Chirton
Chirton is a Town in the county of Wiltshire.
There are great places to visit near Chirton including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes, parks and villages.
There are a several good historic monuments in the Chirton area like Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.
Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, Silbury Hill, and Barbury Castle are great places to visit near Chirton if you like ancient sites.
Chirton is near some unmissable historic buildings like Avebury Manor,
The area around Chirton features a number of interesting country parks including Coate Water Country Park, Barbury Castle Country Park, and Lydiard Park.
Lakes to visit near Chirton include Coate Water.
Lydiard Park is one of Chirton's best, nearby parks to visit in Chirton.
There are a number of villages near to Chirton including Ashton Keynes.
Chirton History
There are some historic monuments around Chirton:
- Enclosure on Marden Down
- Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage
- East Kennett long barrow, 600m south of East Kennett church
- Long barrow east of Netheravon Bake
- Adam's Grave: a long barrow on Walker's Hill
- Pair of bowl barrows 150m north of the Wansdyke on All Cannings Down
- Earthwork enclosure on Allington Down
- Roundway Hill Farm round barrows
- Four earthwork enclosures on All Cannings Down
- Bell barrow 660m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Strip lynchets north-east of East Chisenbury
- Eleven round barrows 1000m north of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery, and a probable enclosed Iron Age farmstead on North Down
- Bowl barrow north of splinterproof shelter, Larkhill Artillery Range
- Boundary feature, western section of Long Ditch across Wilsford Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated 120m NNW of Down Barn on North Down
- Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse
- Round barrow forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Earthwork NW of New Town 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
- Bowl barrow 60m east of Roundway Hill Covert
- Medieval settlement remains immediately west of The Vicarage
- Round barrow north-west of Goods Clump
- Round barrow north of Summer Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Cross ridge dyke on Morgan's Hill
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 400m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn
- Bowl barrow 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Section of Wansdyke and associated monuments from east of The Firs to the eastern side of Tan Hill
- Bowl barrow 120m west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Earthwork enclosure N of Wansdyke
- West Chisenbury Settlement
- Silbury Hill: a monumental Neolithic mound west of the River Kennet and south of Avebury village
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Ditch W of Tanhill Fair
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Tanhill Penning
- Enclosure and boundary earthwork west of Scraggy Copse
- Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Group of small enclosures on Horton Down, 910m north east of Easton Down long barrow
- Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery
- Group of barrows on Draycott Hill
- Section of Roman Road 560m north east of Beckhampton Buildings
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 135m ENE of Baltic Farm
- Rybury camp
- Bell barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Knap Hill camp near Alton Priors
- Bowl barrow 1150m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Wansdyke: section from S of Furze Hill to Marlborough-Pewsey road
- Compton Farm Romano-British and Early Medieval occupation sites and associated cultivation earthworks
- Bowl barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Bowl barrow 950m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow situated 500m SSW of Shepherds' Shore
- Four bowl barrows forming part of a cemetery 270m east of long barrow on Roughridge Hill
- Linear earthworks forming part of a field system on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 150m east of the wireless station on Morgan's Hill
- Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning
- Long barrow and abutting bowl barrow 700m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings, forming the focus of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Two boundary features to the north/north-east and west of Silver Barrow
- Barrow east of Chirton Landing Strip
- Enclosure on Summer Down
- All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site
- Bowl barrow 750m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow on Tilshead Down, 950m north west of Copehill Plantation
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Furze Knoll
- Group of five round barrows north-east of the Sanctuary: part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Saucer barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Four round barrows 740m east of Kitchen Barrow, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on All Cannings Down
- Long barrow north of Netheravon Bake
- Round barrow 1260m NNE of Baltic Farm, 75m south of Roman Road, forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Long barrow 650m WSW of Shepherds' Shore
- Bowl barrow on King's Play Hill 510m north of Hill Cottage
- The Hatfield Earthwork: a henge enclosure, henge and remains of monumental mound at Marden
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 120m north of the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Earthwork W of New Town Farm
- Pair of bowl barrows situated on the south east of Bishop's Cannings Down
- West Kennett Farm palisaded enclosures
- The Long Monument
- Moated site 300m north-east of Potterne Park Farm
- Bowl barrow east of the Ridgeway forming part of the Overton Hill Bronze Age round barrow cemetery.
