Alton Priors
Alton Priors is a Village in the county of Wiltshire.
Alton Priors postcode: SN8 4JX
There are great places to visit near Alton Priors including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes, parks and villages.
Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury are some of Alton Priors best historic monuments to visit near Alton Priors.
There are a number of ancient sites near Alton Priors including Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, Silbury Hill, and Barbury Castle.
Alton Priors is near some unmissable historic buildings like Avebury Manor,
The area around Alton Priors features a number of interesting country parks including Coate Water Country Park, Barbury Castle Country Park, and Lydiard Park.
Alton Priors is near some unmissable lakes like Coate Water,
The area around Alton Priors's best parks can be found at Lydiard Park.
Ashton Keynes is a great place to visit close to Alton Priors if you like villages.
Alton Priors History
There are some historic monuments around Alton Priors:
- Kitchen Barrow: a long barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Earthwork W of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow 1km west of Tan Hill
- Boundary feature, western section of Long Ditch across Wilsford Down
- Bowl barrow on Calstone Down, 500m south of Witch Plantation
- Five round barrows 1040m NNE of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery 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
- The Hatfield Earthwork: a henge enclosure, henge and remains of monumental mound at Marden
- Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn
- Bowl barrow 750m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Enclosure on Horton Down
- Field system north-east of Chisenbury Field Barn
- Compton Farm Romano-British and Early Medieval occupation sites and associated cultivation earthworks
- Earthwork NW of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow 880m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Round barrow in the grounds of RAF Upavon
- Pair of bowl barrows situated on the south east of Bishop's Cannings Down
- Shrunken medieval village site E of Avebury Trusloe
- Bowl barrow 800m south of Hemp Knoll
- Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 200m south of Green Street and 1100m east of the Avebury henge monument, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 640m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Harepit Way linear boundary
- Four earthwork enclosures on All Cannings Down
- Barrow north-west of Weatherhill Scrub
- Site of an oval stone circle and part of an adjacent field system 700m SW of West Kennet long barrow.
- Earth Burgh (or Eorth Burh) NW of New Town Farm
- Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery adjacent to the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Ell Barrow, long barrow
- Six bowl barrows 560m north of New Barn: part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Langdean stone circle
- Strip lynchet system north of Chisman's Cleeve
- Pair of round barrows and section of linear earthwork NE of the gallops on West Down
- Bowl barrow 950m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Saucer barrow 250m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Group of five round barrows north-east of the Sanctuary: part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Devil's Den long barrow, 600m east of White Acre
- All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site
- Bell barrow situated between Bishop's Cannings Down and Easton Down
- Group of three bowl barrows 250m north east of Shepherds' Shore
- Cross dyke 520m north east of Cherhill Monument
- Bowl barrow 750m south-west of Manor Farm: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- West Kennett Farm palisaded enclosures
- Bowl barrow 650m ESE of New Barn, between Avebury Down and Monkton Down
- Ten barrows forming part of Fox Covert round barrow cemetery, West Down.
- Two bowl barrows 320m south-east of Little London
- Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow
- Two bowl barrows 820m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Cross dyke 450m west of Cherhill Monument
- Beckhampton round barrow cemetery 150m north east of the `Waggon and Horses'
- Four bowl barrows forming part of a cemetery 270m east of long barrow on Roughridge Hill
- Barrow east of Chirton Landing Strip
- Thornham Down prehistoric and medieval landscapes
- Lidbury Camp, associated trackways and bowl barrow, on Littlecott Down
- Bowl barrow 800m north-east of Hackpen Barn
- Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Barrow on Avebury Down, S of track from Avebury
- Iron Age enclosure on Overton Hill, 600m north west of North Farm
- Linear earthworks forming part of a field system on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Green Bank bowl barrow, 230m east of the Avebury henge monument
- Pair of bell barrows and a pair of bowl barrows forming part of a barrow cemetery at Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow and a saucer barrow 200m north of Rockley Plantation
- Group of barrows on Draycott Hill
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 200m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Grange bowl barrow 130m north west of The Grange Stables bell barrow, Beckhampton
- Bowl barrow 190m north east of Nolands Farm, Yatesbury
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Ivy House Farm
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Village settlement on Barton Down
- Medieval settlement remains immediately west of The Vicarage
- Casterley Camp and associated monuments
- South Street long barrow, 70m south east of the Long Stones
- Eleven round barrows 1000m north of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery, and a probable enclosed Iron Age farmstead on North Down
- Saucer barrow on North Down
- Bowl barrow 400m west of Cooks Plantation
- Bowl barrow on Longstreet Down
- Bowl barrow 350m north-east of White Horse Plantation
- Bell barrow 660m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow five hundred metres north-west of Baden Down Farm
- Three confluent round barrows 580m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Three Roman burial mounds, a Bronze Age bowl barrow, a pagan Saxon inhumation cemetery and a short length of Roman road on Overton Hill.
