West Dean is a Village in the county of Wiltshire.

Retail in West Dean

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

The area around West Dean features a number of interesting historic monuments including Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.

West Dean has some unmissable ancient sites nearby like Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, and Silbury Hill.

Historic Buildings to visit near West Dean include Avebury Manor.

There are a several good country parks in the area around West Dean like Coate Water Country Park.

Coate Water is a great place to visit close to West Dean if you like lakes.

The area close to West Dean boasts some of the best villages including Ashton Keynes.

West Dean History

There are some historic monuments around West Dean:

• Roman earthwork
• Barrows in Bath Hole and Bury Hill Plantations
• Bowl barrow 375m WNW of Easton Down Farm: part of a group of round barrows south of Easton Down
• Bowl barrow 645m north of Longcross Pond forming part of Black Bush Plain round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 650m ESE of Manor Farm: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• Bowl barrow 90m west of Hill Lodge: one of a group of round barrows on Broughton Hill
• Two bowl barrows 265m south of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: part of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• Bowl barrow 50m west of the Battery Hill triangulation point
• Site of manor house
• Iron Age fort in Ashley's Copse
• Two bowl barrows 400m west of Easton Down Farm: part of a group of round barrows south of Easton Down
• Tithe barn, Roche Old Court
• Templeman's Farm round barrow
• Castle Copse camp
• Saucer barrow 400m north east of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down
• Bowl barrow 20m south west of Hill Lodge: one of a group of round barrows on Broughton Hill
• Moated site 100m south of Manor Farm, Plaitford
• Landford Common round barrows
• Studley Castle royal hunting lodge
• Dunwood camp
• Holbury Wood camp
• Bowl barrow 770m north of Longcross Pond forming part of Black Bush Plain round barrow cemetery
• Circular earthwork
• Bowl barrow 720m north of Longcross Pond forming part of Black Bush Plain round barrow cemetery
• Roman villa at East Grimstead
• Bowl barrow 535m SSW of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• Beach Barrow
• Bowl barrow 795m WSW of Franklin's Well
• Bronze Age enclosure and linear boundary earthwork on Boscombe Down East
• Risbury Hill round barrows
• Two disc barrows and two bowl barrows 900m north of Moll Harris's Clump on Idmiston Down
• Bell barrow, bowl barrow and section of hollow way 600m NNW of Long Orchard
• Roman road between A30 main road and Winterslow Corner
• Bell barrow and bowl barrow 500m NNW of Long Orchard
• Bell barrow 300m ENE of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down
• Bowl barrow 750m NNE of Easton Down Farm
• Bell barrow 250m NNE of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down
• Three bowl barrows 200m east of Manor Farm: part of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• Two bowl barrows 940m north of Longcross Pond forming part of Black Bush Plain round barrow cemetery
• Bell barrow and two bowl barrows 180m south west of Stagbury Hill, Furzley Common
• Two bowl barrows 90m south of Hill Lodge: part of a group of round barrows on Broughton Hill
• Bowl barrow 680m SSE of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• Fussell's long barrow
• Bowl barrow 675m north of Longcross Pond forming part of Black Bush Plain round barrow cemetery
• Bronze Age enclosure and two bowl barrows 520m north east of Moll Harris's Clump on Idmiston Down
• Bell barrow, three bowl barrows and gas testing trenches on Idmiston Down
• Roman road immediately south east of Buckholt Farm
• West Dean Roman villa
• Section of Roman road by Upper and Lower Noad's Copse
• Horse Barrow
• Bowl barrow 440m SSW of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• Barrows forming part of a cemetery, 320m north west of The Pheasant Hotel
• Long barrow 140m WSW of the Battery Hill triangulation point
• Long barrow, Winterbourne
• Iron Age hillfort in Ashley's Copse
• Bowl barrow 370m east of Manor Farm: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• Bowl barrow 450m ENE of Manor Farm: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• Rabbit warren and four bowl barrows on Stagbury Hill, Furzley Common
• West Dean Roman villa
• Figsbury Ring
• Bowl barrow 530m SSW of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• The Mount round barrow
• Bowl barrow 260m SSE of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down