Portesham is a Town in the county of Dorset.

Retail in Portesham

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

Portesham has some unmissable towns nearby like Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, and Wareham.

Portesham is near some unmissable waterfalls like Jericho Weir,

Uplyme, Bincombe, and Symondsbury are great places to visit near Portesham if you like villages.

Historic Buildings to visit near Portesham include The Cobb.

King's Statue (King George III Statue) is one of Portesham's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Portesham.

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

The area around Portesham's best hills can be found at Eggardon Hill.

Corfe Castle is one of Portesham's best, nearby castles to visit in Portesham.

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

The area close to Portesham boasts some of the best airports including Bournemouth Airport.

Portesham History

There are some historic monuments around Portesham:

• Earthworks on Askerswell Down
• Settlement E of Brow Copse
• Round barrow N of Ashton Cottages
• Two long barrows and round barrows on Long Barrow Hill
• 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
• 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
• Bowl barrow 450m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow NW of Long Bottom Plantation
• Group of barrows in Seven Barrow Plantation
• Round barrow on Hogcliff Hill
• Bowl barrow in Well Bottom Wood
• Bowl barrow 300m WNW of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Round barrows W of Blagdon Barn
• Three bowl barrows on Tulk's Hill 800m north of East Bexington Farm
• Four bowl barrows 725m ESE of Wears Farm
• Field system in Valley of Stones (including earthwork N of Crow Hill)
• Bowl barrow on Sheep Down, 600m east of Home Farm Cottages
• Round barrow N of Forston Barn
• Round barrows on Four Barrow Hill
• Bowl barrow 140m south east of Broadwater Cottage
• Long barrow E of Northfield Plantation
• Bowl barrow 780m north east of Hampton Farm
• Twenty-one barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow 880m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down barrow cemetery
• Round barrow in Grimstone Clumps
• Lynchets S of Stavordale Wood
• Group of three round barrows W of Two Gates
• Bell barrow 125m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Large multivallate hillfort containing two bowl barrows 855m north east of North Eggardon Farm
• Chambered tomb called The Grey Mare and her Colts
• Bowl barrow 750m SSE of Lower Kingston Russell Farm
• Bowl barrow 770m north of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Bowl barrow 850m north west of Barrowland Farm
• Two bowl barrows 400m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 165m NNW of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 340m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Barrow 650yds (600m) N of North Barn Farm
• Four round barrows NW of Blagdon Barn
• Barrow E of Red Barn
• Bowl barrow 700m NNW of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
• Penannular ditched enclosure, 150m south of Turner's Farm Barn
• Bowl barrow 800m NNE of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Bowl barrow 500m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Bowl barrow and disc barrow 900m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Discontinuous surviving sections of Roman aqueduct
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 450m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Long barrow NW of Red Barn
• The Kingston Russell stone circle 750m north east of Gorwell Farm
• Two barrows at Rew
• Two round barrows S of Ashton Farm
• Three bowl barrows 300m south west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Dyke on Haydon Down
• 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
• Earthwork 80yds (70m) long NW of Coombe Bottom
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 400m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Bowl barrow 620m south west of Eggardon Hill Farm
• Round barrow in White Hill Plantation
• Bowl barrow 810m NNE of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Round barrows on Ridgeway
• Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch
• Round barrow on Rew Hill
• Four bowl barrows immediately north west of Maiden Castle
• Bowl barrow 355m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle
• 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
• Four bowl barrows 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on Limekiln Hill 500m north of Labour-in-Vain Farm
• Group of three round barrows on Eggardon Hill
• Round barrow on Ridgeway Hill
• Round barrow 230yds (210m) E of White Hill Plantation
• Disc barrow 715m west of Bayard Farm
• Bowl barrow 550m north east of Pitcombe Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 450m NNW of Field Barn
• Bowl barrow 400m north east of Look Farm
• Bowl barrow 265m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 360m south west of Clandon Farm
• Group of three round barrows NE of Jackman's Cross
• Langton Cross: a wayside cross 850m south west of Tatton House
• Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) N of Ridge Hill
• Dyke SE of Eggardon Hill camp
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 80m south east of the Hardy Monument
• Bowl barrow 500m north east of Clandon Farm
• Bowl barrow 800m north east of Gorwell Farm
• Barrow on parish boundary
• Round barrow E of The Buildings
• Round barrow on Shorn Hill
• Bowl barrow 360m south of Compton Barn
• Bowl barrow 800m south of Kingston Russell Farm, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Bell barrow 100m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow SW of Pigeon House Cottages
• Group of round barrows near Eweleaze Barn
• Round barrow E of Bayard's Barn
• Bowl barrow on Limekiln Hill 650m south east of Green Leaze
• Three round barrows E of Smitten Corner
