Fortuneswell is a Village in the county of Dorset.

Fortuneswell postcode: DT5 1AA

Retail in Fortuneswell

There are great places to visit near Fortuneswell 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 some of Fortuneswell best towns to visit near Fortuneswell.

Jericho Weir is one of Fortuneswell's best, nearby waterfalls to visit in Fortuneswell.

Fortuneswell has some unmissable villages nearby like Uplyme, Bincombe, and Symondsbury.

There are a several good historic buildings in the area around Fortuneswell like The Cobb.

There are a number of historic monuments near to Fortuneswell including King's Statue (King George III Statue).

There are a several good ancient sites in the area around Fortuneswell like Eggardon Hill.

Hills to visit near Fortuneswell include Eggardon Hill.

There are a number of castles near to Fortuneswell including Corfe Castle.

The area around Fortuneswell's best ruins can be found at Corfe Castle.

Bournemouth Airport is one of Fortuneswell's best, nearby airports to visit in Fortuneswell.

Fortuneswell History

There are some historic monuments around Fortuneswell:

• RAF Portland, site of Rotor early warning radar station
• Three barrows S of Poxwell Big Wood
• Mesolithic sites near Culver Well
• Kerbed cairn 590m south east of Poxwell Manor
• Icehouse at Ringstead, 660m south west of Pit House
• Nothe Fort, tramway and searchlight battery at The Nothe
• Portland Bill stone loading quay
• Medieval settlement at West Ringstead
• Two barrows 600yds (550m) N of Halls Farm
• George III, chalk-cut hill side figure
• Portland Castle
• Group of barrows on West Hill
• Battery 200yds (180m) E of the Naval cemetery
• Barrow 500yds (450m) E of village
• East Weare rifle range
• Portland open fields
• Romano-Celtic temple and associated remains at Jordan Hill
• Sandy Barrow W of East Farm Dairy
• Upton Fort, a coastal artillery battery and two searchlight emplacements
• Langton Cross: a wayside cross 850m south west of Tatton House
• Rufus Castle
• Four barrows on Moigns Down
• 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
• Lime kiln 800ft (245m) NW of Langton Cross
• Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery (P3 Verne), 275m south-west of Fancy's Farm
• Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole
• Fishpond at West Ringstead, 590m south of Pit House
• Preston Roman villa
• Sandsfoot Castle
• Group of barrows E of Northdown Barn
• Barrow 200yds (180m) N of the White Horse
• The Verne Citadel