Urchfont
Urchfont is a Town in the county of Wiltshire.
There are great places to visit near Urchfont including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes, parks and villages.
Urchfont has some unmissable historic monuments nearby like Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.
The area around Urchfont features a number of interesting ancient sites including Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, Silbury Hill, and Barbury Castle.
Avebury Manor is a great place to visit close to Urchfont if you like historic buildings.
The area around Urchfont features a number of interesting country parks including Coate Water Country Park, Barbury Castle Country Park, and Lydiard Park.
There are a several good lakes in the area around Urchfont like Coate Water.
The area close to Urchfont boasts some of the best parks including Lydiard Park.
Urchfont is near some unmissable villages like Ashton Keynes,
Urchfont History
There are some historic monuments around Urchfont:
- Bowl barrow situated 500m SSW of Shepherds' Shore
- Bowl barrow 640m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Earthwork enclosure on Allington Down
- Bowl barrow on Tilshead Down, 950m north west of Copehill Plantation
- Round barrow south of Robin Hood Ball Clump
- Enclosure and boundary earthwork west of Scraggy Copse
- Site of an oval stone circle and part of an adjacent field system 700m SW of West Kennet long barrow.
- Bowl barrow 1150m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Saucer barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Two bowl barrows 670m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Section of Wansdyke and associated monuments from east of The Firs to the eastern side of Tan Hill
- Two boundary earthworks on the west of Rushall Down
- Bowl barrow 60m east of Roundway Hill Covert
- Long barrow in Barrow Plantation, East Down
- Barrow north-west of Weatherhill Scrub
- Four bowl barrows forming part of a cemetery 270m east of long barrow on Roughridge Hill
- Round barrow near Charlton Clumps
- Chapperton Down Prehistoric and Romano-British Landscape
- Long barrow and Old Ditch linear earthwork, on Tilshead Down
- Bowl barrow on King's Play Hill, 420m north of Hill Cottage
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Square earthwork enclosure 450m north west of Baltic Farm on Morgan's Hill
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 120m north of the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Tanhill Penning
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 135m ENE of Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 400m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 750m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 610m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Long barrow south of Horse Down
- Two boundary features to the north/north-east and west of Silver Barrow
- Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Furze Knoll
- Boundary feature on Ball Down
- Group of three bowl barrows 250m north east of Shepherds' Shore
- Field system on Penning Down
- Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow
- Two bowl barrows north of Rowbury Lane
- Silver Barrow, Orcheston Down
- Four earthwork enclosures on All Cannings Down
- Bell barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Round barrow north-west of Goods Clump
- Square enclosure 350m north of Wansdyke on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Boundary earthwork from East Down to Orcheston Down
- Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn
- Oliver's Camp and two round barrows outside Oliver's Camp
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Bell barrow on Easton Down
- Rybury camp
- Bell barrow situated between Bishop's Cannings Down and Easton Down
- Caen Hill locks
- Wansdyke: 460yds (420m) SE of Broads Green to 266yds (240m) NE of Paddock Farm
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated 120m NNW of Down Barn on North Down
- Round barrow 1260m NNE of Baltic Farm, 75m south of Roman Road, forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Field system E of Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Linear earthwork on West Down
- Pair of bowl barrows 150m north of the Wansdyke on All Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 1km west of Tan Hill
- Strip lynchet system east of Three Corner Firs
- Roundway Hill Farm round barrows
- Cross ridge dyke on Morgan's Hill
- West Kennet long barrow, 800m south-east of Silbury Hill
- All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site
- Three Bronze Age barrows 200m NNW of Down Barn forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Boundary feature, western section of Long Ditch across Wilsford Down
- Thornham Down prehistoric and medieval landscapes
- Earthwork enclosure N of Wansdyke
- Two of three bowl barrows south-east of Warren Plantation
- Bowl barrow: one of three bowl barrows south-east of Warren Plantation
- Field system and settlement north of Chapperton Down
- Enclosure on Black Heath Down
- Long barrow on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow 950m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery adjacent to the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a cemetery 800m east of Kitchen Barrow
- Boundary feature 700m south-west of The Plantation, West Lavington Down
- Orcheston Down Romano-British landscape
- Saucer barrow on North Down
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Baltic Farm
- Long barrow on Easton Down
- Five round barrows 1040m NNE of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Two bowl barrows 400m south of Tanhill Penning
- Bowl barrow in Robin Hood Ball Clump
- Round barrow north of Summer Down
- Boundary earthworks on Wilsford Down
- Bowl barrow north of splinterproof shelter, Larkhill Artillery Range
- Long barrow north of Robin Hood Ball Clump
- Long barrow on King's Play Hill, 430m north west of Hill Cottage
- West Kennet bell barrow, 160m north-west of West Kennet long barrow
- Medieval village site
- Ell Barrow, long barrow
- Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse
- Long barrow 650m WSW of Shepherds' Shore
- Eleven round barrows 1000m north of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery, and a probable enclosed Iron Age farmstead on North Down
- Pair of bowl barrows situated on the south east of Bishop's Cannings Down
- Kitchen Barrow: a long barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Group of small enclosures on Horton Down, 910m north east of Easton Down long barrow
- Bowl barrow at east end of Morgan's Hill
- Bowl barrow on King's Play Hill 510m north of Hill Cottage
- Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Long barrow and abutting bowl barrow 700m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings, forming the focus of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Bowl barrow 840m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 200m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Linear earthworks forming part of a field system on Bishop's Cannings Down
- The Hatfield Earthwork: a henge enclosure, henge and remains of monumental mound at Marden
- Devizes Castle
- Bowl barrow 800m south of Hemp Knoll
- Multiple trackway between and north of Round Clump and Dogtail Plantation
- Pair of bowl barrows 650m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Enclosure on Marden Down
- Bowl barrow situated 60m west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Field system on West Lavington Down
- Enclosure south-east of Candown Copse
- White Barrow, a long barrow
- The Long Monument
- Enclosure on Summer Down
- Bowl barrow 500m west of the wireless station on Morgan's Hill; part of a group of three bowl barrows
- Bowl barrow 1070m NNW of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Deserted medieval village E of Manor Farm
- Pair of bell barrows and a pair of bowl barrows forming part of a barrow cemetery at Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow 550m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Bell barrow 660m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Moated site 300m north-east of Potterne Park Farm
- Two saucer barrows and a pair of bowl barrows 750m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Two bowl barrows in Roundway Hill Covert
- Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning
- Boundary earthwork east of Church Hill
- Pair of bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Barrow east of Chirton Landing Strip
- Enclosure north of Chirton Gorse
- Barrow S of Wansdyke
- Ditch W of Tanhill Fair
- Section of the Wansdyke
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Four round barrows 740m east of Kitchen Barrow, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on All Cannings Down
- Enclosure on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow 150m east of the wireless station on Morgan's Hill
- Round barrow south-south-east of Greenland Camp
- Bowl barrow on Berril Down
