Robin Hood's Ball, Stonehenge

#21 among attractions in Stonehenge

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Robin Hood’s Ball is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, approximately 5 miles northwest of the town of Amesbury, and 2+1⁄2 miles northwest of Stonehenge. The site was designated as a scheduled monument in 1965. ()

Coordinates: 51°12'46"N, 1°51'18"W

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Robin Hood's Ball – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Stonehenge Cursus, Bush Barrow, Normanton Down Barrows, Durrington Walls.

2.2 miSE
Archaeological site
Stonehenge Cursus, Stonehenge
57 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.
3 miS
Archaeological site
Bush Barrow, Stonehenge
78 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.
3.1 miS
Archaeological site
Normanton Down Barrows, Stonehenge
81 min walk • Normanton Down is a Neolithic and Bronze Age barrow cemetery located about 0.6 miles south of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England.
3.3 miSE
Ruins, Archaeological site
Durrington Walls, Amesbury
84 min walk • Durrington Walls is the site of a large Neolithic settlement and later henge enclosure located in the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in England. It lies 2 miles north-east of Stonehenge in the parish of Durrington, just north of Amesbury in Wiltshire.
2.6 miSE
Archaeological site
Stonehenge Landscape, Stonehenge
67 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.
2.6 miSE
Ruins, Mysterious site, Historical place
Stonehenge, Amesbury
68 min walk • Stonehenge Avenue is an ancient avenue on Salisbury plain, Wiltshire, England. It is part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites UNESCO World Heritage Site.
4.8 miN
Archaeological site
Casterley Camp
122 min walk • Casterley Camp is the site of an Iron Age univallate hillfort in Wiltshire, England, about 1+1⁄2 miles southwest of the village of Upavon. The site comprises a large Iron Age/Romano-British enclosure, possibly non-defensive in function, and incomplete. It was partially excavated in the 19th century.
4.3 miW
Archaeological site
White Barrow
111 min walk • White Barrow is a large Neolithic long barrow just below the crest of Copehill Down on Salisbury Plain, just south of the village of Tilshead in Wiltshire, England. It is a scheduled monument, and is owned by the National Trust. It was the first ancient monument to be purchased by the National Trust.
5.4 miSW
Archaeological site
Yarnbury Castle
138 min walk • Yarnbury Castle is the site of a multiphase, multivallate Iron Age hillfort near the village of Steeple Langford, Wiltshire, England.
2.2 miS
Archaeological site
Cursus Barrows, Stonehenge
56 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.
3.2 miSE
Archaeological site
Cuckoo Stone, Stonehenge
82 min walk • The Cuckoo Stone is a Neolithic or Bronze Age standing stone. The stone, which is now fallen, is in a field near to Woodhenge and Durrington Walls in Wiltshire, England. It is part of the wider Stonehenge Landscape.