Woodborough
Woodborough is a Village in the county of Wiltshire.
There are great places to visit near Woodborough including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes and villages.
The area around Woodborough boasts some of the best historic monuments including Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury.
The area around Woodborough 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 Woodborough including Avebury Manor.
Coate Water Country Park is one of Woodborough's best, nearby country parks to visit in Woodborough.
The area around Woodborough's best lakes can be found at Coate Water.
Woodborough is near some unmissable villages like Ashton Keynes,
Woodborough History
There are some historic monuments around Woodborough:
- The Sanctuary, Overton Hill
- Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery adjacent to the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Avebury Long Stones 380m east of The Grange Stables, Beckhampton
- Bowl barrow north of splinterproof shelter, Larkhill Artillery Range
- Two bowl barrows 400m south of Tanhill Penning
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Ivy House Farm
- 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
- Pair of bowl barrows 150m north of the Wansdyke on All Cannings Down
- Linear boundary earthwork and associated field system on Cherhill Down
- Casterley Camp and associated monuments
- Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn
- Enclosure east of Baden Down Farm
- Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Round barrow in the grounds of RAF Upavon
- Withy Copse ditch
- Bell barrow on Easton Down
- Earthwork W of New Town Farm
- Saucer barrow on North Down
- Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery
- Beckhampton round barrow cemetery 150m north east of the `Waggon and Horses'
- Medieval village site
- Long barrow and abutting bowl barrow 700m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings, forming the focus of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bohune Down round barrow
- Rybury camp
- Enclosure north of Chirton Gorse
- Boundary earthworks on Wilsford Down
- Enclosure on Horton Down
- Shrunken medieval village site E of Avebury Trusloe
- Kitchen Barrow: a long barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Pair of bowl barrows situated on the south east of Bishop's Cannings Down
- 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
- Harepit Way linear boundary
- Linear earthworks forming part of a field system on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow situated 500m SSW of Shepherds' Shore
- Long barrow in Barrow Plantation, East 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
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Section of the Wansdyke
- Pair of bowl barrows 650m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Earthwork enclosure 950m SSE of Manor Farm
- Strip lynchets north-east of East Chisenbury
- Section of Roman Road 560m north east of Beckhampton Buildings
- Bowl barrow 550m north-east of Baltic Farm
- West Chisenbury Settlement
- Barrow north-west of Weatherhill Scrub
- Field system north-east of Chisenbury Field Barn
- Bowl barrow 900m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Group of small enclosures on Horton Down, 910m north east of Easton Down long barrow
- Earthwork enclosure N of Wansdyke
- South Street long barrow, 70m south east of the Long Stones
- All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site
- Round barrow south-west of Compton Farm
- Bowl barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning
- Bowl barrow 1150m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 135m ENE of Baltic Farm
- Earthwork enclosure on Allington Down
- Saucer barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Avebury and 70m north of Green Street
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Bowl barrow 350m north-east of White Horse Plantation
- Village settlement on Barton Down
- West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank east of West Kennett Farm
- Barrow east of Chirton Landing Strip
- Medieval settlement remains immediately west of The Vicarage
- Five round barrows 1040m NNE of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 50m south-east of the `Sanctuary' forming part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- The Hatfield Earthwork: a henge enclosure, henge and remains of monumental mound at Marden
- Bell barrow situated between Bishop's Cannings Down and Easton Down
- Avebury henge and stone circles
- Swanborough Tump
- Round barrow cemetery 400m south of Avebury henge monument on Waden Hill
- Bowl barrow 840m north-east of Baltic Farm
- 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
- Bowl barrow 50m north of Barrow Farm
- Site of an oval stone circle and part of an adjacent field system 700m SW of West Kennet long barrow.
