Beechingstoke
Beechingstoke is a Village in the county of Wiltshire.
There are great places to visit near Beechingstoke including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes and villages.
Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury are some of Beechingstoke best historic monuments to visit near Beechingstoke.
Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, and Silbury Hill are some of Beechingstoke best ancient sites to visit near Beechingstoke.
The area close to Beechingstoke boasts some of the best historic buildings including Avebury Manor.
The area close to Beechingstoke boasts some of the best country parks including Coate Water Country Park.
Beechingstoke is near some unmissable lakes like Coate Water,
Don't miss Ashton Keynes's villages if visiting the area around Beechingstoke.
Beechingstoke History
There are some historic monuments around Beechingstoke:
- Two bowl barrows 400m south of Tanhill Penning
- Square enclosure 350m north of Wansdyke on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Two boundary earthworks on the west of Rushall Down
- Bowl barrow 900m SSE of Green Bank
- Section of Wansdyke and associated monuments from east of The Firs to the eastern side of Tan Hill
- Pair of bowl barrows 150m north of the Wansdyke on All Cannings Down
- Saucer barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated 120m NNW of Down Barn on North Down
- Site of an oval stone circle and part of an adjacent field system 700m SW of West Kennet long barrow.
- Deserted medieval village E of Manor Farm
- Round barrow forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Three round barrows west of Netheravon Aerodrome
- Langdean stone circle
- Round barrow north of Summer Down
- Pair of round barrows and section of linear earthwork NE of the gallops on West Down
- Casterley Camp and associated monuments
- Bowl barrow north of splinterproof shelter, Larkhill Artillery Range
- Long barrow in Barrow Copse
- Pair of round barrows forming part of the Bronze Age round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Section of the Wansdyke
- Iron Age enclosure on Overton Hill, 600m north west of North Farm
- Bowl barrow 50m north east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Section of Roman Road 560m north east of Beckhampton Buildings
- Green Bank bowl barrow, 230m east of the Avebury henge monument
- Bowl barrow 500m west of the wireless station on Morgan's Hill; part of a group of three bowl barrows
- West Chisenbury Settlement
- Two bowl barrows 670m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Round barrow near Charlton Clumps
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Long barrow 85m west of Cherhill Monument
- Wansdyke: section from S of Furze Hill to Marlborough-Pewsey road
- Bowl barrow 1150m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Group of barrows on Draycott Hill
- Cross dyke 520m north east of Cherhill Monument
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Tanhill Penning
- Shrunken medieval village site E of Avebury Trusloe
- Swanborough Tump
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Ivy House Farm
- Bowl barrow 350m north-east of White Horse Plantation
- Beckhampton round barrow cemetery 150m north east of the `Waggon and Horses'
- 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
- Oldbury Camp hillfort, bowl barrow and cross dyke on Cherhill Down
- Cross ridge dyke on Morgan's Hill
- Enclosure on Horton Down
- Orcheston Down Romano-British landscape
- Roundway Hill Farm round barrows
- Earthwork W of New Town Farm
- Four round barrows 740m east of Kitchen Barrow, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on All Cannings Down
- Knap Hill camp near Alton Priors
- Enford Roman villa
- Pair of bell barrows and a pair of bowl barrows forming part of a barrow cemetery at Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow 400m west of Cooks Plantation
- Bell barrow 75m west of Red Shore
- Saucer barrow 910m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow
- Bowl barrow 120m west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bowl barrow 230m west of The Grange, Beckhampton
- Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn
- Enclosure on Black Heath Down
- Bell barrow situated between Bishop's Cannings Down and Easton Down
- Four earthwork enclosures on All Cannings Down
- All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site
- The Sanctuary, Overton Hill
- Ditch W of Tanhill Fair
- Enclosure and boundary earthwork west of Scraggy Copse
- Ell Barrow, long barrow
- Long barrow on Easton Down
- Bowl barrow situated 500m SSW of Shepherds' Shore
- Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse
- A henge, four Bronze Age barrows and part of a Roman road 500m south west of Fox Covert
- Bell barrow 660m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton 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.
