Grimstone is a Village in the county of Dorset.

Grimstone postcode: DT2 9NA

Retail in Grimstone

There are great places to visit near Grimstone including some great towns, waterfalls, villages, historic buildings, historic monuments, ancient sites, hills, castles, ruins and airports.

Grimstone's best nearby towns can be found at Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, and Wareham.

Waterfalls to visit near Grimstone include Jericho Weir.

There are a number of villages near Grimstone including Uplyme, Bincombe, and Symondsbury.

The area close to Grimstone boasts some of the best historic buildings including The Cobb.

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

Eggardon Hill is a great place to visit close to Grimstone if you like ancient sites.

There are a several good hills in the area around Grimstone like Eggardon Hill.

The area around Grimstone's best castles can be found at Corfe Castle.

Places near Grimstone feature a number of interesting ruins including Corfe Castle.

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

Grimstone History

There are some historic monuments around Grimstone:

• Long barrow W of Hampton Barn
• Long mound 860m NNE of Whatcombe House, associated with the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Barrow on College Down
• Bowl barrow 650m south of The Friary of St Francis
• Long barrow and four bowl barrows 500m north west of Whitfield Farm
• Ancient settlement SW of Incombe Wood
• Bowl barrow 800m south of Kingston Russell Farm, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Tithe barn (uninhabited portion) at Barton Farm
• Bowl barrow 680m north east of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Culliford Tree long barrow and group of round barrows
• Barrow on parish boundary
• Earthwork on Cross Hill
• Group of round barrows on Shorn Hill and Bronkham Hill
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 870m north west of the Hardy Monument
• 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
• Group of barrows S of Goldsmith's Plantation
• Field system W of Fore Hill
• Round barrows N of Pound Hill
• Two bowl barrows on Ridge Hill 770m south of Revels Farm
• Bowl barrow 900m north west of Lower Farm
• St Catherine's Chapel, field system and quarries at Chapel Hill
• Earthwork in Dogbury Plantation
• Round barrow on Hogcliff Hill
• Two bell barrows 15m north of Well Bottom Wood, part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 200m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot forming part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 450m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Bowl barrow on East Hill 510m north east of All Saints Church
• Part of a Later Iron Age or Romano-British settlement 590m north west of Compton Barn
• Round barrow on Dickley Hill
• Round barrow NE of Friar Waddon
• Martin Down enclosure 300m north of Huish Barn
• Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood
• 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
• Round barrows on Ridgeway
• Henge, Romano-British amphitheatre and Civil War fieldworks known collectively as Maumbury Rings
• Cerne Abbey, site of, including gatehouse, guesthouse and wine house (barn)
• 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
• Settlement remains N of Maiden Castle
• Bowl barrow 450m NNW of Field Barn
• Enclosure on Sheep Down 930m south east of Heart Clump
• Bell barrow 125m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 300m WNW of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on Batcombe Down 450m south west of The Friary of St Francis
• Round barrow NE of Hog Hill Barn
• Two square enclosures in Tenant's Bottom
• Duck decoy at Abbotsbury Swannery, 630m SSW of Horsepool Farm
• Round barrow on Stratton Down
• Bowl barrow 450m NNE of West Hill Farm
• Old Warren earthwork
• Bowl barrow on Wancombe Hill 380m south west of southern corner of Sherriffs Wood
• Bowl barrow180m east of Hogleaze Bungalow
• The Castle hillfort
• Six round barrows 200m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Three bowl barrows 300m south west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on Little Minterne Hill, 1km north east of Minterne Parva Farm
• Wynford Wood boundary bank
• Group of round barrows W of Ridgeway Hill
• Round barrow on Ellston Hill
• Round barrow on Rew Hill
• Dyke on Wears Hill
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow 880m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 660m south west of Chilstock
• Two bowl barrows on Conygar Hill
• Discontinuous surviving sections of Roman aqueduct
• Bowl barrow 380m west of Whitfield Farm
• Long barrow E of Northfield Plantation
• Two barrows on Little Puddle Hill
• Barrows in Came Wood
• Standing stone called The Broad Stone
• Six barrows on Ridgeway Hill
• Round barrow on Pound Hill
