English Heritage sites near Corscombe Parish

Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrows

WINTERBOURNE POOR LOT BARROWS

10 miles from Corscombe Parish

A 'cemetery' of 44 Bronze Age burial mounds of varying types and sizes, straddling the A35 main road.

The Nine Stones

THE NINE STONES

10 miles from Corscombe 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.

Sherborne Old Castle

SHERBORNE OLD CASTLE

11 miles from Corscombe Parish

Built on a grand scale in the 12th century by the Bishop of Salisbury, Sherborne was coveted by churchmen and noblemen alike giving it a long, chequered history. Picnic, shop, light refreshments.

Kingston Russell Stone Circle

KINGSTON RUSSELL STONE CIRCLE

11 miles from Corscombe Parish

A late Neolithic or early Bronze Age circle of 18 fallen stones, on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury and the sea.

Abbotsbury Abbey Remains

ABBOTSBURY ABBEY REMAINS

13 miles from Corscombe 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.

Abbotsbury, St Catherine's Chapel

ABBOTSBURY, ST CATHERINE'S CHAPEL

13 miles from Corscombe Parish

Set high on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury Abbey, this sturdily buttressed and barrel-vaulted 14th-century chapel was built by monks as a place of pilgrimage and retreat.


Churches in Corscombe Parish

Corscombe: St Mary

Pubs in Corscombe Parish

Fox Inn

Corscombe, DT2 0NS
(01935) 317555

Two-bar village pub in Dorset countryside, which has been leased by local restaurateur so now heavily food orientated; not the community pub of old. The pub sells one standard beer, Palmers IPA with one or two guest beers, often but not exc...
Talbot

Benville, DT2 0NN

Remote Free House with long stone bar and flagstone floors. Food available; dogs welcome. Closed Monday and Tuesday, except Bank Holidays.