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″ northLongitude
-1.7878° or 1° 47′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C3W56G6+XVOpenStreetMap ID
node 6960129398OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q28401345
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In Other Languages
“Blick Mead” goes by many names.
- German: “Blick Mead”
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