English Heritage sites near Great Hinton Parish
BRATTON CAMP AND WHITE HORSE
5 miles from Great Hinton Parish
Below an Iron Age hillfort stands the Westbury White Horse. Cut into the hillside in 1778, it replaced an older horse, possibly commemorating King Alfred's nearby victory over the Vikings.
BRADFORD-ON-AVON TITHE BARN
5 miles from Great Hinton Parish
A spectacular 14th century monastic stone barn, 51 metres (168 feet) long, with an amazing timber cruck roof. Originally a part of the medieval farmstead belonging to Shaftesbury Abbey.
FARLEIGH HUNGERFORD CASTLE
6 miles from Great Hinton Parish
Impressive 14th century castle with hidden treasures and sinister past. Chapel with rare medieval wall paintings and in the crypt, the best collection of human-shaped lead coffins in Britain.
STONEY LITTLETON LONG BARROW
11 miles from Great Hinton Parish
One of the finest accessible examples of a Neolithic chambered tomb, with its multiple burial chambers open to view. Bring a torch and experience the burial chambers at first hand.
HATFIELD EARTHWORKS (MARDEN HENGE)
12 miles from Great Hinton Parish
The earthworks of a Neolithic henge and monumental mound, by a loop in the River Avon. Recent archaeological find of building equivalent to a priest’s quarters.
SIR BEVIL GRENVILLE'S MONUMENT
13 miles from Great Hinton Parish
Erected to commemorate the heroism of a Royalist commander and his Cornish pikemen at the Battle of Lansdown, 1643, this monument marks the spot where he fell.
No churches found in Great Hinton Parish
No churches found in Great Hinton Parish