A 13th-century flint chapel with a thatched roof, standing on the bank of Chisbury's Iron Age hillfort
Open accessfree to visit at any reasonable time
Substantial ruinsruined, but plenty survives above ground
Flint walls and a thatched roof make this look like any other farm barn from the outside, until you learn it started life as a 13th-century chapel. A lord of Chisbury Manor had it built so the household and local people could hear services and pay tithes — a yearly share of the harvest handed over to the church — without the walk to Great Bedwyn’s parish church. The chapel stopped holding services in 1547, during the Reformation, and spent centuries afterwards as a farm barn instead, which is what kept it standing. It still sits on the bank of the Iron Age earthwork known as Chisbury Camp. The Kennet & Avon Canal passes a couple of kilometres east if you fancy a longer walk.
