Warminster
Warminster is a Town in the county of Wiltshire.
There are great places to visit near Warminster including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes and villages.
Historic Monuments to visit near Warminster include Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.
Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, and Silbury Hill are great places to visit near Warminster if you like ancient sites.
Historic Buildings to visit near Warminster include Avebury Manor.
Country Parks to visit near Warminster include Coate Water Country Park.
Warminster is near some unmissable lakes like Coate Water,
There are a several good villages in the area around Warminster like Ashton Keynes.
Warminster History
There are some historic monuments around Warminster:
- Combe lynchet system on Oxendean Down
- Motte and double ringwork east of Bishopstrow Farm
- Earthwork enclosure in Penning Wood, 290m NE of Penning
- Henge monument 350m north-east of Long Ivor Farm
- Strip lynchet system north of Cotley Hill
- Bowl barrow south-west of Knapp Down
- Bowl barrow 600m south west of the northernmost of The Druses
- Round Barrow on Summer Down
- Bowl barrow 1.1km ESE of White Sheet Castle
- Bowl barrow 50m west of St Mary's Church
- Bowl barrow 1110m south east of St Michael's Church
- Bowl barrow 1480m east of Keysley Farm
- Bowl barrow south of Biss Farm, Upton Scudamore
- Medieval strip lynchets 280m west of Hill Barn
- Bowl barrow 650m south east of Baycliffe Farm
- Bowl barrow 445m south west of East Farm
- Cross dyke 920m north east of Dairy Farm
- Iron Age earthwork enclosure on Mancombe Down
- Earthwork enclosure 850m north of Mere Down Farm
- Moated site 400m east of Penleigh House
- Bowl barrow 500m south of Upton Scudamore
- Bowl barrow north of Dirtley Wood
- Earthwork enclosure in Great Ridge wood, 350m north east of Point Pond
- Saucer barrow above Boar's Bottom
- Bowl barrow 270m south west of Norton Bavant House
- Bowl barrow on South Down Sleight
- Bell barrow on Parsonage Down, 1.3km south east of Lord's Hill Farm
- Bowl barrow 250m north of Truncombe Wood
- Earthwork on White Sheet Downs, 800yds (730m) S of Coombe Barn
- Romano-British village on Tytherington Hill
- Colloway Clump long barrow
- Rough Barrow, round barrow, south of Sealland Cross
- Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows on Thirteen Hundred Down
- Corton long barrow
- Hillfort, two bowl barrows, medieval strip lynchets and a cross dyke on Cley Hill
- Bowl barrow 150m east of Marcombe Wood
- Bowl barrow 800m south east of Fitzroy Farm
- Norton Down long barrow
- Iron Age settlement on Cow Down, 990m north west of Haycombe Hill Farm
- Strip lynchets south of Bigbury Wood
- Bowl barrow 640m south east of Greater Lane Farm
- Two bowl barrows 560m and 670m east of Rodmead Farm
- Bowl barrow in High Park on south facing slope of Fonthill Down
- Bratton Camp Iron Age hillfort, the Westbury White Horse, barrows and trackways on Bratton Down
- Bowl barrow on Arn Hill Down, 450m east of New Farm
- Bowl barrow 760m north west of The Down House
- Bowl barrow on Oxendean Down
- Regular aggregate field system and double lynchet trackway 640m south east and 460m east of Dee Barn
- Medieval strip lynchets 370m south of Greater Lane Farm
- Two cross ridge dykes 710m and 790m east of Wellhead Farm
- Hill Deverill medieval settlement
- Section of Roman road on Pertwood Down
- Bowl barrow 735m SSE of Kingston Dairy
- Bowl barrow north of White Horse Farm
- Bowl barrow on Cold Kitchen Hill, 910m north east of Seagram's Barn
- Enclosure south-east of White Horse Farm
- Bowl barrow: one of a group of dispersed barrows south-east of Norton Plantation
- Two saucer barrows 775m south east of Rodmead Farm
- Long barrow on Keysley Down, 1020m NNE of Chapel Field Barn
- Bowl barrow 125m south of Dairy Farm
- White Sheet Hill ditch
- Enclosure on the summit of Rodmead Hill
- Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows on Four Hundred Down
- Bowl barrow south-east of The Crott
- Bowl barrow 850m north west of Lower Pertwood Farm
- Bowl barrow 200m south-west of Keysley Farm
- The Knoll: a bell barrow 300m west of Manor Farm
- Two round barrows in Chaddenwick Furze
- Robin Hood's Bower earthwork enclosure in Southleigh Wood
- Linear boundary on Bidcombe Down and Whitepits Down
- Bowl barrow 730m south of Greater Lane Farm
- Romano-Celtic temple 300m south west of Keysley Farm
- Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows on Thirteen Hundred Down
- Bowl barrow 750m north east of Newmead Cottages
- Bowl Barrow: one of a dispersed group of five barrows adjacent to the Imber-Warminster track
- Monk's Conduit well house
