Salisbury Plain
Salisbury Plain is a chalk plateau in 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Robin Hood’s Ball and Stonehenge Cursus.
Robin Hood’s Ball
Archaeological site
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.
Stonehenge Cursus
Archaeological site
Photo: Psychostevouk, Public domain.
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. Stonehenge Cursus is situated 2 miles south of Salisbury Plain.
Church of St Michael and All Angels
Church
Photo: Andrew Mathewson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Michael and All Angels is situated 2½ miles east of Salisbury Plain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Larkhill and Cursus Barrows.
Larkhill
Village
Photo: Ashley Columbus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Larkhill is a garrison town in the civil parish of Durrington, Wiltshire, England. It lies about 1+3⁄4 miles west of the centre of Durrington village and 1+1⁄2 mi north of the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge. Larkhill is situated 1½ miles southeast of Salisbury Plain.
Cursus Barrows
Locality
Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cursus Barrows is the name given to a Neolithic and Bronze Age round barrow cemetery lying mostly south of the western end of the Stonehenge Cursus, in Wiltshire, England. Cursus Barrows is situated 2½ miles south of Salisbury Plain.
Stonehenge Landscape
Locality
Photo: Ranger Steve, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Stonehenge Landscape is situated 2½ miles south of Salisbury Plain.
Salisbury Plain
- Type: Plain
- Description: chalk plateau in England
- Categories: calcareous grassland and landform
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Salisbury Plain” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Salisbury Plain”
- Chinese: “索尔兹伯里平原”
- Chinese: “索爾斯堡平原”
- Chinese: “索爾茲伯裏平原”
- Chinese: “索爾茲伯里平原”
- Danish: “Salisbury Plain”
- Dutch: “Salisbury Plain”
- French: “Salisbury Plain”
- German: “Salisbury Plain”
- Hebrew: “מישור סולסברי”
- Japanese: “Army Training Estate Salisbury Plain（SPTA）”
- Japanese: “ソールズベリー平原”
- Japanese: “ソールズベリ平野”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Salisbury Plain”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Salisbury Plain”
- Norwegian: “Salisbury Plain”
- Persian: “دشت سالزبری”
- Polish: “Salisbury Plain”
- Portuguese: “Planície de Salisbury”
- Swedish: “Salisbury Plain”
- Turkish: “Salisbury Ovası”
- Ukrainian: “Солсберійська рівнина”
- Welsh: “Gwastadedd Caersallog”
- Welsh: “Gwastadedd Salisbury”
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