- 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 770m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow
- Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated 120m NNW of Down Barn on North Down
- Bowl barrow 800m south of Hemp Knoll
- Wansdyke: section from S of Furze Hill to Marlborough-Pewsey road
- Bowl barrow five hundred metres north-west of Baden Down Farm
- Bowl barrow 230m west of The Grange, Beckhampton
- Grange Stables bell barrow
- Remains of `Falkner's Circle', a Neolithic stone circle 180m east of the West Kennet Avenue
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 400m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a cemetery on North Down
- Barrow S of Wansdyke
- Bowl barrow situated 60m west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 300m south of Fox Covert forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Long Stones long barrow 150m north of Beckhampton House
- Bowl barrow 750m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Cross dyke 450m west of Cherhill Monument
- Bowl barrow 400m west of Cooks Plantation
- Group of barrows on Draycott Hill
- Two bowl barrows 350m south east of Baden Down Farm
- West Kennet bell barrow, 160m north-west of West Kennet long barrow
- Compton Farm Romano-British and Early Medieval occupation sites and associated cultivation earthworks
- Pair of bowl barrows on West Down, 550m east of Witch Plantation
- Bowl barrow north of Jenner's Firs
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Baltic Farm
- Four earthwork enclosures on All Cannings Down
- Strip lynchet system north of Chisman's Cleeve
- Three Bronze Age barrows 200m NNW of Down Barn forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Green Street and east of the Avebury henge monument
- West Kennett Farm palisaded enclosures
- Field system E of Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Long barrow 85m west of Cherhill Monument
- Bell barrow 660m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Iron Age enclosure on Overton Hill, 600m north west of North Farm
- Cross dyke 230m south west of Cherhill Monument
- Two boundary earthworks on the west of Rushall Down
- Boundary earthwork on Upavon Down
- Knap Hill camp near Alton Priors
- Bell barrow 300m south-east of Avebury Down Barn forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Martinsell Hill camp
- Bowl barrow 610m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Long barrow in Barrow Copse
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 200m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Earth Burgh (or Eorth Burh) NW of New Town Farm
- Giant's Grave (Martinsell Hill)
- Bowl barrow 640m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Pair of bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Lidbury Camp, associated trackways and bowl barrow, on Littlecott Down
- Two bowl barrows 320m south-east of Little London
- Boundary feature on Ball Down
- West Kennet long barrow, 800m south-east of Silbury Hill
- Langdean stone circle
- Bell barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Group of three bowl barrows 250m north east of Shepherds' Shore
- Enclosure south-east of Candown Copse
- Bowl barrow 1km west of Tan Hill
- Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Chisenbury Warren Romano-British settlement and associated trackway
- Bowl barrow 900m SSE of Green Bank
- Ten barrows forming part of Fox Covert round barrow cemetery, West Down.
- Bell barrow and adjacent bowl barrow on Marlborough Common, 120m east of Wootton Bassett Road
- Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse
- Bowl barrow 950m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Oldbury Camp hillfort, bowl barrow and cross dyke on Cherhill Down
- Enclosure on Marden Down
- Cross dyke 520m north east of Cherhill Monument
- Deserted medieval village E of Manor Farm
- Enclosure on Black Heath Down
- 'The Spectacles'
- Enclosure on Summer Down
- Bowl barrow 700m south-east of Windmill Hill
- Bowl barrow forming part of a cemetery 800m east of Kitchen Barrow
- Long barrow on Easton Down
- Barrow on Avebury Down, S of track from Avebury
- Green Bank bowl barrow, 230m east of the Avebury henge monument
- Thornham Down prehistoric and medieval landscapes
- Long barrow on Horton Down
- Devil's Den long barrow, 600m east of White Acre
- Bowl barrow 50m north east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill
- Four round barrows 740m east of Kitchen Barrow, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on All Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Square enclosure 350m north of Wansdyke on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Enford Roman villa
- Earthwork NW of New Town Farm
- Bowl barrow: one of two round barrows west of Haxton Down
- Bell barrow 75m west of Red Shore
- Three confluent round barrows 580m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down
- Pair of bell barrows and a pair of bowl barrows forming part of a barrow cemetery at Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow on Calstone Down, 500m south of Witch Plantation
- Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- 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 800m south-east of Tanhill Penning
- Bowl barrow on Longstreet Down
- Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Bowl barrow east of the Ridgeway forming part of the Overton Hill Bronze Age round barrow cemetery.
- Bowl barrow 500m west of The Row
- Four bowl barrows forming part of a cemetery 270m east of long barrow on Roughridge Hill
- Multiple trackway between and north of Round Clump and Dogtail Plantation
- Group of five round barrows north-east of the Sanctuary: part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Round barrow forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West 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.
- Adam's Grave: a long barrow on Walker's Hill
- Ell Barrow, long barrow
- Section of Wansdyke and associated monuments from east of The Firs to the eastern side of Tan Hill
- Horslip long barrow, 450m north-west of Horslip Bridge.
- East Kennett long barrow, 600m south of East Kennett church
- Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn
- Pair of round barrows forming part of the Bronze Age round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Grange bowl barrow 130m north west of The Grange Stables bell barrow, Beckhampton
- Round barrow north of Summer Down
- Pair of round barrows and section of linear earthwork NE of the gallops on West Down
- Round barrow near Charlton Clumps
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 120m north of the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Boundary feature, western section of Long Ditch across Wilsford Down
- Enclosure and boundary earthwork west of Scraggy Copse
- Ditch W of Tanhill Fair
- Two round barrows W of New Town Farm
- Round barrow 1260m NNE of Baltic Farm, 75m south of Roman Road, forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Trackway, ditch and bell barrow on Longstreet Down