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Bowl barrow 120m west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, cultivation, industrial and funerary remains on Fyfield, Overton and Manton Downs
- Bowl barrow 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Square enclosure 350m north of Wansdyke on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Enclosure on Ogbourne Down
- Bowl barrow north of Jenner's Firs
- Bowl barrow 200m south of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Ditch W of Tanhill Fair
- Earthwork enclosure on Allington Down
- Long barrow and abutting bowl barrow 700m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings, forming the focus of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Silbury Hill: a monumental Neolithic mound west of the River Kennet and south of Avebury village
- West Chisenbury Settlement
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Green Street and east of the Avebury henge monument
- Bell barrow 75m west of Red Shore
- Bowl barrow 50m north of Barrow Farm
- Pair of round barrows 400m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated on Avebury Down
- Wick Down Farm earthwork
- Bowl barrow situated 500m SSW of Shepherds' Shore
- Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn
- Trackway, ditch and bell barrow on Longstreet Down
- 'The Spectacles'
- Avebury henge and stone circles
- Pair of bowl barrows 650m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 200m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Cross dyke 230m south west of Cherhill Monument
- Boundary earthwork on Upavon Down
- Bowl barrow 50m north east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Group of round barrows on Rough Hill
- Remains of `Falkner's Circle', a Neolithic stone circle 180m east of the West Kennet Avenue
- Bowl barrow forming part of a cemetery 800m east of Kitchen Barrow
- Three Bronze Age barrows 200m NNW of Down Barn forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Tanhill Penning
- Pair of bowl barrows 150m north of the Wansdyke on All Cannings Down
- Rybury camp
- Bowl barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Field system on Penning Down
- Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Long barrow 85m west of Cherhill Monument
- Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Rockley Plantation
- Giant's Grave (Martinsell Hill)
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 400m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a cemetery on North Down
- Enford Roman villa
- Earthwork enclosure N of Wansdyke
- Field system E of Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Long barrow in Barrow Copse
- Bowl barrow situated 60m west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Long barrow on Easton Down
- Avebury Long Stones 380m east of The Grange Stables, Beckhampton
- Horslip long barrow, 450m north-west of Horslip Bridge.
- West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank east of West Kennett Farm
- Pair of round barrows 200m SSE of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Square earthwork enclosure 450m north west of Baltic Farm on Morgan's Hill
- Pair of bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Bell barrow 200m north of Rockley Plantation
- Barrow S of Wansdyke
- Two bowl barrows 400m south of Tanhill Penning
- Deserted medieval village E of Manor Farm
- Bowl barrow 690m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Wansdyke: section from S of Furze Hill to Marlborough-Pewsey road
- Bowl barrow immediately west of the Ridgeway, 400m north east of its junction with Green Street
- Enclosure and boundary earthwork west of Scraggy Copse
- Group of four round barrows 500m south-east of Avebury Down Barn, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Bell barrow on Easton Down
- Long barrow on Horton Down
- Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Medieval village site
- Section of Roman Road 560m north east of Beckhampton Buildings
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 120m north of the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- A henge, four Bronze Age barrows and part of a Roman road 500m south west of Fox Covert
- Pair of round barrows forming part of the Bronze Age round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Bowl barrow 900m SSE of Green Bank
- Bowl barrow 1150m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Bell barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Bowl barrow 770m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 840m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow 610m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow 750m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Round barrow cemetery 400m south of Avebury henge monument on Waden Hill
- Bell barrow 300m south-east of Avebury Down Barn forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 300m south of Fox Covert forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Bowl barrow 900m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Knap Hill camp near Alton Priors
- Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Withy Copse ditch
- Enclosure on Marden Down
- Bowl barrow 50m south-east of the `Sanctuary' forming part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Long Stones long barrow 150m north of Beckhampton House
- Bowl barrow east of the Ridgeway forming part of the Overton Hill Bronze Age round barrow cemetery.
- Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery
- Group of small enclosures on Horton Down, 910m north east of Easton Down long barrow
- Bowl barrow 230m west of The Grange, Beckhampton
- Strip lynchets north-east of East Chisenbury
- Enclosure north of Chirton Gorse
- Section of Wansdyke and associated monuments from east of The Firs to the eastern side of Tan Hill
- Round barrow forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Group of four round barrows 300m north west of the junction between the Ridgeway and Green Street on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 550m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Saucer barrow 620m north of New Barn: Part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Enclosure east of Baden Down Farm
- Four round barrows 740m east of Kitchen Barrow, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on All Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse
- Earthwork enclosure 950m SSE of Manor Farm
- Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage
- West Kennet bell barrow, 160m north-west of West Kennet long barrow
- Round barrow south-west of Compton Farm
- Enclosure on Black Heath Down
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 135m ENE of Baltic Farm
- Bohune Down round barrow
- East Kennett long barrow, 600m south of East Kennett church
- Linear boundary earthwork and associated field system on Cherhill Down
- Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Bowl barrow 700m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill
- Bowl barrow 500m west of The Row
- Two boundary earthworks on the west of Rushall Down
- Two bowl barrows 670m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Two saucer barrows and a pair of bowl barrows 750m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Adam's Grave: a long barrow on Walker's Hill
- Saucer barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Three sections of a linear earthwork south west of New Barn
- Bowl barrow 870m ESE of New Barn on Monkton Down
- The Sanctuary, Overton Hill
- West Kennet long barrow, 800m south-east of Silbury Hill
- Pair of bowl barrows on West Down, 550m east of Witch Plantation
- Two bowl barrows 350m south east of Baden Down Farm
- Bowl barrow 375m east of Wick Bottom Barn
- Oldbury Camp hillfort, bowl barrow and cross dyke on Cherhill Down
- Swanborough Tump
- Martinsell Hill camp
- Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning
- Round barrow near Charlton Clumps
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated 120m NNW of Down Barn on North Down
- Section of the Wansdyke
- Grange Stables bell barrow
- Chisenbury Warren Romano-British settlement and associated trackway
- Boundary earthworks on Wilsford Down
- Linear barrow cemetery on Hackpen Hill
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Avebury and 70m north of Green Street
- Multiple trackway between and north of Round Clump and Dogtail Plantation
- Bowl barrow 750m east of New Barn
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Baltic Farm
- A causewayed enclosure, the core of a round barrow cemetery, part of a prehistoric field system and an associated mortuary enclosure on Windmill Hill
- Two round barrows W of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow 620m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
