Heritage sites in AMPNEY CRUCIS PARISH

English Heritage sites near Ampney Crucis Parish

CIRENCESTER AMPHITHEATRE

3 miles from Ampney Crucis 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

9 miles from Ampney Crucis Parish

A Neolithic chambered tomb with an enigmatic 'false entrance'. Opinions vary as to why this false entrance was built.

GREAT WITCOMBE ROMAN VILLA

12 miles from Ampney Crucis 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.

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.

HAILES ABBEY

16 miles from Ampney Crucis Parish

Founded by the Earl of Cornwall in thanks for surviving a shipwreck. It housed a renowned relic, ‘the Holy Blood of Hailes’: allegedly a phial of Christ’s blood. Great picnic spot. Audio tours.

MINSTER LOVELL HALL AND DOVECOTE

17 miles from Ampney Crucis Parish

The extensive and picturesque ruins of a 15th century riverside manor house, including a fine hall, south-west tower, and complete dovecote nearby. The home of Richard III's henchman Lord Lovell.

Churches in Ampney Crucis Parish

St Mary, Ampney St Mary - 'The Ivy Church'

A417 Ampney St Mary Cirencester
01285 - 851309
https://www.ampneychurches.info

We usually gather on the first Sunday of the month at 6pm for Sung Evensong in the summer months - May-October. The church does not have electric light and the meadow around the church gets very boggy in the winter months. The storage heaters do precisely that - seem to store heat and not release it! We sometimes have an Advent Gathering when people park further away and walk to the church for Carols by Candlelight. The church is a 'plague church' - and so now sits on its own in a field. When the plague struck (c1350) the villagers moved away from the Ampney brook, which they believed was the source of the illness. So the village of Ampney St Mary does not have a church, and the church of Ampney St Mary does not have a village!

Our 'sister' church is Ampney St Peter in the village of Ampney St Peter.

The Church of the Holy Rood, Ampney Crucis