Overtown is a Village in the county of Wiltshire.

Overtown postcode: SN4 0SH

Retail in Overtown

There are great places to visit near Overtown including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes, parks and villages.

Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury are some of Overtown best historic monuments to visit near Overtown.

There are a several good ancient sites in the Overtown area like Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, Silbury Hill, and Barbury Castle.

Don't miss Avebury Manor's historic buildings if visiting the area around Overtown.

Overtown has some unmissable country parks nearby like Coate Water Country Park, Barbury Castle Country Park, and Lydiard Park.

The area close to Overtown boasts some of the best lakes including Coate Water.

Parks to visit near Overtown include Lydiard Park.

Ashton Keynes is one of Overtown's best, nearby villages to visit in Overtown.

Overtown History

There are some historic monuments around Overtown:

• Roman villa 530m west of Stanton House
• Bowl barrow 375m east of Wick Bottom Barn
• Bowl barrow 620m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
• Stone circle
• Two bowl barrows 680m north of Upper Herdswick Farm, Barbury Down
• Saucer barrow 250m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
• Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn
• Bowl barrow and a saucer barrow 200m north of Rockley Plantation
• Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
• Enclosure on Ogbourne Down
• Dam of King's fishpond
• Bowl barrow 70m north of Rockley Plantation
• Preshute Down field system
• Bowl barrow 70m north of Green Street and east of the Avebury henge monument
• Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Avebury and 70m north of Green Street
• Barbury Castle: a hillfort and bowl barrow
• South Street long barrow, 70m south east of the Long Stones
• A causewayed enclosure, the core of a round barrow cemetery, part of a prehistoric field system and an associated mortuary enclosure on Windmill Hill
• Saucer barrow: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle
• Roman pottery 140m SSW of Tewkesbury Cross
• Three confluent round barrows 580m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
• Bowl barrow east of the Ridgeway forming part of the Overton Hill Bronze Age round barrow cemetery.
• Bowl barrow 630m north east of Wick Bottom Barn
• Two earthwork enclosures and a linear earthwork 625m north of Barbury Castle
• Avebury henge and stone circles
• Pair of round barrows 400m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated on Avebury 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.
• Prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, cultivation, industrial and funerary remains on Fyfield, Overton and Manton Downs
• Bell barrow 300m south-east of Avebury Down Barn forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
• Barrow on Smeathe's Ridge
• Bowl barrow 200m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
• Three bowl barrows: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle
• Cross in the churchyard of St John the Baptist and St Helen
• Village settlement on Barton Down
• Medieval settlement remains at Overtown
• Medieval settlement remains at Sevenhampton
• Barbury Castle Farm deserted Medieval village
• Group of four round barrows 300m north west of the junction between the Ridgeway and Green Street on Avebury Down
• Beckhampton round barrow cemetery 150m north east of the `Waggon and Horses'
• Linear barrow cemetery on Hackpen Hill
• Site of watermill 290m south east of West Leaze
• Two enclosures on Winterbourne Down
• Bowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle Farm
• Bowl barrow 700m south-east of Windmill Hill
• Bincknoll Camp
• Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Ogbourne St Andrew Farm
• Round barrow cemetery 400m south of Avebury henge monument on Waden Hill
• Shrunken medieval village site E of Avebury Trusloe
• Bowl barrow 880m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
• Avebury Long Stones 380m east of The Grange Stables, Beckhampton
• Bowl barrow 900m SSE of Green Bank
• Richardson medieval settlement
• Long Stones long barrow 150m north of Beckhampton House
• Bowl barrow 700m south west of Liddington Warren Farm
• Castle mound
• Bell barrow 350m south-west of Barbury Barn
• Bowl barrow 750m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
• Earthworks on Marlborough Common
• Devil's Den long barrow, 600m east of White Acre
• Bowl barrow 50m north of Barrow Farm
• Black Field Roman site
• Ditch 530yds (484m) SW of Stitchcombe Farm
• Horslip long barrow, 450m north-west of Horslip Bridge.
• Bowl barrow 800m north-east of Hackpen Barn
• Disc barrow on Burderop Down, 1km north-east of Upper Herdswick Farm
• Bowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's Plantation
• Bowl barrow 750m east of New Barn
• Stone circle immediately north east of Day House, Coate
• Bowl barrow 500m west of The Row
• Pair of round barrows forming part of the Bronze Age round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
• Mound in churchyard
• Medieval cross in St Mary's churchyard
• Three sections of a linear earthwork south west of New Barn
• Bowl barrow immediately west of the Ridgeway, 400m north east of its junction with Green Street
• Banjo enclosure 480m south west of Cheldene
• 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
• Bowl barrow 300m east of Ivy House Farm
• Round barrow 750yds (690m) SE of Smeathe's Plantation
• Remains of `Falkner's Circle', a Neolithic stone circle 180m east of the West Kennet Avenue
• Bowl barrow 750m south-west of Manor Farm: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
• Site of Roman town, W of Wanborough House
• Bowl barrow 210m north east of Rushy Platt Farm
• Bowl barrow 770m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
• Remains of Holy Rood Church, The Lawn, Old Town
• Bell barrow and adjacent bowl barrow on Marlborough Common, 120m east of Wootton Bassett Road
• Grange Stables bell barrow
• Bowl barrow 1km west of Sheppard's Farm Dairy
• Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
• Wick Down Farm earthwork
• Roman rural sanctuary on Groundwell Ridge, east of Lady Lane
• Medieval settlement and associated ridge and furrow, West Leaze
• Bowl barrow 690m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
• Iron Age enclosure on Overton Hill, 600m north west of North Farm
• Church Hill earthwork
• Sharpridge field system
• Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
• Barrow on Coombe Down, 1070yds (980m) NE of Upper Poughcombe
• Bowl barrow 200m south of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 880m north east of Lower Upham Farm
• Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Barbury Castle Farm
• Bowl barrow 870m ESE of New Barn on Monkton Down
• Winterbourne Bassett mound
• Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Windmill Hill
• Ogbourne Maizey Down round barrow
• Green Bank bowl barrow, 230m east of the Avebury henge monument
• Six bowl barrows 560m north of New Barn: part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
• Bowl barrow 500m north-west of Berwick Bassett Clump
• Bowl barrow 900m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
• Pair of round barrows 200m SSE of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.
• Group of four round barrows 500m south-east of Avebury Down Barn, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
• Linear boundary earthwork west of Liddington Castle
• Bowl barrow 650m ESE of New Barn, between Avebury Down and Monkton Down
• Bowl barrow 85m north east of Day House Cottages
• Whitefield Hill ditch
• Barrow on Avebury Down, S of track from Avebury
• Group of round barrows on Rough Hill
• Sharpridge earthworks
• Silbury Hill: a monumental Neolithic mound west of the River Kennet and south of Avebury village
• Field system and earthwork enclosure on Burderop Down
• Earthwork enclosure and dewpond 490m north of Barbury Castle
• Two bowl barrows 820m north of Rockley Manor: part of the Rockley Plantation barrow cemetery
• Liddington Castle
• Earthwork enclosure 950m SSE of Manor Farm
• Hall Place
• Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Barbury Barn
• Bell barrow 200m north of Rockley Plantation
• Barrow 350yds (320m) E of Smeathe's Plantation, Ogbourne Down
• Barrow on Coombe Down, 930yds (830m) WSW of St George's Church
• Saucer barrow 620m north of New Barn: Part of a barrow cemetery on Monkton Down
• Camp on Forest Hill