Bushton
Bushton is a Village in the county of Wiltshire.
Bushton postcode: SN4 7PX
There are great places to visit near Bushton including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes and villages.
There are a several good historic monuments in the Bushton area like Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.
The area around Bushton features a number of interesting ancient sites including Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, and Silbury Hill.
Historic Buildings to visit near Bushton include Avebury Manor.
Bushton is near some unmissable country parks like Coate Water Country Park,
Bushton is near some unmissable lakes like Coate Water,
The area around Bushton's best villages can be found at Ashton Keynes.
Bushton History
There are some historic monuments around Bushton:
- East Kennett long barrow, 600m south of East Kennett church
- West Kennet bell barrow, 160m north-west of West Kennet long barrow
- Bowl barrow immediately west of the Ridgeway, 400m north east of its junction with Green Street
- Long barrow and abutting bowl barrow 700m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings, forming the focus of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Avebury and 70m north of Green Street
- Bowl barrow 550m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 135m ENE of Baltic Farm
- Ringsbury Camp hillfort
- Pair of bowl barrows on West Down, 550m east of Witch Plantation
- Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning
- Rabbit warren 800m east of Woodlane 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
- Remains of `Falkner's Circle', a Neolithic stone circle 180m east of the West Kennet Avenue
- Bowl barrow 150m east of the wireless station on Morgan's Hill
- Three sections of a linear earthwork south west of New Barn
- 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 190m north east of Nolands Farm, Yatesbury
- Bowl barrow 900m SSE of Green Bank
- Richardson medieval settlement
- Bowl barrow 700m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Post mill at Church Hills
- Round barrow 1260m NNE of Baltic Farm, 75m south of Roman Road, forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Round barrow cemetery 400m south of Avebury henge monument on Waden Hill
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Green Street and east of the Avebury henge monument
- Beckhampton round barrow cemetery 150m north east of the `Waggon and Horses'
- 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
- Two bowl barrows 670m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 400m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 120m west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Romano-British villa complex 330m north west of Queen Court Farm
- Bowl barrow 50m south-east of the `Sanctuary' forming part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Baltic Farm
- Grange bowl barrow 130m north west of The Grange Stables bell barrow, Beckhampton
- Moated site 400m north-east of Hooker's Gate
- Bowl barrow at east end of Morgan's Hill
- West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank east of West Kennett Farm
- Bowl barrow 870m ESE of New Barn on Monkton Down
- Winterbourne Bassett mound
- West Kennett Farm palisaded enclosures
- Sharpridge earthworks
- Medieval settlement 400m south west of Crew's Farm
- Iron Age enclosure on Overton Hill, 600m north west of North Farm
- Harepit Way linear boundary
- Bowl barrow 350m north-east of White Horse Plantation
- Site of an oval stone circle and part of an adjacent field system 700m SW of West Kennet long barrow.
- Bowl barrow 930m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- Bowl barrow 300m south of Fox Covert forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- West Kennet long barrow, 800m south-east of Silbury Hill
- Medieval rural settlement at Quemerford
- Bowl barrow 800m north-east of Hackpen Barn
- Two bowl barrows 320m south-east of Little London
- Group of four round barrows 500m south-east of Avebury Down Barn, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Pair of round barrows 400m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated on Avebury Down
- Pair of round barrows forming part of the Bronze Age round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Medieval settlement, moat and fishponds at Woodhill Park Farm
- Bowl barrow 200m south of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated 120m NNW of Down Barn on North Down
- Bowl barrow 840m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- Earthwork on Paven Hill
- Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery
- Cross ridge dyke on Morgan's Hill
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 120m north of the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Saucer barrow 250m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Pair of round barrows and section of linear earthwork NE of the gallops on West Down
- Bincknoll Camp
- Horslip long barrow, 450m north-west of Horslip Bridge.
- Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Bowl barrow 400m west of Cooks Plantation
- Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings Down
- South Street long barrow, 70m south east of the Long Stones
- Grange Stables bell barrow
- Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Two medieval fishponds 170m north of Little Park Farm
- Bowl barrow 230m west of The Grange, Beckhampton
- Group of five round barrows north-east of the Sanctuary: part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Long barrow 85m west of Cherhill Monument
- Bowl barrow 610m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow
- Cross dyke 520m north east of Cherhill Monument
- Bowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's Plantation
- Saucer barrow 910m west of Cherhill Monument, Cherhill Down.
- Bowl barrow 750m south-west of Manor Farm: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Cross dyke 450m west of Cherhill Monument
- Bowl barrow 650m ESE of New Barn, between Avebury Down and Monkton Down
- Medieval cross in St Mary's churchyard
- Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn
- Section of Roman Road 560m north east of Beckhampton Buildings
- Linear boundary earthwork and associated field system on Cherhill Down
- Earthwork enclosure 950m SSE of Manor 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
- Avebury henge and stone circles
- Bell barrow situated between Bishop's Cannings Down and Easton Down
- 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
- Saucer barrow on North Down
- Three confluent round barrows 580m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Group of small enclosures on Horton Down, 910m north east of Easton Down long barrow
- Bowl barrow 1070m NNW of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Village cross 12m north of St Mary's church
- Oldbury Camp hillfort, bowl barrow and cross dyke on Cherhill Down
- The Sanctuary, Overton Hill
- Medieval rural settlement 240m south of Lower Woodshaw Farm
- Avebury Long Stones 380m east of The Grange Stables, Beckhampton
- Bowl barrow situated 60m west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 640m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow on Calstone Down, 500m south of Witch Plantation
- Post mill mound 150m north west of Brynards Hill Farm
- Bowl barrow 840m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Silbury Hill: a monumental Neolithic mound west of the River Kennet and south of Avebury village
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Furze Knoll
- Medieval settlement immediately north west of Upper Littlecott Farm
- 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
- Bowl barrow 50m north east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 200m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Long Stones long barrow 150m north of Beckhampton House
- Roman pottery 140m SSW of Tewkesbury Cross
- Bell barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Bowl barrow 750m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Five round barrows 1040m NNE of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Square earthwork enclosure 450m north west of Baltic Farm on Morgan's Hill
- Bradenstoke Priory and fishponds and an associated motte and earthworks at Clack Mount.
- Bowl barrow 500m west of the wireless station on Morgan's Hill; part of a group of three bowl barrows
- Bowl barrow 750m east of New Barn
- Shrunken medieval village site E of Avebury Trusloe
- Bowl barrow 770m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Remains of watermill 500m east of Freeth Farm
- Six bowl barrows 560m north of New Barn: part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Three Bronze Age barrows 200m NNW of Down Barn forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Three Roman burial mounds, a Bronze Age bowl barrow, a pagan Saxon inhumation cemetery and a short length of Roman road on Overton Hill.
- Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery
- Saucer barrow 620m north of New Barn: Part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Bowl barrow 500m north-west of Berwick Bassett Clump
- Linear barrow cemetery on Hackpen Hill
- Cross dyke 230m south west of Cherhill Monument
- Green Bank bowl barrow, 230m east of the Avebury henge monument
- Stone circle
- Bowl barrow east of the Ridgeway forming part of the Overton Hill Bronze Age round barrow cemetery.
- Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Group of four round barrows 300m north west of the junction between the Ridgeway and Green Street on Avebury Down
- Barrow on Avebury Down, S of track from Avebury
- Bowl barrow 200m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Two enclosures on Winterbourne Down
- Bell barrow 300m south-east of Avebury Down Barn forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Wansdyke: 460yds (420m) SE of Broads Green to 266yds (240m) NE of Paddock Farm
- Saucer barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- A henge, four Bronze Age barrows and part of a Roman road 500m south west of Fox Covert
- Round barrow in Mount Wood, 300m north-east of Upper Lodge
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Pair of round barrows 200m SSE of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Ten barrows forming part of Fox Covert round barrow cemetery, West Down.
- Pair of bowl barrows 650m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 1150m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Medieval settlement 520m north east of Lower Beversbrook Farm
- Round barrow forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
