Manton
Manton is a Village in the county of Wiltshire.
Manton postcode: SN8 4HH
There are great places to visit near Manton including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes and villages.
There are a several good historic monuments in the Manton area like Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.
The area around Manton boasts some of the best ancient sites including Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, and Silbury Hill.
There are a number of historic buildings near to Manton including Avebury Manor.
Coate Water Country Park is one of Manton's best, nearby country parks to visit in Manton.
Don't miss Coate Water's lakes if visiting the area around Manton.
Ashton Keynes is one of Manton's best, nearby villages to visit in Manton.
Manton History
There are some historic monuments around Manton:
- Giant's Grave (Martinsell 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
- Earthwork enclosure 950m SSE of Manor Farm
- Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn
- Earthwork NW of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow immediately west of the Ridgeway, 400m north east of its junction with Green Street
- Two earthwork enclosures and a linear earthwork 625m north of Barbury Castle
- Green Bank bowl barrow, 230m east of the Avebury henge monument
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Tanhill Penning
- Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Earthwork enclosure N of Wansdyke
- Bowl barrow 750m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Two bowl barrows 400m east of Cadley Vicarage
- Three confluent round barrows 580m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Barbury Barn
- Dam of King's fishpond
- Iron Age enclosure on Overton Hill, 600m north west of North Farm
- Disc barrow at Easton Clump
- East Croft Coppice earthwork
- Bowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's Plantation
- Two bowl barrows 820m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Two bowl barrows in Shipley Bottom
- Prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, cultivation, industrial and funerary remains on Fyfield, Overton and Manton Downs
- Bowl barrow 50m south-east of the `Sanctuary' forming part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Bowl barrow 500m west of The Row
- Bowl barrow 700m south west of Liddington Warren Farm
- Five bowl barrows 600m north-east of Brimslade Farm Cottages: part of the Square Copse barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 850m WNW of Dudmore Lodge
- Barrow 350yds (320m) E of Smeathe's Plantation, Ogbourne Down
- 'Giant's Grave' long barrow on Milton Hill
- Barrow on Smeathe's Ridge
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Ogbourne St Andrew Farm
- Bowl barrow 400m north-west of Aldbourne Warren Farm
- Bell barrow 300m south-east of Avebury Down Barn forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Enclosure on 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
- Martinsell Hill camp
- Withy Copse ditch
- Bowl barrow 770m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Barrow on Avebury Down, S of track from Avebury
- Bell barrow 200m north of Rockley Plantation
- Two enclosures on Winterbourne Down
- Mound in churchyard
- East Kennett long barrow, 600m south of East Kennett church
- Three sections of a linear earthwork south west of New Barn
- Bowl barrow 275m west of Square Copse: part of the Square Copse barrow cemetery
- Castle mound
- Bowl barrow 450m south-west of Savernake Lodge
- Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Bowl barrow east of the Ridgeway forming part of the Overton Hill Bronze Age round barrow cemetery.
- Bowl barrow 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Two round barrows W of New Town Farm
- Camp on Forest Hill
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Bowl barrow 50m north of Barrow Farm
- Bowl barrow 120m west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Bowl barrow 900m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Bowl barrow 50m north east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Round barrow 750yds (690m) SE of Smeathe's Plantation
- Settlement and field system on Milton Hill (Fyfield Down)
- Bowl barrow 690m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Earthwork enclosure and dewpond 490m north of Barbury Castle
- Bowl barrow 150m north of Half Moon Wood
- Wansdyke: section 610yds (560m) NW of Wernham Farm to 250yds (230m) SW of New Buildings
- The Sanctuary, Overton Hill
- Bowl barrow and a saucer barrow 200m north of Rockley Plantation
- Sharpridge field system
- Barbury Castle Farm deserted Medieval village
- Pair of bowl barrows 150m north of the Wansdyke on All Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 650m ESE of New Barn, between Avebury Down and Monkton Down
- Bell barrow 75m west of Red Shore
- Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Earthwork W of New Town Farm
- Remains of `Falkner's Circle', a Neolithic stone circle 180m east of the West Kennet Avenue
- Earthworks on Marlborough Common
- Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Barbury Castle Farm
- Round barrow cemetery 400m south of Avebury henge monument on Waden Hill
- Bowl barrow 870m ESE of New Barn on Monkton Down
- Bowl barrow 375m east of Wick Bottom Barn
- Linear earthwork in Savernake Forest, S of Great Lodge Bottom
- Three Roman burial mounds, a Bronze Age bowl barrow, a pagan Saxon inhumation cemetery and a short length of Roman road on Overton Hill.
