Tumulus
Tumulus is an archaeological site in Orcheston, Wiltshire, England. Tumulus is situated nearby to the forest Nut Park, as well as near the village Tilshead.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St George’s Church, Orcheston and St Mary’s Church, Maddington.
St George’s Church, Orcheston
Church
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St George's Church in Orcheston, Wiltshire, England, was built in the 13th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. St George’s Church, Orcheston is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Tumulus.
St Mary’s Church, Maddington
Church
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church in the Maddington area of Shrewton, Wiltshire, in the west of England, was built in the late 12th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. St Mary’s Church, Maddington is situated 1½ miles south of Tumulus.
Appleford School
School
Appleford School is a private specialist dyslexia school near Shrewton in Wiltshire, England. Appleford School is situated 1¼ miles south of Tumulus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tilshead and Cursus Barrows.
Tilshead
Village
Photo: Miss Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tilshead is a village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire in Southern England, about 9 miles northwest of the town of Amesbury. It is close to the geographical centre of Salisbury Plain, on the A360 road approximately midway between the villages of Shrewton and West Lavington and is near the source of the River Till. Tilshead is situated 2½ miles west of Tumulus.
Cursus Barrows
Locality
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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 4 miles southeast of Tumulus.
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 4 miles southeast of Tumulus.
Tumulus
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Orcheston, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.22033° or 51° 13′ 13″ northLongitude
-1.90139° or 1° 54′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C3W63CX+4COpenStreetMap ID
way 258564700OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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