- Bowl barrow: one of a dispersed group of five barrows adjacent to the Imber-Warminster track
- Lock up 20m south of Little London Cottage in the High Street
- Roman Villa at Brixton Deverill
- Pond Bottom round barrow
- Oval barrow 1260m north west of Mere Down Farm
- Bell barrow on Rook Hill, 200m west of Pertwood Wood
- Long barrow 250m east of Polebridge Farm
- Long barrow on Pertwood Down, 1400m north-west of Lower Pertwood
- Battlesbury Camp Monuments: hillfort, settlement, cemetery, barrows, enclosure, and field systems
- Oxendean Down long barrow
- Strip lynchets south of Westdown Farm
- Moated site on the West Wiltshire Industrial Estate
- Strip lynchet system east of Cotley Hill Woods
- Bowl barrow on the summit of Cop Heap
- Bowl barrow: one of a group of dispersed barrows south-east of Norton Plantation
- Four lynchets 610m west of Kingston Dairy
- Cross dyke on Mere Down, east of White Sheet Hill hillfort
- Field system on the north west facing slope of Dane's Bottom, 400m north of Dee Barn
- Bowl barrow on Cold Kitchen Hill, 740m north east of Seagram's Barn
- Enclosure and linear earthworks between Bishopstrow Down and South Down Sleight
- Bowl barrow immediately east of Bishopstrow House
- Middleton Down long barrow
- Edington Priory (site of)
- Rabbit warren 580m and 660m south east of Fitzroy Farm
- Barrow NE of Mere Down Farm
- Bowl barrow 240m north of Mere Down Farm
- Bowl barrow east of Court Hill Plantation
- Bowl barrow: one of a group of dispersed barrows south-east of Norton Plantation
- Scrubbed Oak enclosure and linear boundary earthwork
- Bowl barrow to the north of Long Bottom, 1.6km north east of Hammersmith
- White Sheet camp
- Bowl Barrow: one of a dispersed group of five barrows adjacent to the Imber-Warminster track
- Bowl barrow 1050m north east of Wood Farm
- The Park round barrow
- Bowl barrow 560m north east of Lord's Hill Farm
- Romano-Celtic temple and late prehistoric midden immediately south of Woodcombe Wood, 1.1km north east of Dairy Farm
- Three bowl barrows on Whitepits Down
- Bowl barrow on Keysley Down, 250m west of the A350 Warminster-Shaftesbury Road
- Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows on Four Hundred Down
- Bowl barrow on Littlecombe Down
- Bowl barrow: one of a group of dispersed barrows south-east of Norton Plantation
- Bowl barrow: one of a group of dispersed barrows south-east of Norton Plantation
- Strip lynchet system west of Patcombe Hill
- Bowl barrow 670m SSE of Kingston Dairy
- Enclosure and bowl barrow on Charnage Down, north west of Chaddenwick Hill
- Strip lynchets immediately south west of Woodcombe Cleve
- Bowl barrow on Brimsdown Hill, 100m south of Duke's Clump
- Bowl barrow 85m north of Bishopstrow House
- Bowl barrow 880m north east of Field Barn Farm
- The Devil's Bed and Bolster long barrow
- King Barrow: a long barrow 100m north of Bishopstrow House
- Round barrow on the summit of Cotley Hill
- Medieval moated site 110m north west of Grange Farm
- Bowl barrow 500m north of Starveall
- Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows on Thirteen Hundred Down
- Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows on Four Hundred Down
- Bowl barrow 40m south of Buckler's Wood
- Long barrow, Tinhead Hill
- Bowl barrow 700m south east of Field Barn
- Medieval settlement and associated field systems west of Brook Farm
- Cross ridge dyke on Warminster Down
- Bowl barrow 500m south-east of Eastleigh Court
- Bowl's Barrow, long barrow
- Section of Roman road 760m south west of Lower Barn Farm
- Cross dyke 870m north west of Burton Farm
- Dunge moated site
- Middlehill settlement and associated cultivation earthworks.
- Bowl barrow 940m north east of Wood Farm
- Bowl barrow 130m south-west of North End Farm
- Barrow 300yds (270m) NE of White Sheet camp
- Long barrow on Cold Kitchen Hill
- Round barrow on the south side of Cotley Hill
- West Hill long barrow
- Pair of bowl barrows 1050m NNW of Pertwood Wood
- Bowl Barrow: one of a group of dispersed barrows south-east of Norton Plantation
- Two bowl barrows and a pond barrow, 720m and 760m NE of Wood Farm
- Scratchbury Hill Monuments: Iron age hillfort, round barrows and enclosures
- Bowl barrow 700m south-west of Keysley Farm
- Three bowl barrows north of South Down Sleight
- A pair of bowl barrows 225m south east of Boreham Mill
- Round barrow SW of Parsonage Down
- Bell barrow 350m north of Haydon Farm
- Disc barrow 350m west of Dee Barn
- Bowl barrow 140m west of Cleeve
- Bowl barrow on edge of Dirtley Wood
- Middle Hill round barrow
- Round barrow east of South Down Sleight
- Two bowl barrows and a saucer barrow on Picquet Hill
- Bowl barrow 300m south of Eastleigh Court
