Blick Mead

Blick Mead is a chalkland spring in Wiltshire, England, separated by the River Avon from the northwest edge of the town of Amesbury. It is close to an Iron Age hillfort known as Vespasian's Camp and about a mile east of the Stonehenge ancient monument.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vespasian’s Camp and Woodhenge.

Vespasian’s Camp

Cliff

Photo: Psychostevouk, Public domain.

Vespasian's Camp is an Iron Age hillfort just west of the town of Amesbury, Wiltshire, England. The hillfort is less than 3 kilometres from the Neolithic and Bronze Age site of Stonehenge, and was built on a hill next to the Stonehenge Avenue; it has the River Avon on its southern side and the A303 road on its northern edge. Vespasian’s Camp is situated 1,300 feet southwest of Blick Mead.

Woodhenge

Photo: Adrian Farwell, CC BY 3.0.

Woodhenge is a Neolithic Class II henge and timber circle monument within the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in Wiltshire, England. It is 2 miles northeast of Stonehenge, in Durrington parish, just north of the town of Amesbury. Woodhenge is situated 1 mile north of Blick Mead.

Bluestonehenge

Archaeological site

Bluestonehenge or Bluehenge is a prehistoric henge and stone circle monument that was discovered by the Stonehenge Riverside Project about 1 mile south-east of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. Bluestonehenge is situated 3,100 feet southwest of Blick Mead.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bulford and Durrington.

Bulford

Village

Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bulford is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, near Salisbury Plain. The village is close to Durrington and about 1.5 miles north of the town of Amesbury. Bulford is situated 1½ miles northeast of Blick Mead.

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 1½ miles north of Blick Mead.

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 1½ miles west of Blick Mead.

Blick Mead

Type: Archaeological site
Description: Spring & mesolithic site in England near Stonehenge
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Amesbury, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.1774° or 51° 10′ 39″ north

Longitude

-1.7878° or 1° 47′ 16″ west

Open location code

9C3W56G6+XV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6960129398

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

Q28401345

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