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 50m south of the Hardy Monument
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 870m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Three bowl barrows on The Knoll 450m north west of Treetops
• Group of barrows S of Goldsmith's Plantation
• Two fishponds in Oddens Wood
• Three bowl barrows at Dry Wood, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Two round barrows at crossroads N of village
• Round barrow N of Ballarat House
• Round barrow NW of Jackman's Cross
• Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy
• Round barrows on Grove Hill
• Round barrows on Sheep Down
• Maiden Castle
• Barrow S of Three-Cornered Plantation
• Round barrow NE of Hog Hill Barn
• Two bowl barrows 720m south east of Friar Waddon House
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 150m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Long barrow NE of Ashley
• Two round barrows on Ridgeway
• Bowl barrow 200m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot forming part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 380m west of Whitfield Farm
• Long barrow and four bowl barrows 500m north west of Whitfield Farm
• Old Warren earthwork
• Round barrow N of Ridgeway
• Bell barrow in Highfield Plantation and two bowl barrows immediately north west of Forty Acre Plantation
• Disc barrow 200m north east of Winterbourne Poor Lot, forming part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Three barrows near Town Hill Barn
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow within Well Bottom Wood, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Two bowl barrows 700m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Standing stone 700m south east of North Barn Farm
• Two round barrows on North Hill
• Dyke on Wears Hill
• Bowl barrow 300m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 645m south west of North Barn Farm
• Earthwork N of Hampton Plantations
• Bell barrow and five bowl barrows 1000m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Frampton Roman villa
• Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow in New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Cross dyke 600m north of Pitcombe Farm
• Disc barrow 500m south east of Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Group of five round barrows on White Hill
• Group of round barrows on Shorn Hill and Bronkham Hill
• Two bowl barrows 1250m east of Notton Hill Barn
• Bowl barrow 350m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Enclosure on Sheep Down 930m south east of Heart Clump
• Bowl barrow 850m north west of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
• Abbotsbury Castle (camp)
• Cross in St Mary's churchyard
• Round barrow SW of Ashton Cottages
• Dyke on Long Barrow Hill
• Bowl barrow185m WSW of Higher Skippet Farm
• Bowl Barrow, 710m south-west of Woolcombe Farm
• Standing stone called The Broad Stone
• Bowl barrow 680m north east of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Bowl barrow 320m north west of Coombefield Farm
• The Nine Stones: a small concentric stone circle 750m west of Winterbourne Abbas
• St Peter's Abbey
• Round barrow on Pound Hill
• Round barrow NE of Friar Waddon
• Part of a Later Prehistoric or Romano-British field system 250m north of Eggardon Hill Farm
• Bowl barrow180m east of Hogleaze Bungalow
• Bowl barrow 120m east of White Hill Wood
• Long mound 860m NNE of Whatcombe House, associated with the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Duck decoy at Abbotsbury Swannery, 630m SSW of Horsepool Farm
• Friar Waddon Hill round barrows
• Hampton stone circle
• Eggardon Hill disc barrow
• Round barrows N of Pound Hill
• Bowl barrow 220m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Chambered long barrow N of Loscombe Plantation
• Round barrow SW of village
• Two bowl barrows on Black Down immediately east of the Hardy Monument
• Bowl barrow 700m east of South Eggardon Farm
• Three barrows N of Penn Hill
• Round barrow E of Two Gates
• Two bell barrows 15m north of Well Bottom Wood, part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Two conjoined bowl barrows 550m north east of Manor Farm
• Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole
• Bowl barrow 400m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
• Part of a Later Iron Age or Romano-British settlement 590m north west of Compton Barn
• Barrow 300yds (280m) SW of Kingston Farm
• Bowl barrow 450m NNE of West Hill Farm
• Group of round barrows W of Ridgeway Hill
• Wynford Wood boundary bank
• Bell barrow 850m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Long barrow 200m north west of Longlands Farm
• Two round barrows on Ridgeway
• Group of three round barrows SW of Longlands Barn
• Chambered tomb 900m south west of Manor Farm
• Four bowl barrows on Hog Hill, west and north west of Maiden Castle
• Group of barrows near Big Wood
• Round barrow on Stratton Down
• St Catherine's Chapel, field system and quarries at Chapel Hill
• Bronze Age enclosure, associated linear earthworks and field system, and a later dewpond on Tenants Hill
• Round barrow 250yds (230m) S of Chapel Coppice
• Group of round barrows on Ridgeway
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 770m north west of the Hardy Monument
• The Clandon Barrow, 450m west of Clandon Farm
• Group of round barrows on and to E of Great Hill
• Helstone burial chamber
• Bowl barrow 605m south west of Long Barrow Farm
• Three barrows S of Hart Hill Plantation
• Bowl barrow 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Long barrow, three bell barrows, fancy barrow and a linear earthwork 800m north of Maiden Castle
• Long barrow W of Hampton Barn
• Two bowl barrows 283m SSE of the Grey Mare and her Colts
• Bowl barrow 550m WNW of Dowerfield House
• Six round barrows 200m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Two round barrows on Wears Hill
• Pigeon House long barrow
• Barrow beside Shotcombe Lane
• Lime kiln 800ft (245m) NW of Langton Cross