- Bowl barrow at east end of Morgan's Hill
- Two boundary earthworks on the west of Rushall Down
- Bowl barrow 1km west of Tan Hill
- Two round barrows W of New Town Farm
- Round barrow near Charlton Clumps
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 200m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Site of an oval stone circle and part of an adjacent field system 700m SW of West Kennet long barrow.
- Barrow north-west of Weatherhill Scrub
- Linear earthwork on West Down
- Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery
- Barrow S of Wansdyke
- Enclosure on Horton Down
- Silver Barrow, Orcheston Down
- Bowl barrow 500m west of the wireless station on Morgan's Hill; part of a group of three bowl barrows
- Medieval village site
- Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill
- Three Bronze Age barrows 200m NNW of Down Barn forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- West Kennet long barrow, 800m south-east of Silbury Hill
- Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow
- West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank east of West Kennett Farm
- Deserted medieval village E of Manor Farm
- Long barrow south of Horse Down
- Bowl barrow 610m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Field system E of Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Round barrow south-west of Compton Farm
- Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn
- Boundary feature on Ball Down
- Enclosure on Black Heath Down
- Bowl barrow 50m south-east of the `Sanctuary' forming part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Long barrow on Horton Down
- Boundary earthwork east of Church Hill
- The Sanctuary, Overton Hill
- Bowl barrow on Calstone Down, 500m south of Witch Plantation
- Harepit Way linear boundary
- Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Bowl barrow situated 60m west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 300m south of Fox Covert forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Enclosure north of Chirton Gorse
- Two bowl barrows in Roundway Hill Covert
- Bell barrow situated between Bishop's Cannings Down and Easton Down
- Square earthwork enclosure 450m north west of Baltic Farm on Morgan's Hill
- Enford Roman villa
- Pair of bowl barrows 650m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Two saucer barrows and a pair of bowl barrows 750m 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
- Pair of bell barrows and a pair of bowl barrows forming part of a barrow cemetery at Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow 550m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Group of three bowl barrows 250m north east of Shepherds' Shore
- Ten barrows forming part of Fox Covert round barrow cemetery, West Down.
- Long barrow north of Robin Hood Ball Clump
- Bowl barrow 840m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Square enclosure 350m north of Wansdyke on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow on King's Play Hill, 420m north of Hill Cottage
- Langdean stone circle
- Long barrow on King's Play Hill, 430m north west of Hill Cottage
- Bowl barrow forming part of a cemetery 800m east of Kitchen Barrow
- Round barrow south-south-east of Greenland Camp
- A henge, four Bronze Age barrows and part of a Roman road 500m south west of Fox Covert
- Bell barrow on Easton Down
- Long barrow on Easton Down
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Baltic Farm
- Earth Burgh (or Eorth Burh) NW of New Town Farm
- Casterley Camp and associated monuments
- Two bowl barrows 400m south of Tanhill Penning
- Boundary earthworks on Wilsford Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Bowl barrow 640m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North 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.
- Boundary earthwork from East Down to Orcheston Down
- Kitchen Barrow: a long barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Enclosure and associated bowl barrow west of Wexland Hanging
- Five round barrows 1040m NNE of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Multiple trackway between and north of Round Clump and Dogtail Plantation
- Ell Barrow, long barrow
- Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Thornham Down prehistoric and medieval landscapes
- Bowl barrow 800m south of Hemp Knoll
- Orcheston Down Romano-British landscape
- Bowl barrow 1070m NNW of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Saucer barrow on North Down
- Bell barrow 75m west of Red Shore
- Bowl barrow 50m north east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Pair of bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Long barrow in Barrow Plantation, East Down
- White Barrow, a long barrow
- Section of the Wansdyke
- Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Field system on Penning Down
- Enclosure south-east of Candown Copse
- West Kennet bell barrow, 160m north-west of West Kennet long barrow
- Swanborough Tump
- A group of six barrows east of Newfoundland Farm Wood
