Avebury
Avebury is a Town in the county of Wiltshire.
There are great places to visit near Avebury including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes, parks and villages.
Historic Monuments to visit near Avebury include Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.
There are a several good ancient sites in the Avebury area like Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, Silbury Hill, and Barbury Castle.
Avebury is near some unmissable historic buildings like Avebury Manor,
Avebury's best nearby country parks can be found at Coate Water Country Park, Barbury Castle Country Park, and Lydiard Park.
The area close to Avebury boasts some of the best lakes including Coate Water.
The area around Avebury's best parks can be found at Lydiard Park.
Don't miss Ashton Keynes's villages if visiting the area around Avebury.
Avebury History
There are some historic monuments around Avebury:
- Two bowl barrows 680m north of Upper Herdswick Farm, Barbury Down
- Four round barrows 740m east of Kitchen Barrow, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on All Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Barbury Barn
- Bowl barrow situated 60m west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 50m north east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Long barrow and abutting bowl barrow 700m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings, forming the focus of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Six bowl barrows 560m north of New Barn: part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Saucer barrow on North Down
- Field system and earthwork enclosure on Burderop Down
- Bell barrow on Easton Down
- 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 earthwork enclosures and a linear earthwork 625m north of Barbury Castle
- Kitchen Barrow: a long barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Pair of bowl barrows on West Down, 550m east of Witch Plantation
- Bowl barrow 550m north-east of Baltic Farm
- The Long Monument
- 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 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Devil's Den long barrow, 600m east of White Acre
- Long barrow 650m WSW of Shepherds' Shore
- Earthwork enclosure 950m SSE of Manor Farm
- Pair of round barrows 400m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated on Avebury Down
- Giant's Grave (Martinsell Hill)
- Bowl barrow 800m south of Hemp Knoll
- Group of small enclosures on Horton Down, 910m north east of Easton Down long barrow
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 120m north of the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse
- Bowl barrow 200m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Bowl barrow 750m south-west of Manor Farm: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 950m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Two bowl barrows 670m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Earthwork enclosure N of Wansdyke
- Bowl barrow 500m north-west of Berwick Bassett Clump
- Medieval settlement remains immediately west of The Vicarage
- Section of Wansdyke and associated monuments from east of The Firs to the eastern side of Tan Hill
- Bowl barrow 900m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Cross dyke 230m south west of Cherhill Monument
- Bowl barrow 190m north east of Nolands Farm, Yatesbury
- 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 900m SSE of Green Bank
- Remains of `Falkner's Circle', a Neolithic stone circle 180m east of the West Kennet Avenue
- Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Beckhampton round barrow cemetery 150m north east of the `Waggon and Horses'
- Bowl barrow 840m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Rockley Plantation
- Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Four earthwork enclosures on All Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 650m ESE of New Barn, between Avebury Down and Monkton Down
- Adam's Grave: a long barrow on Walker's Hill
- Earthwork W of New Town Farm
- Group of barrows on Draycott Hill
- Bincknoll Camp
- Three sections of a linear earthwork south west of New Barn
- Earthwork enclosure and dewpond 490m north of Barbury Castle
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Furze Knoll
- Oldbury Camp hillfort, bowl barrow and cross dyke on Cherhill Down
- Bowl barrow 690m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow east of the Ridgeway forming part of the Overton Hill Bronze Age round barrow cemetery.
- Long Stones long barrow 150m north of Beckhampton House
- South Street long barrow, 70m south east of the Long Stones
- Earthwork enclosure on Allington Down
- Green Bank bowl barrow, 230m east of the Avebury henge monument
- Bowl barrow 500m west of The Row
- Barrow on Smeathe's Ridge
- Round barrow forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 200m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Stone circle
- Earthwork NW of New Town Farm
- Rybury camp
- Swanborough Tump
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Tanhill Penning
- Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn
- Cross dyke 450m west of Cherhill Monument
- Shrunken medieval village site E of Avebury Trusloe
- Bowl barrow immediately west of the Ridgeway, 400m north east of its junction with Green Street
- Two bowl barrows 820m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Linear boundary earthwork and associated field system on Cherhill Down
- Round barrow cemetery 400m south of Avebury henge monument on Waden Hill
- Bowl barrow 375m east of Wick Bottom Barn
- West Kennet long barrow, 800m south-east of Silbury Hill
- Cross ridge dyke on Morgan's Hill
- Bowl barrow on Calstone Down, 500m south of Witch Plantation
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow and a saucer barrow 200m north of Rockley Plantation
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Avebury and 70m north of Green Street
- Pair of bowl barrows 650m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Three bowl barrows: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle
- Bowl barrow 840m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Cross dyke 520m north east of Cherhill Monument
- Deserted medieval village E of Manor Farm
- Grange Stables bell barrow
- Saucer barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Bowl barrow 640m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's Plantation
- Sharpridge field system
- Harepit Way linear boundary
- Ogbourne Maizey Down round barrow
- Two bowl barrows 320m south-east of Little London
- Two round barrows W of New Town Farm
- Pair of round barrows forming part of the Bronze Age round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Baltic Farm
- Five round barrows 1040m NNE of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Medieval settlement remains at Overtown
- Saucer barrow 250m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 700m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Saucer barrow 910m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- Bowl barrow 200m south of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Silbury Hill: a monumental Neolithic mound west of the River Kennet and south of Avebury village
- Bowl barrow 620m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Group of five round barrows north-east of the Sanctuary: part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Bowl barrow 50m north of Barrow Farm
- Bell barrow 350m south-west of Barbury Barn
- Bowl barrow 880m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Bell barrow 75m west of Red Shore
- Pair of round barrows and section of linear earthwork NE of the gallops on West Down
- Enclosure on Horton Down
- Earth Burgh (or Eorth Burh) NW of New Town Farm
- A henge, four Bronze Age barrows and part of a Roman road 500m south west of Fox Covert
- Two bowl barrows 400m south of Tanhill Penning
- Four bowl barrows forming part of a cemetery 270m east of long barrow on Roughridge Hill
- Barbury Castle Farm deserted Medieval village
- Group of four round barrows 300m north west of the junction between the Ridgeway and Green Street on Avebury Down
- West Kennett Farm palisaded enclosures
- Pair of bell barrows and a pair of bowl barrows forming part of a barrow cemetery at Baltic Farm
- Cross in the churchyard of St John the Baptist and St Helen
- Medieval settlement immediately north west of Upper Littlecott Farm
- Group of round barrows on Rough Hill
- Horslip long barrow, 450m north-west of Horslip Bridge.
- Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Bowl barrow 230m west of The Grange, Beckhampton
- Wansdyke: section from S of Furze Hill to Marlborough-Pewsey road
- Bowl barrow 150m east of the wireless station on Morgan's Hill
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated 120m NNW of Down Barn on North Down
- Ditch W of Tanhill Fair
- Medieval settlement, moat and fishponds at Woodhill Park Farm
- Bowl barrow 1km west of Tan Hill
- Bell barrow 200m north of Rockley Plantation
- Pair of round barrows 200m SSE of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Romano-British villa complex 330m north west of Queen Court Farm
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Ivy House Farm
- Bowl barrow at east end of Morgan's Hill
- Linear earthworks forming part of a field system on Bishop's Cannings Down
- All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site
- Richardson medieval settlement
- Bowl barrow 750m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Preshute Down field system
- Disc barrow on Burderop Down, 1km north-east of Upper Herdswick Farm
- Bell barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Section of Roman Road 560m north east of Beckhampton Buildings
- Square enclosure 350m north of Wansdyke on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 930m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery
- Three Roman burial mounds, a Bronze Age bowl barrow, a pagan Saxon inhumation cemetery and a short length of Roman road on Overton Hill.
- Ten barrows forming part of Fox Covert round barrow cemetery, West Down.
- Bowl barrow 870m ESE of New Barn on Monkton Down
- Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning
- Remains of watermill 500m east of Freeth Farm
- Bowl barrow 630m north east of Wick Bottom Barn
- Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett 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
- Langdean stone circle
- Three confluent round barrows 580m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 750m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Square earthwork enclosure 450m north west of Baltic Farm on Morgan's Hill
- Bowl barrow 1150m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow 50m south-east of the `Sanctuary' forming part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, cultivation, industrial and funerary remains on Fyfield, Overton and Manton Downs
- Group of three bowl barrows 250m north east of Shepherds' Shore
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 135m ENE of Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Sharpridge earthworks
- Bowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle Farm
- Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill
- Linear barrow cemetery on Hackpen Hill
- Bell barrow 300m south-east of Avebury Down Barn forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Bell barrow 660m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Eleven round barrows 1000m north of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery, and a probable enclosed Iron Age farmstead on North Down
- Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Saucer barrow: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Green Street and east of the Avebury henge monument
- Bowl barrow 350m north-east of White Horse Plantation
- Avebury henge and stone circles
- Two saucer barrows and a pair of bowl barrows 750m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Wick Down Farm earthwork
- Pair of bowl barrows 150m north of the Wansdyke on All Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Two enclosures on Winterbourne Down
- Site of an oval stone circle and part of an adjacent field system 700m SW of West Kennet long barrow.
- Three Bronze Age barrows 200m NNW of Down Barn forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Knap Hill camp near Alton Priors
- Bowl barrow 400m west of Cooks Plantation
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Long barrow on Easton Down
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow 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
- Bell barrow situated between Bishop's Cannings Down and Easton Down
- Bowl barrow 300m south of Fox Covert forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Long barrow on Horton Down
- East Kennett long barrow, 600m south of East Kennett church
- Bowl barrow forming part of a cemetery 800m east of Kitchen Barrow
- Bowl barrow 800m north-east of Hackpen Barn
- Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow
- Saucer barrow 620m north of New Barn: Part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Long barrow 85m west of Cherhill Monument
- Field system E of Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Group of four round barrows 500m south-east of Avebury Down Barn, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- West Kennet bell barrow, 160m north-west of West Kennet long barrow
- Round barrow 1260m NNE of Baltic Farm, 75m south of Roman Road, forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Long barrow in Barrow Copse
- Bowl barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Avebury Long Stones 380m east of The Grange Stables, Beckhampton
- Winterbourne Bassett mound
- Bowl barrow situated 500m SSW of Shepherds' Shore
- Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Barbury Castle Farm
- The Sanctuary, Overton Hill
- Round barrow in Mount Wood, 300m north-east of Upper Lodge
- Grange bowl barrow 130m north west of The Grange Stables bell barrow, Beckhampton
- Pair of bowl barrows situated on the south east of Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 120m west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bowl barrow 1070m NNW of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn
- Bowl barrow 750m east of New Barn
- Barrow S of Wansdyke
- Pair of bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Two medieval fishponds 170m north of Little Park Farm
- Barrow on Avebury Down, S of track from Avebury
- Section of the Wansdyke
- Barbury Castle: a hillfort and bowl barrow
- Iron Age enclosure on Overton Hill, 600m north west of North Farm
- Bowl barrow 610m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank east of West Kennett Farm
