English Heritage sites near Bettiscombe Parish

Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrows

WINTERBOURNE POOR LOT BARROWS

13 miles from Bettiscombe Parish

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

Kingston Russell Stone Circle

KINGSTON RUSSELL STONE CIRCLE

13 miles from Bettiscombe Parish

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

Blackbury Camp

BLACKBURY CAMP

14 miles from Bettiscombe Parish

An Iron Age hillfort in Devon with impressive ramparts, now surrounded by woodland.

Abbotsbury, St Catherine's Chapel

ABBOTSBURY, ST CATHERINE'S CHAPEL

14 miles from Bettiscombe 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.

The Nine Stones

THE NINE STONES

14 miles from Bettiscombe 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.

Abbotsbury Abbey Remains

ABBOTSBURY ABBEY REMAINS

14 miles from Bettiscombe 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 Bettiscombe Parish

Bettiscombe: St Stephen

No churches found in Bettiscombe Parish