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 and villages.
The area around Alton Priors boasts some of the best historic monuments including Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.
Ancient Sites to visit near Alton Priors include Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, and Silbury Hill.
Historic Buildings to visit near Alton Priors include Avebury Manor.
The area close to Alton Priors boasts some of the best country parks including Coate Water Country Park.
Places near Alton Priors feature a number of interesting lakes including Coate Water.
The area around Alton Priors's best villages can be found at Ashton Keynes.
Alton Priors History
There are some historic monuments around Alton Priors:
- Round barrow cemetery 400m south of Avebury henge monument on Waden Hill
- 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
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Green Street and east of the Avebury henge monument
- Bowl barrow 900m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Enclosure and boundary earthwork west of Scraggy Copse
- Enclosure on Black Heath Down
- Grange bowl barrow 130m north west of The Grange Stables bell barrow, Beckhampton
- Medieval village site
- Two bowl barrows 670m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Enclosure on Ogbourne Down
- Bowl barrow 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Deserted medieval village E of Manor Farm
- Beckhampton round barrow cemetery 150m north east of the `Waggon and Horses'
- Kitchen Barrow: a long barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Earth Burgh (or Eorth Burh) NW of New Town Farm
- Three Roman burial mounds, a Bronze Age bowl barrow, a pagan Saxon inhumation cemetery and a short length of Roman road on Overton Hill.
- Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn
- Swanborough Tump
- Bowl barrow 350m north-east of White Horse Plantation
- Shrunken medieval village site E of Avebury Trusloe
- Group of four round barrows 500m south-east of Avebury Down Barn, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Saucer barrow on North Down
- Cross dyke 230m south west of Cherhill Monument
- Pair of round barrows 200m SSE of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Chisenbury Warren Romano-British settlement and associated trackway
- Ten barrows forming part of Fox Covert round barrow cemetery, West Down.
- East Kennett long barrow, 600m south of East Kennett church
- Eleven round barrows 1000m north of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery, and a probable enclosed Iron Age farmstead on North Down
- Bell barrow on Easton Down
- Enclosure east of Baden Down Farm
- Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Boundary feature, western section of Long Ditch across Wilsford Down
- Linear earthworks forming part of a field system on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow situated 60m west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Round barrow forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Barrow north-west of Weatherhill Scrub
- Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 800m south of Hemp Knoll
- All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site
- Bowl barrow 750m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Strip lynchets north-east of East Chisenbury
- Ditch W of Tanhill Fair
- Five round barrows 1040m NNE of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Cross dyke 450m west of Cherhill Monument
- Earthwork W of New Town Farm
- Section of Roman Road 560m north east of Beckhampton Buildings
- Bowl barrow 800m north-east of Hackpen Barn
- Bell barrow situated between Bishop's Cannings Down and Easton Down
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery adjacent to the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Rybury camp
- Thornham Down prehistoric and medieval landscapes
- Bowl barrow 750m east of New Barn
- Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse
- Group of five round barrows north-east of the Sanctuary: part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Long barrow and abutting bowl barrow 700m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings, forming the focus of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Pair of bowl barrows 650m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Long Stones long barrow 150m north of Beckhampton House
- Round barrow near Charlton Clumps
- A causewayed enclosure, the core of a round barrow cemetery, part of a prehistoric field system and an associated mortuary enclosure on Windmill Hill
- Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery
- Three sections of a linear earthwork south west of New Barn
- 'The Spectacles'
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Ivy House Farm
- Two bowl barrows 400m south of Tanhill Penning
- Bowl barrow north of Jenner's Firs
- West Chisenbury Settlement
- Lidbury Camp, associated trackways and bowl barrow, on Littlecott Down
- A henge, four Bronze Age barrows and part of a Roman road 500m south west of Fox Covert
- Bowl barrow 1km west of Tan Hill
- Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning
- Group of small enclosures on Horton Down, 910m north east of Easton Down long barrow
- Bowl barrow 230m west of The Grange, Beckhampton
- Two saucer barrows and a pair of bowl barrows 750m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Rockley Plantation
- Iron Age enclosure on Overton Hill, 600m north west of North Farm
- Bell barrow 200m north of Rockley Plantation
- Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow
- Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn
- Barrow east of Chirton Landing Strip
- Bowl barrow 50m north of Barrow Farm
- Compton Farm Romano-British and Early Medieval occupation sites and associated cultivation earthworks
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 200m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Enford Roman villa
- Pair of bell barrows and a pair of bowl barrows forming part of a barrow cemetery at Baltic Farm
- Group of round barrows on Rough Hill
- Bowl barrow 375m east of Wick Bottom Barn
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Pair of round barrows and section of linear earthwork NE of the gallops on West Down
- Group of barrows on Draycott Hill
- Four round barrows 740m east of Kitchen Barrow, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on All Cannings Down
- Avebury Long Stones 380m east of The Grange Stables, Beckhampton
- West Kennet bell barrow, 160m north-west of West Kennet long barrow
- Pair of round barrows forming part of the Bronze Age round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank east of West Kennett Farm
- Boundary earthwork on Upavon Down
- Bowl barrow 550m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow 650m ESE of New Barn, between Avebury Down and Monkton Down
- Trackway, ditch and bell barrow on Longstreet Down
- Multiple trackway between and north of Round Clump and Dogtail Plantation
- 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
- Wick Down Farm earthwork
- Pair of bowl barrows on West Down, 550m east of Witch Plantation
- Saucer barrow 620m north of New Barn: Part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Bowl barrow 880m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Four bowl barrows forming part of a cemetery 270m east of long barrow on Roughridge Hill
- Silbury Hill: a monumental Neolithic mound west of the River Kennet and south of Avebury village
- Round barrow 1260m NNE of Baltic Farm, 75m south of Roman Road, forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Bowl barrow and a saucer barrow 200m north of Rockley Plantation
- Bowl barrow 120m west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- The Hatfield Earthwork: a henge enclosure, henge and remains of monumental mound at Marden
- Village settlement on Barton Down
- Martinsell Hill camp
- The Sanctuary, Overton Hill
- Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Baltic Farm
- Long barrow on Easton Down
- Site of an oval stone circle and part of an adjacent field system 700m SW of West Kennet long barrow.