• Bowl barrow 605m south west of Long Barrow Farm
• Round barrow 230yds (210m) E of White Hill Plantation
• Round barrow E of Bayard's Barn
• Two round barrows S of Ashton Farm
• Bowl barrow 360m south west of Clandon Farm
• Cross in St Mary's churchyard
• Two bowl barrows 1250m east of Notton Hill Barn
• Bowl barrow 810m NNE of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Bowl barrow in Well Bottom Wood
• Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow E of The Buildings
• Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill
• Herringston round barrows
• Round barrow SW of Pigeon House Cottages
• Outer defences of Roman town, W of St Genevieve's Convent
• Bronze Age enclosure, associated linear earthworks and field system, and a later dewpond on Tenants Hill
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow within Well Bottom Wood, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Oval barrow and three bowl barrows 250m and 330m south of Whitcombe Barn
• Earthworks on Loscombe Hill
• Bowl barrow 800m north east of Gorwell Farm
• Two round barrows on Ridgeway
• Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Barrow S of Wolfeton Clump
• Bowl barrow 500m north east of Clandon Farm
• Bowl barrow on Little Puddle Hill, 920m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
• Long barrow 200m north west of Longlands Farm
• Bell barrow 100m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow and disc barrow 900m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow in New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Two conjoined bowl barrows 550m north east of Manor Farm
• Round barrow N of Ballarat House
• Bowl barrow 165m NNW of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Round barrows on Cross Hill
• Barrow 300yds (280m) SW of Kingston Farm
• Settlement and field system on Black Hill
• Chambered tomb called The Grey Mare and her Colts
• Medieval standing cross 11m south east of the south porch of St Mary's Church
• Three bowl barrows at Dry Wood, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on Farm Hill 620m west of Minterne Parva Farm
• Round barrow on North Field Hill
• Bowl barrow 300m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Four bowl barrows on Hog Hill, west and north west of Maiden Castle
• Bowl barrow 265m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy
• Bowl barrow on Green Hill 400m north of Pound Farm
• Round barrow on Black Hill
• Bell barrow 70m west of Fidler's Green
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 150m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Two round barrows on North Hill
• Group of barrows on West Hill
• Dyke on Long Barrow Hill
• Bowl barrow on Wood Hill 310m north east of Cowden
• Bowl barrow 800m NNE of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Earthworks on Giant Hill
• Medieval settlement 850m north of St Mary's Church
• Dorchester Roman walls
• Barrow 650yds (600m) N of North Barn Farm
• Cross and Hand wayside cross 670m south of the Friary of St Francis
• Group of barrows on the golf course, Came Down
• Settlement on Smacam Down
• Two bowl barrows 400m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Multi-period landscape including an Iron Age or Romano British settlement, part of an associated field system, six bowl barrows and an enclosure 600m south east of Langford Farm
• Two bowl barrows on Green Hill 450m north of Pound Farm
• Bowl barrow 450m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
• Long barrow, three bell barrows, fancy barrow and a linear earthwork 800m north of Maiden Castle
• Group of three round barrows SW of Longlands Barn
• Disc barrow 500m south east of Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Part of Roman, Saxon, and medieval town in grounds of Wollaston House
• Disc barrow 200m north east of Winterbourne Poor Lot, forming part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Twenty-one barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Three bowl barrows at the western end of Waterston Ridge, 360m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
• Four bowl barrows 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
• Bowl barrow 770m north of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Round barrow cemetery immediately south east of Maiden Castle
• Disc barrow 715m west of Bayard Farm
• Maiden Castle
• Four round barrows NW of Blagdon Barn
• Helstone burial chamber
• Hill figure called The Giant
• Round barrow E of Forston Farm
• Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
• Round barrow N of Forston Barn
• Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
• Round barrow SW of Ashton Cottages
• Round barrows on Grove Hill
• Standing stone 700m south east of North Barn Farm
• Bell barrow in Highfield Plantation and two bowl barrows immediately north west of Forty Acre Plantation
