of barrows on North Hill Down
- Three bowl barrows 120m south of Fargo Road
- Two bowl barrows 300m north of The Packway
- Boundary feature, western section of Long Ditch across Wilsford Down
- Hamshill ditches and field system
- Long barrow 350m south west of the Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow: one of three bowl barrows south-east of Warren Plantation
- Two bowl barrows 250m north of The Cursus
- Enclosure on Maddington Down
- Lake Barrow Group, North Kite earthwork enclosure, four sections of linear boundary, and a bowl barrow within the North Kite
- Five bowl barrows forming the greater part of a round barrow cemetery 200m south west of Stonehenge on Stonehenge Down
- Ancient cultivation terraces
- Parsonage Down Camp earthwork enclosure and associated field system.
- Two bowl barrows on Durrington Down, 150m south of The Packway
- Long barrow north of Robin Hood Ball Clump
- Pond barrow 30m north of The Cursus
- Bowl barrow 300m north west of Lake House
- Two bowl barrows forming part of the Winterbourne Stoke crossroads round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 150m WSW of Robin Hood's Ball
- Three bowl barrows 40m north of The Cursus
- Two bowl barrows and a saucer barrow 280m south of The Packway
- Bell barrow 400m south of Greenland Farm, forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery west of the Lesser Cursus
- Section of a linear boundary from 350m north east of Westfield Farm on Lake Down to Lake Bottom
- Bowl barrow 150m NNE of Seven Barrow Cottages forming part of a round barrow cemetery known as Old King Barrows
- Boundary earthwork east of Church Hill
- Round barrow east-north-east of Wood's Butt
- Two bowl barrows 700m south of Springbottom Farm buildings
- Bowl barrow 200m north of The Avenue forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery known as the Old King Barrows
- Bowl barrow 350m north west of Greenland Farm
- Bowl barrow 400m west of New King Barrows
- Bowl barrow 300m WSW of Stonehenge, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Stonehenge Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of the Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Newton Barrow
- Bowl barrow forming part of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Ten round barrows forming the Lake Down round barrow cemetery and a section of linear boundary crossing Lake Down
- Bowl barrow 120m south of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow in Normanton Gorse, forming part of the Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 120m north of The Avenue forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery known as the Old King Barrows
- Bowl barrow south of Normanton Gorse on the southern edge of Normanton Down
- Bowl barrow east of the A360 forming part of the Winterbourne Stoke crossroads round barrow cemetery
- Long barrow in Larkhill Camp
- Bowl barrow 450m north of Springbottom Farm
- Bowl barrow on Coneybury Hill, 130m NNE of Luxenborough Plantation
- Three bowl barrows 150m south of the A303, north of Luxenborough Plantation
- Bowl barrow 470m south east of Druid's Head Farm
- Boundary earthworks on Wilsford Down
- Winterbourne Stoke West round barrow cemetery, The Coniger enclosure and section of linear boundary earthwork
- Silver Barrow, Orcheston Down
- Bowl barrow 200m WNW of Lake House
- Three bowl barrows 200m north of The Cursus
- Round barrow N of Yarnbury Castle
- Two bowl barrows situated south of The Cursus and east of Fargo Plantation forming part of The Cursus round barrow cemetery
- Round barrow south-west of Compton Farm
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery known as the New King Barrows
- Bowl barrow 120m south west of the west end of The Cursus
- Bowl barrow 400m SSE of Greenland Farm, forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery west of the Lesser Cursus
- Bowl barrow 200m west of Durrington Down Plantation
- Bowl barrow south of The Cursus in Fargo Plantation forming part of The Cursus round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 230m west of Stonehenge forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Stonehenge Down
- Bowl barrow 100m north of The Avenue and west of Old King Barrows
- Disc barrow 200m north of The Packway and south of the westernmost of Alanbrooke's Plantations
- Round barrow south-south-east of Greenland Camp
- Long barrow east of Netheravon Bake
- Long barrow east/south-east of Robin Hood's Ball
- Bowl barrow 250m north west of Lake House
- Bowl barrow north of splinterproof shelter, Larkhill Artillery Range
- Two boundary features to the north/north-east and west of Silver Barrow
- Henge monument 400m south of Stonehenge Cottages
- Long barrow on Wilsford Down 300m north of The Diamond
- Bowl barrow within Luxenborough Plantation
- Ten bowl barrows, five disc barrows, a bell barrow, a pond barrow and a saucer barrow forming the Wilsford round barrow cemetery
- Linear earthwork on West Down
- Stapleford Castle
- Field system on Wylye Down
- The Lesser Cursus and a triple bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery south east of Greenland Farm on Winterbourne Stoke Down
- Bowl barrow 450m south of the A344 on Stonehenge Down
- Grovely Ditch
- Bowl barrow south of The Cursus on the eastern edge of Fargo Plantation forming part of The Cursus round barrow cemetery
- Knighton long barrow
- A group of six barrows east of Newfoundland Farm Wood
- Linear boundary from south east of Winterbourne Stoke crossroads to south west of The Diamond on Wilsford Down
- Bowl barrow located south of The Cursus and east of Fargo Plantation forming part of The Cursus round barrow cemetery
- Six bowl barrows forming the majority of a round barrow cemetery in Larkhill Camp south of The Packway
- Enclosure east of Robin Hood's Ball
- Seven bowl barrows and a pond barrow forming a round barrow cemetery 200m north of The Diamond on Wilsford Down
- Two barrows NW of Little Down
- Bowl barrow 240m east of The Penning
- Two bowl barrows 700m north west of Normanton Down House
- Bell barrow north east of Westfield Farm and 150m south of Wilsford round barrow cemetery
