Romano-British temple, Iron Age ditches, earthwork enclosure and associated buildings 240m and 370m north of Fosse Barn
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.49050, -2.25765
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Robin +56 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Robin +56 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Large White, Red Admiral +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Wood Anemone, Hart's-Tongue +92 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km▾
Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
Avon Wiltshire Cycle LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
6,001 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,001 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Pheasant · Robin · Wren · Nuthatch +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwiftApus apus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- RavenCorvus corax
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MagpiePica pica
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Common Pipistrelle · Brown Hare · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Eurasian Serotine +2
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe Deer
Dark-edged Bee-fly · 14-spot Ladybird · Common Cockchafer · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Garden Chafer +16
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025
- Eristalis pertinax
🌿Plants27 species
springsummer
2026▾
Herb-Robert · Ramsons · Hart's-Tongue · Cherry Laurel · Sycamore +22
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
- RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
- Fox-and-cubs
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,001 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Pheasant · Robin · Wren · Nuthatch +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwiftApus apus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- RavenCorvus corax
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MagpiePica pica
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Common Pipistrelle · Brown Hare · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Eurasian Serotine +2
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe Deer
Dark-edged Bee-fly · 14-spot Ladybird · Common Cockchafer · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Garden Chafer +16
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025
- Eristalis pertinax
🌿Plants27 species
springsummer
2026▾
Herb-Robert · Ramsons · Hart's-Tongue · Cherry Laurel · Sycamore +22
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
- RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
- Fox-and-cubs
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Capreolus capreolus
Capreolus capreolus
Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2025Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025HornetVespa crabro2025HornetVespa crabro2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2025Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2025Brachypalpus laphriformisBrachypalpus laphriformis2025Brachypalpus laphriformisBrachypalpus laphriformis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Pilosella aurantiaca2025
Pilosella aurantiaca2025
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria2025Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria2025Common BroomrapeOrobanche minor2025Common BroomrapeOrobanche minor2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025CowslipPrimula veris2025CowslipPrimula veris2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025ButterburPetasites hybridus2025ButterburPetasites hybridus2025BugleAjuga reptans2025BugleAjuga reptans2025YewTaxus baccata2024YewTaxus baccata2024TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2024Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2024FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2024Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2024Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024