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 and villages.
The area around Chirton boasts some of the best historic monuments including Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.
Ancient Sites to visit near Chirton include Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, and Silbury Hill.
Don't miss Avebury Manor's historic buildings if visiting the area around Chirton.
Coate Water Country Park is a great place to visit close to Chirton if you like country parks.
The area around Chirton's best lakes can be found at Coate Water.
Places near Chirton feature a number of interesting villages including Ashton Keynes.
Chirton History
There are some historic monuments around Chirton:
- Three Bronze Age barrows 200m NNW of Down Barn forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Adam's Grave: a long barrow on Walker's Hill
- Boundary feature, western section of Long Ditch across Wilsford Down
- Round barrow 1260m NNE of Baltic Farm, 75m south of Roman Road, forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Round barrow south-south-east of Greenland Camp
- Rybury camp
- Thornham Down prehistoric and medieval landscapes
- Long barrow in Barrow Plantation, East Down
- Bell barrow 75m west of Red Shore
- Earthwork enclosure N of Wansdyke
- 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 640m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Earthwork enclosure on Allington Down
- The Long Monument
- Silbury Hill: a monumental Neolithic mound west of the River Kennet and south of Avebury village
- Enford Roman villa
- Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning
- Two boundary earthworks on the west of Rushall Down
- Enclosure on Marden Down
- Bell barrow on Easton Down
- Kitchen Barrow: a long barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Site of an oval stone circle and part of an adjacent field system 700m SW of West Kennet long barrow.
- The Sanctuary, Overton Hill
- A group of six barrows east of Newfoundland Farm Wood
- Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Knap Hill camp near Alton Priors
- Group of barrows on Draycott Hill
- Bowl barrow 1150m north-east of Baltic Farm
- West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank 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
- Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Harepit Way linear boundary
- Bowl barrow situated 500m SSW of Shepherds' Shore
- Bowl barrow 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bowl barrow north of splinterproof shelter, Larkhill Artillery Range
- Long barrow north of Robin Hood Ball Clump
- Boundary earthworks on Wilsford Down
- Strip lynchets north-east of East Chisenbury
- Bowl barrow 800m south of Hemp Knoll
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Long barrow south of Horse Down
- Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery
- Earthwork NW of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow on King's Play Hill, 420m north of Hill Cottage
- Deserted medieval village E of Manor Farm
- West Chisenbury Settlement
- Long barrow on Horton Down
- Two bowl barrows in Roundway Hill Covert
- Earth Burgh (or Eorth Burh) NW of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow 150m east of the wireless station on Morgan's Hill
- Barrow S of Wansdyke
- West Kennett Farm palisaded enclosures
- Enclosure north of Chirton Gorse
- Bowl barrow forming part of a cemetery 800m east of Kitchen Barrow
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 400m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a cemetery on North Down
- Cross ridge dyke on Morgan's Hill
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Furze Knoll
- Round barrow 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
- Group of five round barrows north-east of the Sanctuary: part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Pair of bowl barrows 650m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Square earthwork enclosure 450m north west of Baltic Farm on Morgan's Hill
- Boundary earthwork from East Down to Orcheston Down
- Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn
- Section of the Wansdyke
- Saucer barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill
- Orcheston Down Romano-British landscape
- Roundway Hill Farm round barrows
- Enclosure on Summer Down
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 135m ENE of Baltic Farm
- Group of three bowl barrows 250m north east of Shepherds' Shore
- Bell barrow 660m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Section of Roman Road 560m north east of Beckhampton Buildings
- Swanborough Tump
- Boundary earthwork east of Church Hill
- Ell Barrow, long barrow
- Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bowl barrow 1km west of Tan Hill
- Two bowl barrows 400m south of Tanhill Penning
- Long barrow north of Netheravon Bake
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse
- Saucer barrow on North Down
- Four earthwork enclosures on All Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 750m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- East Kennett long barrow, 600m south of East Kennett church
- Pair of bowl barrows situated on the south east of Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Bowl barrow at east end of Morgan's Hill
- Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Linear earthworks forming part of a field system on Bishop's Cannings 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
- A henge, four Bronze Age barrows and part of a Roman road 500m south west of Fox Covert
- Long barrow 650m WSW of Shepherds' Shore
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 200m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Pair of bell barrows and a pair of bowl barrows forming part of a barrow cemetery at Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow 120m west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Casterley Camp and associated monuments
- Field system E of Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Bowl barrow 500m west of the wireless station on Morgan's Hill; part of a group of three bowl barrows
- Two bowl barrows 670m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Enclosure and associated bowl barrow west of Wexland Hanging
- Bowl barrow 60m east of Roundway Hill Covert
- Bowl barrow 1070m NNW of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Boundary feature on Ball Down
- Earthwork W of New Town Farm
- Long barrow and abutting bowl barrow 700m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings, forming the focus of a 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.
