Larkhill
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ashley Columbus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 2,360 residents
- Description: garrison town in the civil parish of Durrington, Wiltshire, England
- Also known as: “Lark Hill” and “Larkhill, Wiltshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stonehenge Cursus and Heel Stone.
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.
Heel Stone
Stone
Photo: Heikki Immonen, CC BY 3.0.
The Heel Stone is a single large block of sarsen stone standing within the Avenue outside the entrance of the Stonehenge earthwork in Wiltshire, England.
Stonehenge Avenue
Archaeological site
Photo: Ashley Columbus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cursus Barrows and Stonehenge Landscape.
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.
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.
Durrington
Village
Photo: Shqippy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Durrington is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village lies about 2 miles north of the town of Amesbury, 10 miles north-northeast of the city of Salisbury, and 2+1⁄2 miles northeast of the Stonehenge monument. Durrington is situated 2 miles east of Larkhill.
Larkhill
- Categories: garrison and locality
- Location: Durrington, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.19648° or 51° 11′ 47″ northLongitude
-1.81763° or 1° 49′ 4″ westPopulation
2,360Elevation
413 feet (126 metres)OpenStreetMap ID
node 2798262563OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Larkhill” goes by many names.
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Catholic Church of Saint Barbara and Larkhill Post Office.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Larkhill”. Photo: Ashley Columbus, CC BY-SA 3.0.