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