English Heritage sites near Puncknowle Parish
KINGSTON RUSSELL STONE CIRCLE
2 miles from Puncknowle Parish
A late Neolithic or early Bronze Age circle of 18 fallen stones, on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury and the sea.
ABBOTSBURY, ST CATHERINE'S CHAPEL
3 miles from Puncknowle 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.
ABBOTSBURY ABBEY REMAINS
3 miles from Puncknowle 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.
WINTERBOURNE POOR LOT BARROWS
3 miles from Puncknowle Parish
A 'cemetery' of 44 Bronze Age burial mounds of varying types and sizes, straddling the A35 main road.
THE NINE STONES
4 miles from Puncknowle 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.
MAIDEN CASTLE
8 miles from Puncknowle 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.
Churches in Puncknowle Parish
Puncknowle: St Mary the Blessed Virgin
Pubs in Puncknowle Parish
Bull Inn
Chesil Beach Manor House Hotel
Beach Road, West Bexington, DT2 9DF
(01308) 897660
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Crown Inn
Church Street, Puncknowle, DT2 9BN
(01308) 897711
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