Poor Lot Barrows
Part of an extensive 4,000-year-old Bronze Age cemetery.
- Grid reference: SY590906
- Location: 2 miles west of Winterbourne Abbas, south of junction of A35 with a minor road to Compton Valence. Access via Wellbottom Lodge, 200 yards along A35 from junction.
- Access information: Free at all times. Parking very limited and busy road. Be very careful when crossing.
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Iron Age Hillfort on the highest hill in Dorset - only 30 metres short of a mountain! - with sweeping views across the hedged landscape of the Marshwood Vale.
Former Cistercian Abbey founded 800 years ago, now a family run estate. Magnificent building and gardens.
Iron Age hillfort at the western end of the chalk ridge, overlooking the Marshwood Vale. The hollows in the interior are probably the remains of Iron Age grain storage pits.
There are views from here of seven other hill forts on a clear day, as well as the Powerstock Hills and Marshwood Vale.
Large human figure cut into the chalk hill above the village of Cerne Abbas.
Spectacular Iron Age hillfort overlooking the Blackmore Vale. The locations of Iron Age huts can be seen in the interior, and there is an earlier Neolithic long barrow inside the fort too.
With nearby Hod Hill and Bulbarrow, this trio of hill forts all give you views over Blackmore Vale and the chalk ridges of Cranborne Chase.
Iron Age hillfort containing smaller Roman fort in one corner, built at the time of the Roman conquest.
With Hambledon Hill and Buklbarrow, this trio of hill forts all give you views over Blackmore Vale and the chalk ridges of Cranborne Chase.
The most massive Iron Age hillfort in Europe with high and complex ramparts.
Chalk hill figure of horse and rider created in 1808. The rider represents King George III, a regular visitor to Weymouth.
Early 17th Century hunting lodge set in parkland.
One of Britain's most majestic ruins. Extensive castle remains in a strategic position in the Purbeck Hills.
Monument erected 1844 in memory of Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, Flag-Captain of HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Set within the ancient South Dorset Ridgeway landscape there are panoramic views of the unique Fleet and Chesil Beach and the rolling Dorset Downs.
Prehistoric stone circle, constructed about 4,000 years ago. The circle is made up of nine stones of varying sizes and is now surrounded by trees.
Part of an extensive 4,000-year-old Bronze Age cemetery.
Remains of a Bronze Age stone circle, built about 4,000 years ago.
14th Century chapel on the hill south of Abbotsbury village. The chapel was used as a lighthouse and has a small turret.
The Jurassic Coast was the first natural World Heritage Site to be designated in the UK, and stretches from Exmouth in the East Devon AONB through to Poole Harbour.