- Linear earthworks forming part of a field system on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Pair of bowl barrows situated on the south east of Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 640m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 400m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a cemetery on North Down
- 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 saucer barrows and a pair of bowl barrows 750m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Avebury henge and stone circles
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bell barrow on Easton Down
- Bowl barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- South Street long barrow, 70m south east of the Long Stones
- Bowl barrow 150m east of the wireless station on Morgan's Hill
- Boundary earthworks on Wilsford Down
- Grange bowl barrow 130m north west of The Grange Stables bell barrow, Beckhampton
- West Kennett Farm palisaded enclosures
- West Kennet long barrow, 800m south-east of Silbury Hill
- Earthwork NW of New Town Farm
- Enclosure south-east of Candown Copse
- Long barrow in Barrow Plantation, East Down
- Boundary feature, western section of Long Ditch across Wilsford Down
- Four bowl barrows forming part of a cemetery 270m east of long barrow on Roughridge Hill
- 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
- Bowl barrow 550m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Round barrow cemetery 400m south of Avebury henge monument on Waden Hill
- Strip lynchet system north of Chisman's Cleeve
- Remains of `Falkner's Circle', a Neolithic stone circle 180m east of the West Kennet Avenue
- Saucer barrow on North Down
- Boundary earthwork east of Church Hill
- Harepit Way linear boundary
- 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
- West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank east of West Kennett Farm
- Bowl barrow 1070m NNW of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow situated 60m west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Enclosure north of Chirton Gorse
- Long barrow 650m WSW of Shepherds' Shore
- Cross dyke 450m west of Cherhill Monument
- Kitchen Barrow: a long barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Three confluent round barrows 580m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow on Calstone Down, 500m south of Witch Plantation
- The Long Monument
- Bowl barrow 1km west of Tan Hill
- Round barrow in the grounds of RAF Upavon
- Bowl barrow 840m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Cross dyke 230m south west of Cherhill Monument
- Field system E of Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Square earthwork enclosure 450m north west of Baltic Farm on Morgan's Hill
- The Hatfield Earthwork: a henge enclosure, henge and remains of monumental mound at Marden
- Barrow on Avebury Down, S of track from Avebury
- Pair of bowl barrows on West Down, 550m east of Witch Plantation
- Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Adam's Grave: a long barrow on Walker's Hill
- Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill
- Bowl barrow 950m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Boundary feature on Ball Down
- Three Bronze Age barrows 200m NNW of Down Barn forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Earthwork enclosure N of Wansdyke
- Earthwork enclosure on Allington Down
- Long barrow on Horton Down
- Avebury Long Stones 380m east of The Grange Stables, Beckhampton
- Round barrow 1260m NNE of Baltic Farm, 75m south of Roman Road, forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Medieval settlement remains immediately west of The Vicarage
- Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery
- Pair of bowl barrows 650m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Boundary earthwork from East Down to Orcheston Down
- Bowl barrow at east end of Morgan's Hill
- Silbury Hill: a monumental Neolithic mound west of the River Kennet and south of Avebury village
- Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery adjacent to the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 135m ENE of Baltic Farm
- Eleven round barrows 1000m north of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery, and a probable enclosed Iron Age farmstead on North Down
- Earthwork enclosure 950m SSE of Manor Farm
- Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Barrow east of Chirton Landing Strip
- Enclosure on Summer Down
- Round barrow south-west of Compton Farm
- Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Pair of round barrows 400m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 840m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Bell barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Two round barrows W of New Town Farm
- Field system on Penning Down
- West Kennet bell barrow, 160m north-west of West Kennet long barrow
- Barrow S of Wansdyke
- Long Stones long barrow 150m north of Beckhampton House
- Ten barrows forming part of Fox Covert round barrow cemetery, West Down.
- Long barrow and abutting bowl barrow 700m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings, forming the focus of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Group of small enclosures on Horton Down, 910m north east of Easton Down long barrow
- Thornham Down prehistoric and medieval landscapes
- Earth Burgh (or Eorth Burh) NW of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn
- Rybury camp
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Linear boundary earthwork and associated field system on Cherhill Down
- Medieval village site
- Bowl barrow 800m south of Hemp Knoll
- Enclosure on Marden Down
- Bowl barrow 750m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Strip lynchets north-east of East Chisenbury
- Bowl barrow east of the Ridgeway forming part of the Overton Hill Bronze Age round barrow cemetery.
- Multiple trackway between and north of Round Clump and Dogtail Plantation
- Pair of bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Group of three bowl barrows 250m north east of Shepherds' Shore
- East Kennett long barrow, 600m south of East Kennett church
- Compton Farm Romano-British and Early Medieval occupation sites and associated cultivation earthworks
- Grange Stables bell barrow
- Bowl barrow forming part of a cemetery 800m east of Kitchen Barrow
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 120m north of the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Bowl barrow 930m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 200m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Bowl barrow 300m south of Fox Covert forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Bowl barrow 610m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery
- Barrow north-west of Weatherhill Scrub
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Furze Knoll
- Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning
- Boundary earthwork on Upavon Down