- Earthwork enclosure 950m SSE of Manor Farm
- Bell barrow 300m south-east of Avebury Down Barn forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow east of the Ridgeway forming part of the Overton Hill Bronze Age round barrow cemetery.
- Bell barrow 660m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Enclosure on Marden Down
- Bowl barrow 750m south-west of Manor Farm: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 120m north of the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Section of Wansdyke and associated monuments from east of The Firs to the eastern side of Tan Hill
- Devil's Den long barrow, 600m east of White Acre
- Remains of `Falkner's Circle', a Neolithic stone circle 180m east of the West Kennet Avenue
- Pair of bowl barrows situated on the south east of Bishop's Cannings Down
- Medieval settlement remains immediately west of The Vicarage
- Barrow on Avebury Down, S of track from Avebury
- Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn
- Bowl barrow forming part of a cemetery 800m east of Kitchen Barrow
- Bowl barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Langdean stone circle
- Bowl barrow 50m north east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bowl barrow 200m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Group of four round barrows 300m north west of the junction between the Ridgeway and Green Street on Avebury Down
- Pair of round barrows 400m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 700m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Avebury henge and stone circles
- Bowl barrow 950m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Earthwork NW of New Town Farm
- Pair of bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Two bowl barrows 820m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 870m ESE of New Barn on Monkton Down
- Square enclosure 350m north of Wansdyke on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Saucer barrow 250m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Field system E of Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Two bowl barrows 350m south east of Baden Down Farm
- Bowl barrow immediately west of the Ridgeway, 400m north east of its junction with Green Street
- Harepit Way linear boundary
- Field system north-east of Chisenbury Field Barn
- Three Bronze Age barrows 200m NNW of Down Barn forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Bowl barrow 400m west of Cooks Plantation
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated 120m NNW of Down Barn on North Down
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Avebury and 70m north of Green Street
- Bowl barrow 750m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bohune Down round barrow
- Six bowl barrows 560m north of New Barn: part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Round barrow in the grounds of RAF Upavon
- Bowl barrow 500m west of The Row
- Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Three confluent round barrows 580m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Knap Hill camp near Alton Priors
- Field system on Penning Down
- Bell barrow 75m west of Red Shore
- Four earthwork enclosures on All Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Bowl barrow five hundred metres north-west of Baden Down Farm
- Pair of bowl barrows 150m north of the Wansdyke on All Cannings Down
- Two bowl barrows 320m south-east of Little London
- Adam's Grave: a long barrow on Walker's Hill
- Round barrow south-west of Compton Farm
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Tanhill Penning
- Long barrow in Barrow Copse
- Linear barrow cemetery on Hackpen Hill
- Section of the Wansdyke
- Horslip long barrow, 450m north-west of Horslip Bridge.
- Bowl barrow on Longstreet Down
- Enclosure on Horton Down
- West Kennet long barrow, 800m south-east of Silbury Hill
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Bowl barrow 50m south-east of the `Sanctuary' forming part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Two boundary earthworks on the west of Rushall Down
- Bowl barrow 1150m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Ell Barrow, long barrow
- Bowl barrow 900m SSE of Green Bank
- Earthwork enclosure on Allington Down
- Bowl barrow 300m south of Fox Covert forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Boundary earthworks on Wilsford Down
- Bowl barrow 770m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Two round barrows W of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow on Calstone Down, 500m south of Witch Plantation
- Bowl barrow 190m north east of Nolands Farm, Yatesbury
- Saucer barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Green Bank bowl barrow, 230m east of the Avebury henge monument
- Prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, cultivation, industrial and funerary remains on Fyfield, Overton and Manton Downs
- Wansdyke: section from S of Furze Hill to Marlborough-Pewsey road
- Bowl barrow 840m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Enclosure north of Chirton Gorse
- Bell barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 400m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a cemetery on North Down
- Square earthwork enclosure 450m north west of Baltic Farm on Morgan's Hill
- Bowl barrow 610m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Linear boundary earthwork and associated field system on Cherhill Down
- Withy Copse ditch
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Long barrow 85m west of Cherhill Monument
- West Kennett Farm palisaded enclosures
- Grange Stables bell barrow
- Strip lynchet system north of Chisman's Cleeve
- Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill
- Oldbury Camp hillfort, bowl barrow and cross dyke on Cherhill Down
- Cross dyke 520m north east of Cherhill Monument
- Group of three bowl barrows 250m north east of Shepherds' Shore
- Barrow S of Wansdyke
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 135m ENE of Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow 200m south of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Giant's Grave (Martinsell Hill)
- South Street long barrow, 70m south east of the Long Stones
- Casterley Camp and associated monuments
- Bowl barrow 620m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Long barrow on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow 690m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Earthwork enclosure N of Wansdyke
