Chickerell
Chickerell is a Town in the county of Dorset.
There are great places to visit near Chickerell including some great towns, waterfalls, villages, historic buildings, historic monuments, ancient sites, hills, castles, ruins and airports.
Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, and Wareham are great places to visit near Chickerell if you like towns.
Chickerell is near some unmissable waterfalls like Jericho Weir,
There are a several good villages in the Chickerell area like Uplyme, Bincombe, and Symondsbury.
The Cobb is a great place to visit close to Chickerell if you like historic buildings.
The area close to Chickerell boasts some of the best historic monuments including King's Statue (King George III Statue).
Eggardon Hill is one of Chickerell's best, nearby ancient sites to visit in Chickerell.
There are a number of hills near to Chickerell including Eggardon Hill.
The area close to Chickerell boasts some of the best castles including Corfe Castle.
Corfe Castle is one of Chickerell's best, nearby ruins to visit in Chickerell.
There are a number of airports near to Chickerell including Bournemouth Airport.
Chickerell History
There are some historic monuments around Chickerell:
- Bowl barrow 450m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 500m NNW of Topparts Dairy
- Bowl barrow 770m north of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
- Bowl barrow 400m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
- Maiden Castle
- Three bowl barrows 530m and 350m north east of Whitcombe Barn
- Lime kiln 800ft (245m) NW of Langton Cross
- Group of barrows E of Northdown Barn
- Bowl barrow in Well Bottom Wood
- Bronze Age enclosure, associated linear earthworks and field system, and a later dewpond on Tenants Hill
- Settlement remains N of Maiden Castle
- Two conjoined bowl barrows 550m north east of Manor Farm
- Long barrow 200m north west of Longlands Farm
- Bowl barrow on Black Down, 400m north west of the Hardy Monument
- Henge, Romano-British amphitheatre and Civil War fieldworks known collectively as Maumbury Rings
- Round barrow on Ridgeway Hill
- Round barrows on Ridgeway
- Bowl barrow 200m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot forming part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
- Rufus Castle
- Bowl barrow 800m south of Kingston Russell Farm, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
- Oval barrow and three bowl barrows 250m and 330m south of Whitcombe Barn
- Bowl barrow 300m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
- Bell barrow in Highfield Plantation and two bowl barrows immediately north west of Forty Acre Plantation
- Bowl barrow on Black Down, 770m north west of the Hardy Monument
- Enclosure on Sheep Down 930m south east of Heart Clump
- Round barrow N of Ballarat House
- Bowl barrow 850m north west of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
- Long barrow W of Hampton Barn
- Group of round barrows on Shorn Hill and Bronkham Hill
- The Clandon Barrow, 450m west of Clandon Farm
- Four bowl barrows immediately north west of Maiden Castle
- Discontinuous surviving sections of Roman aqueduct
- Round barrow E of Bayard's Barn
- Bowl barrow in New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 265m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
- Long barrow 400yds (360m) NW of Hill Barn
- Barrow 200yds (180m) N of the White Horse
- Two round barrows N of Came Farm
- Six round barrows W of Came Down
- Round barrow N of Ridgeway
- Barrow S of Three-Cornered Plantation
- Group of barrows S of Goldsmith's Plantation
- Bowl barrow and pond barrow within Well Bottom Wood, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
- Group of barrows on West Hill
- Chambered tomb called The Grey Mare and her Colts
- Long barrow, three bell barrows, fancy barrow and a linear earthwork 800m north of Maiden Castle
- Round barrow on Rew Hill
- Part of Roman, Saxon, and medieval town in grounds of Wollaston House
- Four bowl barrows 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
- Barrows in Came Wood
- Three barrows S of Hart Hill Plantation
- Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
- Bell barrow 125m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
- Triple barrow and bowl barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery and part of an associated field system 250m north east of Winterbourne Poor Lot
- Group of four round barrows in Cripton Wood
- Two bowl barrows 700m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow and pond barrow 880m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down barrow cemetery
- Outer defences of Roman town, W of St Genevieve's Convent
- Group of barrows near Big Wood
- Bowl barrow and disc barrow 730m south of Kingston Russell Farm, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
- Round barrow 230yds (210m) E of White Hill Plantation
- Nothe Fort, tramway and searchlight battery at The Nothe
- Round barrows on Grove Hill
- Round barrows W of Blagdon Barn
- The Verne Citadel
- Two round barrows on Ridgeway
- Two bell barrows 15m north of Well Bottom Wood, part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
- Barrow on parish boundary
- Bell barrow and five bowl barrows 1000m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
- Round barrow NE of Friar Waddon
- Two bowl barrows on Black Down immediately east of the Hardy Monument
- Disc barrow 500m south east of Winterbourne Poor Lot
- Portland Castle
- Bowl barrow 800m north east of Gorwell Farm
- Bowl barrow 120m east of White Hill Wood
- Field system in Valley of Stones (including earthwork N of Crow Hill)
- Bowl barrow 165m NNW of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 450m NNW of Field Barn
- Bowl barrow 450m NNE of West Hill Farm
- Barrow 300yds (280m) SW of Kingston Farm
- Disc barrow 200m north east of Winterbourne Poor Lot, forming part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
- Romano-Celtic temple and associated remains at Jordan Hill
- Group of barrows on the golf course, Came Down
- Poundbury Camp, associated monuments and section of Roman aqueduct.