- Field system on Penning Down
- All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site
- Enclosure and boundary earthwork west of Scraggy Copse
- Long barrow on King's Play Hill, 430m north west of Hill Cottage
- Long barrow east of Netheravon Bake
- Bowl barrow on King's Play Hill 510m north of Hill Cottage
- Multiple trackway between and north of Round Clump and Dogtail Plantation
- Bowl barrow 300m south of Fox Covert forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Group of small enclosures on Horton Down, 910m north east of Easton Down long barrow
- Langdean stone circle
- Enclosure on Horton Down
- Bell barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow
- Ditch W of Tanhill Fair
- Four bowl barrows forming part of a cemetery 270m east of long barrow on Roughridge Hill
- Silver Barrow, Orcheston Down
- Wansdyke: section from S of Furze Hill to Marlborough-Pewsey road
- Bowl barrow 50m north east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn
- Bowl barrow 950m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated 120m NNW of Down Barn on North Down
- Moated site 300m north-east of Potterne Park Farm
- Square enclosure 350m north of Wansdyke on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Barrow north-west of Weatherhill Scrub
- Round barrow near Charlton Clumps
- Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- West Kennet long barrow, 800m south-east of Silbury Hill
- Pair of bowl barrows 150m north of the Wansdyke on All Cannings Down
- Bell barrow situated between Bishop's Cannings Down and Easton Down
- Pair of bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Linear earthwork on West Down
- Enclosure south-east of Candown Copse
- Bowl barrow east of the Ridgeway forming part of the Overton Hill Bronze Age round barrow cemetery.
- Medieval village site
- Enclosure on Black Heath Down
- Long barrow on Easton Down
- Bowl barrow on Tilshead Down, 950m north west of Copehill Plantation
- Section of Wansdyke and associated monuments from east of The Firs to the eastern side of Tan Hill
- Round barrow north-west of Goods Clump
- Round barrow south-west of Compton Farm
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Tanhill Penning
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 120m north of the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- West Kennet bell barrow, 160m north-west of West Kennet long barrow
- Bowl barrow 50m south-east of the `Sanctuary' forming part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Four round barrows 740m east of Kitchen Barrow, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on All Cannings Down
- White Barrow, a long barrow
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery
- Two round barrows W of New Town Farm
- The Hatfield Earthwork: a henge enclosure, henge and remains of monumental mound at Marden
- Ten barrows forming part of Fox Covert round barrow cemetery, West Down.
- Bowl barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Medieval settlement remains immediately west of The Vicarage
- Bowl barrow situated 60m west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 840m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Compton Farm Romano-British and Early Medieval occupation sites and associated cultivation earthworks
- Bowl barrow 550m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow on Calstone Down, 500m south of Witch Plantation
- Barrow east of Chirton Landing Strip
- Five round barrows 1040m NNE of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Round barrow north of Summer Down
- Two boundary features to the north/north-east and west of Silver Barrow
