Burcombe
Burcombe is a Village in the county of Wiltshire.
Burcombe postcode: SP2 0EJ
There are great places to visit near Burcombe including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes and villages.
Burcombe's best nearby historic monuments can be found at Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.
Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, and Silbury Hill are some of Burcombe best ancient sites to visit near Burcombe.
Avebury Manor is one of Burcombe's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Burcombe.
Places near Burcombe feature a number of interesting country parks including Coate Water Country Park.
Coate Water is one of Burcombe's best, nearby lakes to visit in Burcombe.
The area around Burcombe's best villages can be found at Ashton Keynes.
Burcombe History
There are some historic monuments around Burcombe:
- Seven bowl barrows and a pond barrow forming a round barrow cemetery 200m north of The Diamond on Wilsford Down
- Three bowl barrows on the southern edge of Luxenborough Plantation
- Bowl barrow 350m south west of Normanton Gorse
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery known as the New King Barrows
- Grim's Ditch: Old Lodge Copse to Toyd Clump
- Grovely Castle and earthworks N of Grovely Wood
- Middle Chase Farm ditch
- Heale Hill round barrows and earthworks
- Hydon Hill round barrows
- Grim's Ditch
- Chalk map of Australia 925m south west of Upper Hurdcott Farm
- Group of barrows on North Hill Down
- Faulston pigeon house
- Bowl barrow on Little Toyd Down, 650m south west of Grims Lodge Farm
- Marleycombe Hill round barrows
- Long barrow 250m north of Normanton Gorse
- Bowl barrow on Homington Down, 725m south of Tottens Farm
- Stapleford Castle
- Whitsbury hillfort
- Bowl barrow 240m east of The Penning
- Middle Chase buildings round barrow
- Bowl barrow 650m SSE of Stonehenge
- Rockbourne Down, Spring Pond enclosure
- Bowl barrow known as `Bush Barrow' and two disc barrows south east of Normanton Gorse forming part of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Yarnbury camp (Yarnbury Castle)
- Disc barrow 220m south west of Stonehenge forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Stonehenge Down
- Ditch, 343yds (310m) ENE of East Farm Cottages to 800yds (730m) NW of St Martin's Chapel
- Bowl barrow on the eastern edge of Luxenborough Plantation
- Roman road along the south side of Vernditch Chase: part of the Roman road between Sorviodunum (Old Sarum) and Vindocladia (Badbury)
- Chalk military badges on Fovant Down
- Bowl barrow 540m south east of Druid's Head Farm
- Bowl barrow 400m south east of Longbarrow Cross Roads, east of A360
- Bowl barrow 400m south of Normanton Gorse
- Great Ditch banks
- Village cross
- Punch Bowl round barrow
- Ten bowl barrows, five disc barrows, a bell barrow, a pond barrow and a saucer barrow forming the Wilsford round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 400m west of Normanton Gorse
- Woodminton Down round barrow
- Bowl barrow on Coneybury Hill, 450m south of the A303
- Three bowl barrows 150m south of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Two round barrows 300m south of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Knighton Roman road (stretching from Reddish Gore to reservoir)
- Bury Orchard ditch
- Bowl barrow 50m south west of Rox Hill Clump
- East Castle
- Two bowl barrows forming part of the Winterbourne Stoke crossroads round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow forming part of the Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Four bowl barrows 140m north of the A303 on Stonehenge Down
- Hut Bottom round barrow
- Bowl barrow 700m north of Springbottom Farm
- Churchyard cross
- Hamshill ditches and field system
- Knap barrow: a long barrow 900m west of Down Farm
- Little Langford round barrow, N of Upper Farm Down
- Hanging Langford camp and Church-end Ring
- Two linear earthworks in Vernditch Chase
- Bowl barrow 70m south of A303
- Disc barrow forming part of the Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 430m north west of Northdown Barn
- Round barrow 860yds (786m) SE of Knighton Hill Buildings
- Newton Barrow
- Two bowl barrows 700m north west of Normanton Down House
- Bowl barrow 120m south of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Two bowl barrows on Stoke Down 650m south west of Foxhole Cottage
- Packhorse bridge
- Earthwork W of Woodford Clump
- Group of barrows W of Hooklands Plantation
- Ruined church of SS Mary and Nicholas
- Bowl barrow within Luxenborough Plantation
- Pond barrow south of the A303 and 400m west of Normanton Gorse containing the 'Wilsford Shaft'
- Two sections of a linear earthwork north of West Woodyates Manor: part of the `Bokerley Line'
- Bowl barrow immediately east of the A360 forming part of the Winterbourne Stoke crossroads round barrow cemetery
- Two bowl barrows 700m south of Springbottom Farm buildings
- Long barrow north east of Winterbourne Stoke crossroads
- Giant's Grave: a long barrow 400m north-west of Down Farm
- Marleycombe Hill earthworks
- Knowle Hill round barrow
- Deserted medieval village, a bowl barrow, and part of a prehistoric field system opposite Lake House in Lake Bottom
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 350m north of Springbottom Farm buildings on Wilsford Down
