English Heritage sites near Puddletown Parish
MAIDEN CASTLE
6 miles from Puddletown Parish
Among the largest and most complex of Iron Age hillforts in Europe, Maiden Castle’s huge multiple ramparts enclose an area the size of 50 football pitches and once protected hundreds of residents.
JORDAN HILL ROMAN TEMPLE
8 miles from Puddletown Parish
The foundations of a 4th century Romano-Celtic temple with fine coastal views.
THE NINE STONES
9 miles from Puddletown Parish
Now in a wooded glade, this small prehistoric circle of nine standing stones was constructed around 4,000 years ago and is surrounded by a mysterious air. Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrows are nearby.
WINTERBOURNE POOR LOT BARROWS
10 miles from Puddletown Parish
A 'cemetery' of 44 Bronze Age burial mounds of varying types and sizes, straddling the A35 main road.
KINGSTON RUSSELL STONE CIRCLE
11 miles from Puddletown Parish
A late Neolithic or early Bronze Age circle of 18 fallen stones, on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury and the sea.
ABBOTSBURY ABBEY REMAINS
12 miles from Puddletown Parish
Part of a monastic building, perhaps the abbot’s lodging, of Benedictine Abbotsbury Abbey, Henry VIII ordered its destruction during the Dissolution in 1538. St Catherine's Chapel is nearby.
Churches in Puddletown Parish
Puddletown: St Mary the Virgin
Pubs in Puddletown Parish
Blue Vinny
12 The Moor, Puddletown, DT2 8TE
(01305) 848228
thebluevinny.co.uk