English Heritage sites near Cattistock Parish
WINTERBOURNE POOR LOT BARROWS
7 miles from Cattistock Parish
A 'cemetery' of 44 Bronze Age burial mounds of varying types and sizes, straddling the A35 main road.
THE NINE STONES
7 miles from Cattistock 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.
KINGSTON RUSSELL STONE CIRCLE
8 miles from Cattistock Parish
A late Neolithic or early Bronze Age circle of 18 fallen stones, on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury and the sea.
MAIDEN CASTLE
10 miles from Cattistock 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.
ABBOTSBURY ABBEY REMAINS
10 miles from Cattistock 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
10 miles from Cattistock 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 Cattistock Parish
Cattistock: St Peter & St Paul
Pubs in Cattistock Parish
Fox & Hounds Inn
Duck Street, Cattistock, DT2 0JH
(01300) 320444
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