- Earth Burgh (or Eorth Burh) NW of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow 400m south-east of Culley's Farm Cottages
- Bowl barrow 880m north east of Lower Upham Farm
- Bowl barrow 500m north-west of Berwick Bassett Clump
- Pair of round barrows forming part of the Bronze Age round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Medieval settlement remains at Overtown
- Preshute Down field system
- Devil's Den long barrow, 600m east of White Acre
- Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery
- Knap Hill camp near Alton Priors
- Group of four round barrows 300m north west of the junction between the Ridgeway and Green Street on Avebury Down
- Black Field Roman site
- Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 880m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Ivy House Farm
- Barrow on Coombe Down, 930yds (830m) WSW of St George's Church
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Avebury and 70m north of Green Street
- Wansdyke: section from S of Furze Hill to Marlborough-Pewsey road
- Bell barrow and adjacent bowl barrow on Marlborough Common, 120m east of Wootton Bassett Road
- Disc barrow on Burderop Down, 1km north-east of Upper Herdswick Farm
- Swanborough Tump
- Six bowl barrows 560m north of New Barn: part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Ogbourne Maizey Down round barrow
- Bowl barrow 400m south-east of Cadley Vicarage
- Bowl barrow 620m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
- Easton Clump settlement
- Village settlement on Barton Down
- Bowl barrow 630m north east of Wick Bottom Barn
- Crowdown Clump earthwork (Godsbury)
- Bowl barrow 900m SSE of Green Bank
- Section of the Wansdyke
- Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn
- Barrow on Coombe Down, 1070yds (980m) NE of Upper Poughcombe
- Group of barrows on Draycott Hill
- Linear barrow cemetery on Hackpen Hill
- Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse
- West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank east of West Kennett Farm
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Green Street and east of the Avebury henge monument
- Barbury Castle: a hillfort and bowl barrow
- Field system and earthwork enclosure on Burderop Down
- Bowl barrow 175m west of Square Copse: part of the Square Copse barrow cemetery
- Group of round barrows on Rough Hill
- West Kennet long barrow, 800m south-east of Silbury Hill
- Bincknoll Camp
- Long barrow in Barrow Copse
- Two bowl barrows 680m north of Upper Herdswick Farm, Barbury Down
- Langdean stone circle
- Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- West Kennet bell barrow, 160m north-west of West Kennet long barrow
- West Kennett Farm palisaded enclosures
- Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow
- Romano-British kilns, Column Ride, Savernake Forest
- Moated site at Puthall Farm
- Ditch 530yds (484m) SW of Stitchcombe Farm
- Pair of round barrows 400m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated on Avebury Down
- Round barrow on Easton Down
- Medieval settlement, cultivation remains and boundary 550m north west of Upham Hall
- Whitefield Hill ditch
- Group of five round barrows north-east of the Sanctuary: part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Medieval settlement remains immediately west of The Vicarage
- Three bowl barrows: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle
- Bowl barrow 800m north-east of Hackpen Barn
- Avebury henge and stone circles
- Medieval settlement and prehistoric field system 520m north east and 760m east of Snap Farm
- Sharpridge earthworks
- Adam's Grave: a long barrow on Walker's Hill
- Wick Down Farm earthwork
- Saucer barrow 620m north of New Barn: Part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
- Bowl barrow 1km west of Sheppard's Farm Dairy
- Saucer barrow: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle
- Church Hill earthwork
- Bowl barrow 750m east of New Barn
- Bell barrow 350m south-west of Barbury Barn
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Rockley Plantation
- Barrow S of Wansdyke
- Bowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle Farm
- Banjo enclosure 480m south west of Cheldene