- Hampton stone circle
- Battery 200yds (180m) E of the Naval cemetery
- Group of round barrows near Eweleaze Barn
- Bell barrow 850m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
- Four bowl barrows on Hog Hill, west and north west of Maiden Castle
- Old Warren earthwork
- Medieval settlement of Winterborne Farringdon and associated remains
- Bowl barrow and disc barrow 900m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
- Langton Cross: a wayside cross 850m south west of Tatton House
- Group of round barrows W of Ridgeway Hill
- Long mound and three bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery 760m NNE of Whatcombe House on the south western part of Black Down
- Two fishponds in Oddens Wood
- Two round barrows on Ridgeway
- Bowl barrow 350m NNW of Topparts Dairy
- Bowl barrow 355m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
- Six barrows on Ridgeway Hill
- Preston Roman villa
- Six round barrows 200m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
- Cross dyke 600m north of Pitcombe Farm
- Two round barrows S of Ashton Farm
- Bowl barrow 800m NNE of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
- Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill
- Two barrows at Rew
- Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood
- Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch
- Round barrow cemetery immediately south east of Maiden Castle
- Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
- Duck decoy at Abbotsbury Swannery, 630m SSW of Horsepool Farm
- Round barrows N of Pound Hill
- Two bowl barrows 720m south east of Friar Waddon House
- East Weare rifle range
- Helstone burial chamber
- St Peter's Abbey
- Henge Enclosure, Conquer Barrow and Barrow Cemetery
- Bowl barrow 700m NNW of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
- Chambered long barrow N of Loscombe Plantation
- Six round barrows on Bincombe Down
- Bowl barrow on Black Down, 50m south of the Hardy Monument
- Bowl barrow 810m NNE of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
- Bowl barrow on Black Down, 150m north west of the Hardy Monument
- Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole
- Long mound 860m NNE of Whatcombe House, associated with the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
- Two round barrows on North Hill
- Two bowl barrows on Conygar Hill
- Round barrows on Four Barrow Hill
- Bowl barrow 380m west of Whitfield Farm
- Bowl barrow on Sheep Down, 600m east of Home Farm Cottages
- Round barrow E of The Buildings
- Bowl barrow on Black Down, 80m south east of the Hardy Monument
- Herringston round barrows
- Bowl barrow 550m north east of Pitcombe Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 360m south west of Clandon Farm
- Bell barrow 100m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow on Black Down, 450m north west of the Hardy Monument
- George III, chalk-cut hill side figure
- Three bowl barrows at Dry Wood, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
- Two bowl barrows 283m SSE of the Grey Mare and her Colts
- Sandsfoot Castle
- Long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle
- Bowl barrow 300m WNW of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
- Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) N of Ridge Hill
- Bowl barrow 220m NNW of Topparts Dairy
- Dorchester Roman walls
- Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery (P3 Verne), 275m south-west of Fancy's Farm
- Group of round barrows on and to E of Great Hill
- Bowl barrow on Black Down, 870m north west of the Hardy Monument
- Twenty-one barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Poor Lot
- Bowl barrow 340m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
- RAF Portland, site of Rotor early warning radar station
- Group of five round barrows on White Hill
