English Heritage sites near Bagendon Parish
CIRENCESTER AMPHITHEATRE
3 miles from Bagendon Parish
The earthwork remains of one of the largest Roman amphitheatres in Britain, built in the early 2nd century to serve the important city of Corinium, now Cirencester.
WINDMILL TUMP LONG BARROW, RODMARTON
7 miles from Bagendon Parish
A Neolithic chambered tomb with an enigmatic 'false entrance'. Opinions vary as to why this false entrance was built.
GREAT WITCOMBE ROMAN VILLA
8 miles from Bagendon Parish
The remains of a large and luxurious villa built about AD 250, with a bathhouse complex, perhaps the shrine of a water spirit, and mosaics.
BELAS KNAP LONG BARROW
12 miles from Bagendon Parish
A particularly fine example of a Neolithic long barrow of c.3800 BC, featuring a false entrance and side chambers. During excavations in the 1860s, the remains of 31 people were found in the chambers.
BLACKFRIARS
13 miles from Bagendon Parish
One of the most complete surviving Dominican friaries in England, later converted into a Tudor house and cloth factory. Notable features include the church and fine scissor-braced dormitory roof.
GREYFRIARS
13 miles from Bagendon Parish
Substantial remains of an early Tudor friary church of Franciscan 'grey friars' founded in 1231.
Churches in Bagendon Parish
St Margaret
Bagendon
Cirencester
01285 655199
http://www.churnvalley.org.uk
For details of this church, including service times, please refer to our website.