Swallowcliffe is a Town in the county of Wiltshire.

Retail in Swallowcliffe

There are great places to visit near Swallowcliffe including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes and villages.

Swallowcliffe's best nearby historic monuments can be found at Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.

Don't miss Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, and Silbury Hill's ancient sites if visiting the area around Swallowcliffe.

There are a several good historic buildings in the area around Swallowcliffe like Avebury Manor.

Coate Water Country Park is one of Swallowcliffe's best, nearby country parks to visit in Swallowcliffe.

The area close to Swallowcliffe boasts some of the best lakes including Coate Water.

There are a number of villages near to Swallowcliffe including Ashton Keynes.

Swallowcliffe History

There are some historic monuments around Swallowcliffe:

• Long barrow in Barrow Clump, Stockton Down
• Wermere pond
• Cross ridge dyke 1000m south west of Higher Berry Court Cottages
• Iron Age and Romano-British settlement remains on Woodcutts Common, 850m south east and 845m SSE of Arundell Cottages
• Bowl barrow in Calcots Wood, 550m east of Tollard Farm
• Romano-British village N of Stockton Wood
• Old Wardour Castle: a tower keep castle, 17th century stables and later garden features
• Two bowl barrows on South Down 660m north west of Chase Barn
• Two sections of a linear earthwork north of West Woodyates Manor: part of the `Bokerley Line'
• Great Ditch banks
• Bowl barrow on Berwick Drove, 620m north east of Ashcombe Farm
• Group of round barrows on Oakley Down
• Earthwork enclosure in Great Ridge wood, 350m north east of Point Pond
• A cross-ridge dyke on South Down 500m north east of Chase Barn
• Knowle Hill round barrow
• Round barrow NE of Sheephouse Farm
• The western of two linear earthworks north of West Woodyates Manor
• Barrow W of village
• Swallowcliffe Down settlement
• Linear boundary and section of Roman road, 550m south east of Ashmore Farm
• Middle Chase buildings round barrow
• Barrows at junction of parish boundaries
• Winkelbury Hill earthworks
• Bowl barrow 380m west of the western edge of Hawcombe Copse, Charlton Down
• Two chalk military badges 380m and 550m west of Sheep Well
• Bowl barrow in High Park on south facing slope of Fonthill Down
• Castle Ditches camp
• The Bake and Wylye Down milestones
• Barrow on Fifield Down 700yds (640m) ESE of North Barn
• East Castle
• A linear earthwork north east of West Woodyates Manor: part of the `Bokerley Line'
• A complex of Iron Age and Romano-British settlement on Berwick Down centred 700m south east of Ashcombe Farm
• Cross-ridge dyke on Buxbury Hill
• Scrubbity Barrows: a round barrow cemetery in Scrubbity Coppice
• Bowl barrow in Bridmore Belt, 940m north east of Ashcombe Farm
• Garden earthworks south of West Woodyates Manor
• Bowl barrow west of Rotherley Wood, 750m WNW of Park Cottage
• Bilbury Rings
• Long barrow on Ashmore Down, 775m north of Ashgrove Cottages
• Queen's barrow: a bowl barrow in Queen's Barrow Plantation
• Scrubbed Oak enclosure and linear boundary earthwork
• Marleycombe Hill round barrows
• Section of Roman road, 380m north east of Ashmore Farm
• Long barrow 3/4 mile (1200m) SW of St Rumbold's Church
• Guest house of the Knights of St John
• Two bowl barrows 300m SW of Spring Farm
• Roman road along the south side of Vernditch Chase: part of the Roman road between Sorviodunum (Old Sarum) and Vindocladia (Badbury)
• Iron Age and Romano-British settlement remains on Rotherley Down
• Camp in Mistlebury Wood
• Bowl barrow 400m west of Vicarage Barn
• Enclosure S of Humby's Stock Coppice
• Field system on Wylye Down
• Chalk military badges on Fovant Down
• The eastern of two linear earthworks north of West Woodyates Manor
• Woodminton Down round barrow
• The Carrion Tree Rack:a linear boundary in Rushmore Park, south west, south and north east of Park Cottage
• Wor Barrow and two bowl barrows on Handley Down
• Bowl barrow 540m north of Woodbine Barn
• Chiselbury Camp hillfort, cross dykes and site of turnpike toll house
• Bowl barrow on Woodley Down 675m NNE of Ashmore Farm
• Bowl barrow in Win Green Clump, 730m south of Higher Berry Court Cottages
• Berwick Coombe round barrow
• Bowl barrow on Breeze Hill, 760m south east of the top of Zig-Zag Hill
• Part of Dorset Cursus
• Bowl barrow 500m north of Starveall
• Roman site in Upper Holt, Teffont Magna
• Linear boundary 870m south west of Spring Farm
• Whitesheet Hill milestone
• Earthwork enclosure in Penning Wood, 290m NE of Penning
• Church Bottom earthwork enclosure
• Wick Farm settlement site
• Woodhouse Hanging round barrows
• Vernditch Chase long barrow
• Long barrow south-west of Vernditch Chase
• South Lodge camp Bronze Age enclosure with associated field system and round barrow cemetery, 350m east of Rushmore Farm
• Cross ridge dyke 140m north and 70m south of Hatts Barn
• Gallows Hill round barrow
• Winkelbury camp
• Wick Ball camp, the Common
• Long barrow 170m south west of triangulation pillar on White Sheet Hill
• Barrows in Salisbury Plantation
• Earthwork 360yds (328m) NW of Warren Copse
• Round barrow on Swallowcliffe Down
• Buxbury round barrow, Buxbury Hill
• Berwick Coombe ditch
• Woodland Down ditch
• Barrow 30yds (27m) E of Dorset Cursus
• Hanging Langford camp and Church-end Ring
• Three bowl barrows on Trow Down 520m north west and 545m west of Bigley Buildings
• Little Langford round barrow, N of Upper Farm Down
• Tithe barn and gatehouse at Place Farm
• Enclosure in Brookes Coppice, 600m north west of Five Elms
• Bowl barrow in Barrow Coppice, 660m north of Wayside Cottage
• Barrow 230yds (210m) W of Sutton Ivers, on Sutton Down
• Winkelbury Hill round barrows
• Bowl barrow north of Breeze Hill, 540m ESE of the top of Zig-Zag Hill
• Marleycombe Hill earthworks
• Cross ridge dyke on Charlton Down, 1250m and 1350m south west of Higher Berry Court Cottages
• Middle Chase Farm ditch