- Group of barrows near Field Barn
- Lake Barrow Group, North Kite earthwork enclosure, four sections of linear boundary, and a bowl barrow within the North Kite
- Bronze Age enclosure and bowl barrow 100m west of Longbarrow Cross Roads on Winterbourne Stoke Down
- Section of a linear boundary from 350m north east of Westfield Farm on Lake Down to Lake Bottom
- Bilbury Rings
- Knighton Hill round barrow
- Field system on Stoke Down
- Chiselbury Camp hillfort, cross dykes and site of turnpike toll house
- Field system on Wylye Down
- Heath Wood earthwork
- King Barrow and another bowl barrow on Coneybury Hill
- Earthworks S of Knighton Hill Buildings
- Bowl barrow on Coneybury Hill, 130m NNE of Luxenborough Plantation
- Bowl barrow on the north eastern edge of Luxenborough Plantation
- Bowl barrow south of the A303 and north west of Normanton Gorse
- Eighteen round barrows forming the greater part of the Winterbourne Stoke crossroads round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 100m north of Rox Hill Clump
- Bowl barrow 470m south east of Druid's Head Farm
- Bowl barrow in Normanton Gorse, forming part of the Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Linear boundary from south east of Winterbourne Stoke crossroads to south west of The Diamond on Wilsford Down
- Winterbourne Stoke West round barrow cemetery, The Coniger enclosure and section of linear boundary earthwork
- Bowl barrow 250m north west of Lake House
- Grovely Ditch
- Round barrow 230yds (210m) NW of New Field Plantation
- Round barrow N of Yarnbury Castle
- Round barrow SE of Cowdown Farm
- Bowl barrow 200m WNW of Lake House
- Three bowl barrows immediately north of the A303 on Stonehenge Down
- Linear boundary within Normanton Gorse
- Bowl barrow 350m east of the shoulder angle of Bokerley Dyke on Martin Down
- Three bowl barrows 150m south of the A303, north of Luxenborough Plantation
- Long barrow 600yds (550m) SE of Vanity
- Bowl barrow 300m south west of New King Barrows
- Bowl barrow south of Normanton Gorse on the southern edge of Normanton Down
- Bell barrow north east of Westfield Farm and 150m south of Wilsford round barrow cemetery
- A linear earthwork north east of West Woodyates Manor: part of the `Bokerley Line'
- Six bowl barrows forming the greater part of a round barrow cemetery on Wilsford Down 350m north of Springbottom Farm buildings
- Barford Down milestone
- Bowl barrow 520m north east of the shoulder angle of Bokerley Dyke on Martin Down
- Long barrow in Round Clump
- Bowl barrow 300m north west of Lake House
- Bowl barrow 100m south east of the southern edge of The Diamond south of the A303
- Five bowl barrows and two saucer barrows forming a round barrow cemetery on Winterbourne Stoke Down
- Bowl barrow and a disc barrow in Normanton Gorse, forming part of the Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Hare Warren Control Station
- Henge monument 300m south of Longbarrow Cross Roads, east of A360
- Barrow on Fifield Down 700yds (640m) ESE of North Barn
- Long barrow on Little Toyd Down, 760m south west of Grims Lodge Farm
- Bell barrow situated 50m north of Normanton Gorse and 170m south of the A303
- Bowl barrow 250m south west of Longbarrow Cross Roads, west of A360
- Long barrow 700m west of Bride's Farm
- Croucheston Down Barn round barrow
- Bowl barrow 200m east of Lake Down round barrow cemetery north of Rox Hill
- Knighton Hill earthwork
- Long barrow and 18 round barrows, forming the greater part of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Vernditch Chase long barrow
- Duck's Nest: a long barrow on Rockbourne Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Milestone SE of Yarnbury Castle
- Parsonage Down Camp earthwork enclosure and associated field system.
- Two barrows NW of Little Down
- Deptford Down round barrow
- Grans barrow: a long barrow 880m west of Down Farm
- Old Sarum
- Long barrow on Wilsford Down 300m north of The Diamond
- Bowl barrow 250m south of Westfield Farm buildings
- Long barrow south-west of Vernditch Chase
- Long barrow 350m south west of the Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
- Neale's Barrow, round barrow
- Bowl barrow 50m south of A303
- Round barrows S of Hare Warren
- Barrow in Wilton Park
- Wick Ball camp, the Common
- Bowl barrow 150m east of Stonehenge Cottages on A303
- Hoop Side round barrows
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 350m north of Springbottom Farm buildings on Wilsford Down
- Romano-British settlement at Stratford sub Castle
- Bronze Age and Romano-British enclosure on Martin Down, east of Bokerley Junction
- Bowl barrow 450m east of The Diamond south of the A303
- Bowl barrow east of the A360 forming part of the Winterbourne Stoke crossroads round barrow cemetery
- Ten round barrows forming the Lake Down round barrow cemetery and a section of linear boundary crossing Lake Down
- Barrow N of 'The Spectacles'
- Henge monument 400m south of Stonehenge Cottages
- Barrow SSW of Melsome's Field barn
- Roman road north east of Vernditch Chase: part of the Roman road between Sorviodunum (Old Sarum) and Vindocladia (Badbury)
- Ancient cultivation terraces
- Two barrows W of Stoke Down
- Long barrow 700m north-west of Tenantry Farm
- Bowl barrow 450m north of Springbottom Farm
- Long Barrow 800m north-west of Paradise