- Multi-period archaeological landscape centred on and including a slight univallate hillfort called Chalbury, two bowl barrows, part of a Bronze Age urnfield and a series of medieval strip fields
- Friar Waddon Hill round barrows
- Two round barrows N of Bincombe Barn
- Two bowl barrows 400m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
- Round barrow on Pound Hill
- The Kingston Russell stone circle 750m north east of Gorwell Farm
- Bowl barrow 500m north east of Clandon Farm
- Long barrow E of Northfield Plantation
- Three bowl barrows 300m south west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
- Colliton Park Roman house
- Standing stone called The Broad Stone
- Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy
- Three round barrows E of Smitten Corner
- Round barrow in White Hill Plantation
- Group of round barrows on Ridgeway
- Bowl barrow 680m north east of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
- Two round barrows at Down Wood
- Bowl barrow185m WSW of Higher Skippet Farm
- Four round barrows NW of Blagdon Barn
- Round barrows on Sheep Down
- Round barrow on Shorn Hill
- Disc barrow 715m west of Bayard Farm
- Round barrow N of Ashton Cottages
- Round barrow SW of village
- Culliford Tree long barrow and group of round barrows
- The Nine Stones: a small concentric stone circle 750m west of Winterbourne Abbas
- Round barrow SW of Ashton Cottages
Places to see near Chickerell
Lakes near Chickerell
Rivers near Chickerell
- Bow Brook South
- Henstridge Stream
- Allen Trib (Gussage Stream)
- Stour (Headwaters)
- Lydden (Lower)
- Cale
- Caundle Trib (Caundle Marsh)
- Caundle Brook (Upper)
- Stour (Middle u/s Pimperne Brook)
- Bow Brook North
- Divelish
- Tarrant
- Mannington Brook
- Lodden
- Crane (Dorset)
- Stour (Middle d/s Pimperne Brook)
- Lydden (Upper)
- Allen Trib (Crichel Stream)
- Stour Trib (Pimperne Brook)
- Moors
- North Winterbourne
- Allen (Lower)
- Cam (Dorset)
- Stirchell Brook
- Key Brook
- Stour (Upper)
- Bourne Stream
- Lydden (Middle)
- Stour Trib (Bibbern Brook)
- Wonston Brook
- Caundle Brook (Lower)
- Stour (Lower)
- Allen (Headwaters)
- Iwerne
- Manston Brook
- Shreen Water (including Ashfield Water)
- Uddens Water
- Fontmell Brook
- Char
- Monkton Wyld Stream
- Bride
- Mangerton Brook
- Simene
- Swan (Swanage)
- Brit (Upper)
- Asker
- Wey
- Brit (Lower)
- Wraxall Brook
- Sydling Water
- Bere Stream
- Frome Dorset (Lower) u/s Louds Mill Dorchester
- Wareham Forest Stream
- Corfe River
- South Winterbourne
- Piddle (Upper)
- Frome Trib (Luckford Lake)
- Tadnoll Brook (including Empool Bottom)
- Devils Brook
- Frome Dorset (Lower) d/s Louds Mill Dorchester
- Frome Dorset (Upper)
- Cerne
- Hooke
- Piddle (Lower)
- Frome Dorset Trib (River Win)
- Sherford River
- Frome Dorset (Headwaters)
- Wellhams Brook
- Broad
- Stockland Bristol Stream
- Wriggle
- Fivehead River
- Isle - Upper
- Currypool Stream
- Yeo Ds Over Compton
- Corton Denham Stream
- Hornsey Brook
- Closworth Stream
- Ding
- Parrett - R Isle to R Yeo
- Durleigh Brook
- Merriot Stream
- Parrett - headwaters to Broad River
- Parrett - Lopen Bk to R Isle
- Bearley Brook
- Yeo
- Wriggle River
- North Moor Main Drain
- Sutton Bingham Stream - East Arm
- Cary - source to conf with KSD
- Lopen Brook
- Sutton Bingham Stream - upstream conf Closworth Str
- Cannington Bk - Lower
- Isle - Upper to conf Cad Bk
- Fiddington Brook
- Cannington Bk - Upper
- Sutton Bingham Stream - West Arm
- Isle
- West Sedgemoor Main Drain
- Eighteen Feet Rhyne
- Parrett - R Yeo to West Sedgemoor Drain
- Parrett - Broad River to Lopen Bk
- Beer Hackett Stream
- Westmoor Main Drain
- Chinnock BK
- Yeo Us Over Compton
- Isle - Cad Bk to Fivehead River
- Dodham Brook (Yeo (Somset))
- Dowlish Brook
- King's Moor Main Drain (Yeo (Somset)
- Cam - Lower
- Lam Brook
- Stogursey BK
- Petherton Stream
- Cam - Upper
- Cam Tributary
- King's Sedgemoor Drain - Henley Sluice to mouth
- Upper River Otter
- Love
- Tale
- Middle River Otter
- Wolf (Otter)
- Sid
- Lower River Otter