Compton Abbas is a Village in the county of Dorset.

Retail in Compton Abbas

There are great places to visit near Compton Abbas 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 Compton Abbas if you like towns.

The area close to Compton Abbas boasts some of the best waterfalls including Jericho Weir.

Uplyme, Bincombe, and Symondsbury are some of Compton Abbas best villages to visit near Compton Abbas.

There are a number of historic buildings near to Compton Abbas including The Cobb.

There are a several good historic monuments in the area around Compton Abbas like King's Statue (King George III Statue).

Compton Abbas is near some unmissable ancient sites like Eggardon Hill,

There are a number of hills near to Compton Abbas including Eggardon Hill.

There are a several good castles in the area around Compton Abbas like Corfe Castle.

There are a number of ruins near to Compton Abbas including Corfe Castle.

Compton Abbas is near some unmissable airports like Bournemouth Airport,

Compton Abbas History

There are some historic monuments around Compton Abbas:

• Cross dyke and linear boundary on Melbury Hill and Compton Down
• Shaftesbury Abbey
• Bowl barrow on Okeford Hill 760m ESE of Hartcliff Farm
• Cross dyke on Bell Hill 610m east of Brooks Farm
• Two Late Iron Age or Romano-British enclosed settlements with part of an associated field system 420m NNW of South Farm
• King's Court Palace moated site
• Bowl barrow 800m east of Gourd's Farm
• Abbey precinct wall on Gold Hill
• Bowl barrow 130m south of Bloody Shard Gate
• Long barrow on Ashmore Down, 775m north of Ashgrove Cottages
• Gillingham Park boundary bank
• Pillow mound on Okeford Hill 690m east of Hartcliff Farm
• Long barrow and a round barrow cemetery at Telegraph Clump on Blandford Race Down
• Two bowl barrows in Hinton Bushes 850m north of Pimperne Long Barrow
• Moated site at Brick Kiln Copse
• Remains of East Haimes House and the adjacent section of the deer park pale
• Slight univallate hillfort 850m north east of Busseys Stool Farm
• Bowl barrow in Win Green Clump, 730m south of Higher Berry Court Cottages
• Two cross dykes on Fontmell Down, 850m and 880m south east of Gourd's Farm
• Chettle Long Barrow at north east corner of Eastbury Park
• Bowl barrow 800m NNE of Gore Farm on Melbury Down
• Two bowl barrows at the south west corner of Pond Bottom Plantation, 1480m and 1520m NNW of Down Barn
• Moated site at Mount Pleasant
• Lazerton Farm causewayed road
• Two bowl barrows west of Bonsley Common, 900m NNE of Turnworth House
• Medieval fortified house at Castle Hill
• Causewayed camp on Hambledon Hill
• Bowl barrow on Breeze Hill, 760m south east of the top of Zig-Zag Hill
• Cross ridge dyke 140m north and 70m south of Hatts Barn
• Romano-British settlement and two bowl barrows on Blandford Race Down 450m south east of Telegraph Clump
• Section of Roman road, 380m north east of Ashmore Farm
• Moated site 130m west of Bere Marsh Farm
• Cross dyke on Okeford Hill 1km south west of Broughton House
• Bowl barrow 220m north west of Gore Farm
• Bowl barrow known as Folly Barrow
• Bowl barrow 380m west of the western edge of Hawcombe Copse, Charlton Down
• Earthworks on site of manor house
• Two bowl barrows 300m SW of Spring Farm
• Late Saxon urban area E of Castle Hill
• Pillow mound on Okeford Hill 660m east of Hartcliff Farm
• Melbury Beacon and circular enclosure on Melbury Hill
• Site of St John's Church
• Castle Rings camp
• Two bowl barrows 350m south west of Keeper's Lodge south east of Bareden Down
• Earthworks in Ditchey Coppice
• Roman villa 300yds (270m) W of Park House Farm buildings
• Two bowl barrows in Hinton Bushes 810m north of Pimperne Long Barrow
• Linear boundary 870m south west of Spring Farm
• Hod Hill camp and Lydsbury Rings
• Linear boundary and section of Roman road, 550m south east of Ashmore Farm
• Earthworks on Ringmoor
• Medieval strip lynchets 450m south of Springhead Farm
• Pimperne Long Barrow
• Cross ridge dyke 1000m south west of Higher Berry Court Cottages
• Bowl barrow on the south west slope of Breeze Hill, Melbury Down
• Berwick Coombe ditch
• St Mary's Church, remains of, East Compton
• Harbin's Park, a medieval deer park pale
• Enclosure S of Pimperne Down
• Cross ridge dyke on Charlton Down, 1250m and 1350m south west of Higher Berry Court Cottages
• Bowl barrow on Berwick Drove, 620m north east of Ashcombe Farm
• Bowl barrow 800m SSE of Brooks Farm on Bell Hill
• Medieval standing cross 50m east of St Peter's Church
• Berwick Coombe round barrow
• Deserted medieval village at Darknoll Farm
• Cross dyke on Okeford Hill 880m south east of Hartcliff Farm
• Bowl barrow 620m south east of Langton Lodge Farm
• Sedgehill churchyard cross
• Roman villa on Little Barton Hill
• Fiddleford Manor
• Old Wardour Castle: a tower keep castle, 17th century stables and later garden features
• Bowl barrow on Woodley Down 675m NNE of Ashmore Farm
• Bowl barrow and pillow mound on Earl's Hill, 650m and 780m north east of Furzey Down Farm
• Bowl barrow 200m south east of Pimperne Long Barrow
• Medieval cross base 150m south of Holy Rood Church
• Hambledon Hill camp
• Bowl barrow 850m ENE of Langbourne
• Medieval standing cross 30m south of the Church of St Paul
• Bowl barrow north of Breeze Hill, 540m ESE of the top of Zig-Zag Hill
• Fishponds S of Layton Lane
• Long barrow 820m south east of Telegraph Clump
• Cross dyke 480m and 690m NNW of Fontmell Hill House