East Kennett
East Kennett is a Village in the county of Wiltshire.
There are great places to visit near East Kennett including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes, parks and villages.
There are a number of historic monuments near East Kennett including Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.
Ancient Sites to visit near East Kennett include Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, Silbury Hill, and Barbury Castle.
Historic Buildings to visit near East Kennett include Avebury Manor.
There are a number of country parks near East Kennett including Coate Water Country Park, Barbury Castle Country Park, and Lydiard Park.
East Kennett is near some unmissable lakes like Coate Water,
Lydiard Park is one of East Kennett's best, nearby parks to visit in East Kennett.
There are a several good villages in the area around East Kennett like Ashton Keynes.
East Kennett History
There are some historic monuments around East Kennett:
- Bowl barrow east of the Ridgeway forming part of the Overton Hill Bronze Age round barrow cemetery.
- Four bowl barrows forming part of a cemetery 270m east of long barrow on Roughridge Hill
- Bowl barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Two bowl barrows 320m south-east of Little London
- Grange bowl barrow 130m north west of The Grange Stables bell barrow, Beckhampton
- Bowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's Plantation
- Earthwork W of New Town Farm
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Four round barrows 740m east of Kitchen Barrow, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on All Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 1km west of Sheppard's Farm Dairy
- Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn
- Bowl barrow 620m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Oldbury Camp hillfort, bowl barrow and cross dyke on Cherhill Down
- Group of round barrows on Rough Hill
- Three bowl barrows: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Barbury Barn
- Group of barrows on Draycott Hill
- Pair of bowl barrows 650m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 610m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Round barrow forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Barrow 350yds (320m) E of Smeathe's Plantation, Ogbourne Down
- Four earthwork enclosures on All Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 640m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bell barrow 350m south-west of Barbury Barn
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 120m north of the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 200m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn
- Bowl barrow 230m west of The Grange, Beckhampton
- Avebury Long Stones 380m east of The Grange Stables, Beckhampton
- Saucer barrow 620m north of New Barn: Part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Avebury and 70m north of Green Street
- Site of an oval stone circle and part of an adjacent field system 700m SW of West Kennet long barrow.
- 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
- Barbury Castle: a hillfort and bowl barrow
- Langdean stone circle
- Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bell barrow 200m north of Rockley Plantation
- 'The Spectacles'
- Enclosure on Ogbourne Down
- Bowl barrow 870m ESE of New Barn on Monkton Down
- Bowl barrow 750m south-west of Manor Farm: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Giant's Grave (Martinsell Hill)
- Iron Age enclosure on Overton Hill, 600m north west of North Farm
- Bowl barrow 700m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Field system and earthwork enclosure on Burderop Down
- Medieval village site
- Round barrow cemetery 320m south east of Down Farm
- Long Stones long barrow 150m north of Beckhampton House
- Earth Burgh (or Eorth Burh) NW of New Town Farm
- Settlement and field system on Milton Hill (Fyfield Down)
- Winterbourne Bassett mound
- Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery adjacent to the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Barrow S of Wansdyke
- Medieval settlement remains immediately west of The Vicarage
- Horslip long barrow, 450m north-west of Horslip Bridge.
- West Kennet long barrow, 800m south-east of Silbury Hill
- Saucer barrow: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle
- East Kennett long barrow, 600m south of East Kennett church
- Two bowl barrows 820m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- A causewayed enclosure, the core of a round barrow cemetery, part of a prehistoric field system and an associated mortuary enclosure on Windmill Hill
- Withy Copse ditch
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Baltic Farm
- Linear boundary earthwork and associated field system on Cherhill Down
- Bowl barrow and a saucer barrow 200m north of Rockley Plantation
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Rockley Plantation
- Pair of round barrows and section of linear earthwork NE of the gallops on West Down
- Bell barrow 75m west of Red Shore
- Earthwork NW of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow 750m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Pair of bowl barrows 150m north of the Wansdyke on All Cannings Down
- Round barrow 750yds (690m) SE of Smeathe's Plantation
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Green Street and east of the Avebury henge monument
- Pair of round barrows 200m SSE of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Sharpridge field system
- Bowl barrow 630m north east of Wick Bottom Barn
- Barbury Castle Farm deserted Medieval village
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Village settlement on Barton Down
- Long barrow and abutting bowl barrow 700m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings, forming the focus of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 500m north-west of Berwick Bassett Clump
- Bowl barrow 880m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Group of small enclosures on Horton Down, 910m north east of Easton Down long barrow
- Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery
- Preshute Down field system
- Stone circle
- Martinsell Hill camp
- Sharpridge earthworks
- Three confluent round barrows 580m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Field system E of Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Pair of round barrows forming part of the Bronze Age round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Pair of bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Long barrow in Barrow Copse
- Bowl barrow 1km west of Tan Hill
- Bowl barrow 500m west of The Row
- Shrunken medieval village site E of Avebury Trusloe
- Swanborough Tump
- Harepit Way linear boundary
- Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Section of Wansdyke and associated monuments from east of The Firs to the eastern side of Tan Hill
- Beckhampton round barrow cemetery 150m north east of the `Waggon and Horses'
- Group of four round barrows 300m north west of the junction between the Ridgeway and Green Street on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow immediately west of the Ridgeway, 400m north east of its junction with Green Street
- Bowl barrow forming part of a cemetery 800m east of Kitchen Barrow
- Ogbourne Maizey Down round barrow
- Pair of bowl barrows on West Down, 550m east of Witch Plantation
- Adam's Grave: a long barrow on Walker's Hill
- Saucer barrow 250m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Three sections of a linear earthwork south west of New Barn
- Deserted medieval village E of Manor Farm
- Bowl barrow 750m east of New Barn
- Green Bank bowl barrow, 230m east of the Avebury henge monument
- Bowl barrow 400m west of Cooks Plantation
- Linear earthworks forming part of a field system on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Long barrow on Easton Down
- Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Bowl barrow 800m south of Hemp Knoll
- Grange Stables bell barrow
- Long barrow on Horton Down
- Kitchen Barrow: a long barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Earthworks on Marlborough Common
- Bowl barrow situated 60m west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Tanhill Penning
- Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning
- Wansdyke: section from S of Furze Hill to Marlborough-Pewsey road
- Barrow on Avebury Down, S of track from Avebury
- Bowl barrow 900m SSE of Green Bank
- Bell barrow 660m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- The Hatfield Earthwork: a henge enclosure, henge and remains of monumental mound at Marden
- Bowl barrow 950m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- West Kennett Farm palisaded enclosures
- All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site
- West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank east of West Kennett Farm
- Section of the Wansdyke
- Ten barrows forming part of Fox Covert round barrow cemetery, West Down.
- Prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, cultivation, industrial and funerary remains on Fyfield, Overton and Manton Downs
- Bowl barrow 770m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- 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 375m east of Wick Bottom Barn
- Remains of `Falkner's Circle', a Neolithic stone circle 180m east of the West Kennet Avenue
- Castle mound
- South Street long barrow, 70m south east of the Long Stones
- Ditch W of Tanhill Fair
- Pair of bowl barrows situated on the south east of Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 550m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Group of five round barrows north-east of the Sanctuary: part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Bowl barrow 690m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Disc barrow on Burderop Down, 1km north-east of Upper Herdswick Farm
- Bowl barrow 350m north-east of White Horse Plantation
- Two earthwork enclosures and a linear earthwork 625m north of Barbury Castle
- Bell barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Avebury henge and stone circles
- Enclosure on Horton Down
- Earthwork enclosure 950m SSE of Manor Farm
- Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill
- Bowl barrow on Calstone Down, 500m south of Witch Plantation
- Three Bronze Age barrows 200m NNW of Down Barn forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Bell barrow situated between Bishop's Cannings Down and Easton Down
- Bell barrow 300m south-east of Avebury Down Barn forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Earthwork enclosure on Allington Down
- Two bowl barrows 680m north of Upper Herdswick Farm, Barbury Down
- Bell barrow and adjacent bowl barrow on Marlborough Common, 120m east of Wootton Bassett Road
- Bowl barrow 50m south-east of the `Sanctuary' forming part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Silbury Hill: a monumental Neolithic mound west of the River Kennet and south of Avebury village
- Bowl barrow 120m west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- West Kennet bell barrow, 160m north-west of West Kennet long barrow
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 400m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 200m south of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
- Linear barrow cemetery on Hackpen Hill
- Square enclosure 350m north of Wansdyke on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Knap Hill camp near Alton Priors
- Bell barrow on Easton Down
- Rybury camp
- Richardson medieval settlement
- Bowl barrow 750m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Ivy House Farm
- Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Two enclosures on Winterbourne Down
- Bowl barrow 300m south of Fox Covert forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington 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
- Medieval settlement, moat and fishponds at Woodhill Park Farm
- Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn
- The Sanctuary, Overton Hill
- Bowl barrow 800m north-east of Hackpen Barn
- Saucer barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Earthwork enclosure and dewpond 490m north of Barbury Castle
- Bowl barrow 650m ESE of New Barn, between Avebury Down and Monkton Down
- Bowl barrow 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bowl barrow 200m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Six bowl barrows 560m north of New Barn: part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Two round barrows W of New Town Farm
- Barrow on Smeathe's Ridge
- Three Roman burial mounds, a Bronze Age bowl barrow, a pagan Saxon inhumation cemetery and a short length of Roman road on Overton Hill.
- Group of four round barrows 500m south-east of Avebury Down Barn, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 400m south-east of Culley's Farm Cottages
- Two bowl barrows 670m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Cross dyke 520m north east of Cherhill Monument
- Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Barbury Castle Farm
- Bowl barrow 190m north east of Nolands Farm, Yatesbury
- Two bowl barrows 400m south of Tanhill Penning
- Bowl barrow 50m north of Barrow Farm
- Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated 120m NNW of Down Barn on North Down
- A henge, four Bronze Age barrows and part of a Roman road 500m south west of Fox Covert
- Pair of round barrows 400m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated on Avebury Down
- Section of Roman Road 560m north east of Beckhampton Buildings
- Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Saucer barrow on North Down
- Bowl barrow 50m north east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle Farm
- Devil's Den long barrow, 600m east of White Acre
- Bowl barrow 840m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery
- Earthwork enclosure N of Wansdyke
- Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse
- Bowl barrow 1150m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Round barrow cemetery 400m south of Avebury henge monument on Waden Hill
- Wick Down Farm earthwork
