Urchfont
Urchfont is a Town in the county of Wiltshire.
There are great places to visit near Urchfont including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes and villages.
Urchfont's best nearby historic monuments can be found at Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.
The area around Urchfont features a number of interesting ancient sites including Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, and Silbury Hill.
Places near Urchfont feature a number of interesting historic buildings including Avebury Manor.
There are a several good country parks in the area around Urchfont like Coate Water Country Park.
Don't miss Coate Water's lakes if visiting the area around Urchfont.
Villages to visit near Urchfont include Ashton Keynes.
Urchfont History
There are some historic monuments around Urchfont:
- Group of small enclosures on Horton Down, 910m north east of Easton Down long barrow
- Pair of bowl barrows 650m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Cross ridge dyke on Morgan's Hill
- Thornham Down prehistoric and medieval landscapes
- Field system on West Lavington Down
- Bowl barrow 500m west of the wireless station on Morgan's Hill; part of a group of three bowl barrows
- Two of three bowl barrows south-east of Warren Plantation
- Boundary feature, western section of Long Ditch across Wilsford Down
- Pair of bowl barrows situated on the south east of Bishop's Cannings Down
- Enclosure and boundary earthwork west of Scraggy Copse
- Two bowl barrows north of Rowbury Lane
- Barrow S of Wansdyke
- Long barrow on King's Play Hill, 430m north west of Hill Cottage
- Round barrow near Charlton Clumps
- Long barrow on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow on Berril Down
- Four round barrows 740m east of Kitchen Barrow, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on All Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 1070m NNW of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Furze Knoll
- Bowl barrow 1150m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Oliver's Camp and two round barrows outside Oliver's Camp
- Two saucer barrows and a pair of bowl barrows 750m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow 840m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Roundway Hill Farm round barrows
- Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning
- Bowl barrow 800m south of Hemp Knoll
- Strip lynchet system east of Three Corner Firs
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Round barrow north-west of Goods Clump
- Field system and settlement north of Chapperton Down
- Field system E of Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Moated site 300m north-east of Potterne Park Farm
- Ditch W of Tanhill Fair
- Bowl barrow situated 500m SSW of Shepherds' Shore
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow 750m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Linear earthwork on West Down
- Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow
- Bell barrow on Easton Down
- Boundary earthwork from East Down to Orcheston Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Caen Hill locks
- Round barrow south of Robin Hood Ball Clump
- Boundary earthwork east of Church Hill
- Five round barrows 1040m NNE of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 200m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Rybury camp
- Wansdyke: 460yds (420m) SE of Broads Green to 266yds (240m) NE of Paddock Farm
- Pair of bell barrows and a pair of bowl barrows forming part of a barrow cemetery at Baltic Farm
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 135m ENE of Baltic Farm
- West Kennet bell barrow, 160m north-west of West Kennet long barrow
- Deserted medieval village E of Manor Farm
- Bowl barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Pair of bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Long barrow on Easton Down
- Long barrow and abutting bowl barrow 700m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings, forming the focus of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Two bowl barrows in Roundway Hill Covert
- Earthwork enclosure N of Wansdyke
- Multiple trackway between and north of Round Clump and Dogtail Plantation
- Bowl barrow on Tilshead Down, 950m north west of Copehill Plantation
- Ell Barrow, long barrow
- The Long Monument
- Bowl barrow 60m east of Roundway Hill Covert
- Two bowl barrows 400m south of Tanhill Penning
- Long barrow 650m WSW of Shepherds' Shore
- Silver Barrow, Orcheston Down
- Saucer barrow on North Down
- Bowl barrow 1km west of Tan Hill
- Devizes Castle
- Enclosure north of Chirton Gorse
- Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery adjacent to the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 400m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a cemetery on North Down
- Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow: one of three bowl barrows south-east of Warren Plantation
- White Barrow, a long barrow
- Long barrow and Old Ditch linear earthwork, on Tilshead Down
- Section of the Wansdyke
- Orcheston Down Romano-British landscape
- Bowl barrow on King's Play Hill 510m north of Hill Cottage
- Boundary feature on Ball Down
- Enclosure on Horton Down
- Group of three bowl barrows 250m north east of Shepherds' Shore
- Enclosure on Marden Down
- Four earthwork enclosures on All Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 550m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow north of splinterproof shelter, Larkhill Artillery Range
- Field system on Penning Down
- Two bowl barrows 670m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow situated 60m west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 150m east of the wireless station on Morgan's Hill
- Bowl barrow at east end of Morgan's Hill
- Barrow east of Chirton Landing Strip
- Two boundary earthworks on the west of Rushall Down
- Site of an oval stone circle and part of an adjacent field system 700m SW of West Kennet long barrow.
- Two boundary features to the north/north-east and west of Silver Barrow
- Chapperton Down Prehistoric and Romano-British Landscape
- Enclosure on Summer Down
- Boundary feature 700m south-west of The Plantation, West Lavington Down
- Bowl barrow 610m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Medieval village site
- Square earthwork enclosure 450m north west of Baltic Farm on Morgan's Hill
- Round barrow north of Summer Down
- Pair of bowl barrows 150m north of the Wansdyke on All Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 120m north of the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Four bowl barrows forming part of a cemetery 270m east of long barrow on Roughridge Hill
- Enclosure south-east of Candown Copse
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Bell barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Section of Wansdyke and associated monuments from east of The Firs to the eastern side of Tan Hill
- Round barrow south-south-east of Greenland Camp
- Kitchen Barrow: a long barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Tanhill Penning
- Long barrow in Barrow Plantation, East Down
- 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 150m north of the Alton White Horse
- Bell barrow situated between Bishop's Cannings Down and Easton Down
- Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Bowl barrow in Robin Hood Ball Clump
- Round barrow 1260m NNE of Baltic Farm, 75m south of Roman Road, forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Linear earthworks forming part of a field system on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 640m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- The Hatfield Earthwork: a henge enclosure, henge and remains of monumental mound at Marden
- Enclosure on Black Heath Down
- Earthwork enclosure on Allington Down
- Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn
- Bell barrow 660m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Saucer barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Long barrow north of Robin Hood Ball Clump
- Square enclosure 350m north of Wansdyke on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 950m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Three Bronze Age barrows 200m NNW of Down Barn forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill
- All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated 120m NNW of Down Barn on North Down
- Boundary earthworks on Wilsford Down
- Barrow north-west of Weatherhill Scrub
- Bowl barrow on King's Play Hill, 420m north of Hill Cottage
- West Kennet long barrow, 800m south-east of Silbury Hill
- Long barrow south of Horse Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a cemetery 800m east of Kitchen Barrow
