Normanton Down Barrows, Stonehenge

Name: Normanton Down Barrows
Address: Stonehenge, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Stonehenge

Top attraction, Archaeological site

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Normanton Down is a Neolithic and Bronze Age barrow cemetery located about 0.6 miles south of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. The burials date from between 2600 and 1600 BC and consist of a Neolithic long barrow and some 40 or more Bronze Age round barrows, sited along the crest of a low ridge. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°10'12"N, 1°49'48"W

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Normanton Down Barrows – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Stonehenge Cursus, Bush Barrow, Stonehenge Landscape, Stonehenge.

1.1 miN
Archaeological site
Stonehenge Cursus, Stonehenge
30 min walk • The Stonehenge Cursus is a large Neolithic cursus monument on Salisbury plain, near to Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. It is roughly 3 kilometres long and between 100 metres and 150 metres wide.
~1120 ftW
Archaeological site
Bush Barrow, Stonehenge
6 min walk • Bush Barrow is a site of the early British Bronze Age, at the western end of the Normanton Down Barrows cemetery. It is among the most important sites of the Stonehenge complex, having produced some of the most spectacular grave goods in Britain.
0.6 miN
Archaeological site
Stonehenge Landscape, Stonehenge
16 min walk • The Stonehenge Landscape is a property of The National Trust, located on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. The estate covers 2,100 acres surrounding the neolithic monument of Stonehenge, which is administered by English Heritage.
0.7 miN
Ruins, Mysterious site, Historical place
Stonehenge, Amesbury
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1.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Salisbury Plain, Stonehenge
36 min walk • Salisbury Plain is a chalk plateau in the south western part of central southern England covering 300 square miles. It is part of a system of chalk downlands throughout eastern and southern England formed by the rocks of the Chalk Group and largely lies within the county of Wiltshire, but stretches into Hampshire.
1 miN
Archaeological site
Cursus Barrows, Stonehenge
25 min walk • The Cursus Barrows is the name given to a Neolithic and Bronze Age round barrow cemetery located mostly south of the western end of the Stonehenge Cursus. The cemetery contains around 18 round barrows scattered along an east-to-west ridge, although some of the mounds are no longer visible.
~1350 ftNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
North Wessex Downs, Stonehenge
7 min walk • The North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is located in the English counties of Berkshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire.
0.6 miN
Observatories and planetariums
Archaeoastronomy and Stonehenge, Stonehenge
17 min walk • The prehistoric monument of Stonehenge has long been studied for its possible connections with ancient astronomy. The site is aligned in the direction of the sunrise of the summer solstice and the sunset of the winter solstice.
0.9 miE
Archaeological site
Coneybury Henge, Stonehenge
24 min walk • Coneybury Henge is a henge which is part of the Stonehenge Landscape in Wiltshire, England. The henge, which has been almost completely flattened, was only discovered in the 20th century.

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Which popular attractions are close to Normanton Down Barrows?

Nearby attractions include Bush Barrow, Stonehenge (6 min walk), North Wessex Downs, Stonehenge (7 min walk), Stonehenge Landscape, Stonehenge (16 min walk), Archaeoastronomy and Stonehenge, Stonehenge (17 min walk).