Barbury Castle Country Park
Barbury Castle Country Park
An amazing country park near Swindon in Wiltshire that is centred on an ancient hillfort on the North Wessex Downs.
Barbury Castle Country Park is in North Wessex Downs AONB, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Created: 6 August 2022 Edited: 29 November 2023
Barbury Castle Country Park Information
Barbury Castle Country Park Address
Wroughton, Swindon SN4 0QH, UK
SN4 0QH
Local History around Barbury Castle Country Park
There are some historic monuments around including:
Iron Age enclosure on Overton Hill, 600m north west of North FarmDisc barrow on Burderop Down, 1km north-east of Upper Herdswick FarmBowl barrow 690m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemeteryPair of round barrows forming part of the Bronze Age round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett FarmBarbury Castle: a hillfort and bowl barrowVillage settlement on Barton DownBincknoll CampBowl barrow 70m north of Rockley PlantationPreshute Down field systemBowl barrow 880m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemeteryBowl barrow 500m west of The RowBowl barrow 750m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemeteryBell barrow and adjacent bowl barrow on Marlborough Common, 120m east of Wootton Bassett RoadBowl barrow 300m east of Ivy House FarmThree bowl barrows: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury CastleBowl barrow 70m north of Green Street and east of the Avebury henge monumentCastle moundBowl barrow 1km north-east of Avebury and 70m north of Green StreetBell barrow 300m south-east of Avebury Down Barn forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury DownBowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's PlantationBowl barrow 1km west of Sheppard's Farm DairyBowl barrow 50m north of Barrow FarmRound barrow 750yds (690m) SE of Smeathe's PlantationBowl barrow 630m north east of Wick Bottom BarnEnclosure on Ogbourne DownBarrow 350yds (320m) E of Smeathe's Plantation, Ogbourne DownRemains of Holy Rood Church, The Lawn, Old TownStone circle immediately north east of Day House, CoateBowl barrow 210m north east of Rushy Platt FarmBowl barrow and a saucer barrow 200m north of Rockley PlantationBowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle FarmBarrow on Coombe Down, 930yds (830m) WSW of St George's ChurchBowl barrow immediately west of the Ridgeway, 400m north east of its junction with Green StreetEarthworks on Marlborough CommonGroup of round barrows on Rough HillBarrow on Avebury Down, S of track from AveburyBowl barrow 800m south-east of Barbury BarnSharpridge field systemGroup of four round barrows 500m south-east of Avebury Down Barn, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury DownThree confluent round barrows 580m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury DownTwo bowl barrows 820m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemeteryEarthwork enclosure and dewpond 490m north of Barbury CastleCross in the churchyard of St John the Baptist and St HelenGroup of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett FarmOgbourne Maizey Down round barrowSaucer barrow 620m north of New Barn: Part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton DownBell barrow 200m north of Rockley PlantationGroup of four round barrows 300m north west of the junction between the Ridgeway and Green Street on Avebury DownBowl barrow 900m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury DownSaucer barrow: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury CastleWick Down Farm earthworkBowl barrow 500m north-west of Berwick Bassett ClumpWhitefield Hill ditchSite of watermill 290m south east of West LeazeBarrow on Coombe Down, 1070yds (980m) NE of Upper PoughcombePenning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down BarnPrehistoric to post-medieval settlement, cultivation, industrial and funerary remains on Fyfield, Overton and Manton DownsBowl barrow 870m ESE of New Barn on Monkton DownBarbury Castle Farm deserted Medieval villageTwo enclosures on Winterbourne DownBowl barrow 750m south-east of Barbury Castle FarmBowl barrow 770m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury DownTwo earthwork enclosures and a linear earthwork 625m north of Barbury CastleBowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton HillBowl barrow east of the Ridgeway forming part of the Overton Hill Bronze Age round barrow cemetery.Bowl barrow 620m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemeteryTwo bowl barrows 680m north of Upper Herdswick Farm, Barbury DownThree Roman burial mounds, a Bronze Age bowl barrow, a pagan Saxon inhumation cemetery and a short length of Roman road on Overton Hill.Mound in churchyardBowl barrow 800m north-east of Hackpen BarnMedieval settlement and associated ridge and furrow, West LeazeBell barrow 350m south-west of Barbury BarnBowl barrow 85m north east of Day House CottagesThree sections of a linear earthwork south west of New BarnMedieval settlement remains at OvertownDevil's Den long barrow, 600m east of White AcreField system and earthwork enclosure on Burderop DownBowl barrow 375m east of Wick Bottom BarnSharpridge earthworksSix bowl barrows 560m north of New Barn: part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton DownBowl barrow 750m east of New BarnRemains of `Falkner's Circle', a Neolithic stone circle 180m east of the West Kennet AvenueBowl barrow 200m south of Green Street and 1100m east of the Avebury henge monument, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury DownBowl barrow 800m south-east of Ogbourne St Andrew FarmLinear barrow cemetery on Hackpen HillBowl barrow 650m ESE of New Barn, between Avebury Down and Monkton DownEarthwork enclosure 950m SSE of Manor FarmBarrow on Smeathe's RidgePair of round barrows 400m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated on Avebury DownDam of King's fishpondBowl barrow 900m SSE of Green BankBell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill.