• Hampton stone circle
• Round barrow on Shorn Hill
• Three round barrows E of Smitten Corner
• Friar Waddon Hill round barrows
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 400m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch
• Long barrow NW of Red Barn
• Settlement on Dickley Hill
• Long barrow 400yds (360m) NW of Hill Barn
• Earthwork N of Hampton Plantations
• Round barrow NW of Jackman's Cross
• Group of round barrows on and to E of Great Hill
• Field system and enclosures on Middle Hill
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 50m south of the Hardy Monument
• Medieval standing cross 190m south east of St Mary's Church
• Round barrow on Ridgeway Hill
• Group of round barrows near Eweleaze Barn
• Group of five round barrows on White Hill
• Round barrow in Grimstone Clumps
• Two fishponds in Oddens Wood
• Round barrow N of Ridgeway
• Round barrows W of Blagdon Barn
• Cross dyke 600m north of Pitcombe Farm
• Bowl barrow1050m WNW of Manor Farm
• Round barrows on Four Barrow Hill
• Round barrow on Church Hill
• Long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle
• Round barrow 250yds (230m) S of Chapel Coppice
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 80m south east of the Hardy Monument
• Two long barrows and round barrows on Long Barrow Hill
• Two barrows W of Little Piddle Down
• Group of round barrows on Ridgeway
• Barrow E of Red Barn
• Bowl barrow 355m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• High Cank, a hengi-form monument 520m north of Up Cerne Manor House
• Bowl barrow 550m north east of Pitcombe 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
• St Peter's Abbey
• Cerne Park boundary bank
• Three barrows S of Hart Hill Plantation
• Round barrow NW of Long Bottom Plantation
• Bowl barrow 220m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Round barrow SW of Wolfeton Clump
• Bowl barrow 750m SSE of Lower Kingston Russell Farm
• Round barrow N of Heave Coppice
• Enclosure near 'the Sole Plantation'
• Group of barrows near Big Wood
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 770m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Two bowl barrows 700m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• The Kingston Russell stone circle 750m north east of Gorwell Farm
• Two bowl barrows 720m south east of Friar Waddon House
• Round barrow on Magiston Hill
• Group of three round barrows NE of Jackman's Cross
• Chambered long barrow N of Loscombe Plantation
• Colliton Park Roman house
• The Nine Stones: a small concentric stone circle 750m west of Winterbourne Abbas
• Four bowl barrows immediately north west of Maiden Castle
• Medieval settlement of Winterborne Farringdon and associated remains
• Two round barrows N of Came Farm
• Two round barrows on Ridgeway
• Churchyard cross
• Bowl barrow 120m east of White Hill Wood
• Field system on Seldon Hill
• Barrow S of Three-Cornered Plantation
• Platform barrow 300m south west of Lane Cottages
• Two barrows at Rew
• Bowl barrow 400m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow in White Hill Plantation
• Bowl barrow 700m NNW of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
• Three barrows near Town Hill Barn
• Round barrows on Sheep Down
• Poundbury Camp, associated monuments and section of Roman aqueduct.
• Six round barrows W of Came Down
• 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
• Bowl barrow185m WSW of Higher Skippet Farm
• Bowl barrow on Sheep Down, 600m east of Home Farm Cottages
• Bowl barrow 360m south of Compton Barn
• Bowl barrow 850m north west of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
• Tithe barn at Court Farm
• Bell barrow 850m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• The Clandon Barrow, 450m west of Clandon Farm
• Two round barrows at crossroads N of village
• Frampton Roman villa
• Bell barrow and five bowl barrows 1000m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Two round barrows at Down Wood
• Three barrows N of Penn Hill
• Bowl barrow 340m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Group of barrows in Seven Barrow Plantation
• Bowl barrow 350m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Two bowl barrows on Black Down immediately east of the Hardy Monument
• Two round barrows N of Bincombe Barn
• Field system in Valley of Stones (including earthwork N of Crow Hill)
• Round barrow SW of village
• Round barrow N of Ashton Cottages
• Bowl barrow 140m south east of Broadwater Cottage
• Six round barrows on Bincombe Down
• Two bowl barrows 283m SSE of the Grey Mare and her Colts
• Pigeon House long barrow
• Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) N of Ridge Hill
• Bowl barrow 780m north east of Hampton Farm
• Enclosed Iron Age farmstead and part of an associated field system 215m west of New Barn
• Bowl barrow 500m NNW of Topparts Dairy