Puddletown
Puddletown is a Town in the county of Dorset.
There are great places to visit near Puddletown including some great towns, waterfalls, villages, historic buildings, historic monuments, ancient sites, hills, castles, ruins and airports.
Towns to visit near Puddletown include Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, and Wareham.
The area around Puddletown's best waterfalls can be found at Jericho Weir.
Puddletown has some unmissable villages nearby like Uplyme, Bincombe, and Symondsbury.
Puddletown is near some unmissable historic buildings like The Cobb,
Don't miss King's Statue (King George III Statue)'s historic monuments if visiting the area around Puddletown.
The area around Puddletown's best ancient sites can be found at Eggardon Hill.
Places near Puddletown feature a number of interesting hills including Eggardon Hill.
Places near Puddletown feature a number of interesting castles including Corfe Castle.
The area close to Puddletown boasts some of the best ruins including Corfe Castle.
The area around Puddletown's best airports can be found at Bournemouth Airport.
Puddletown History
There are some historic monuments around Puddletown:
- Stable Barrow 230m NNE of Frogmore Farm
- Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow, 200m north east of Haywards Farm
- Barrow on College Down
- Two barrows W of Little Piddle Down
- Two bowl barrows on Conygar Hill
- Ancient settlement E of Lyscombe Bottom
- Group of four round barrows in Cripton Wood
- Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 95m south of Cull-peppers Dish
- The Five Marys round barrow cemetery
- George III, chalk-cut hill side figure
- Two square enclosures in Tenant's Bottom
- Field system and settlement on West Hill, Plush
- Barrow on Galton Heath
- Bowl barrow on Green Hill 350m north west of Keepers Cottage
- Two bowl barrows on Clouds Hill, 90m south west of Lawrence of Arabia's Cottage
- Medieval settlement of North Louvard
- Bowl barrow on Puddletown Heath, 800m south west of Coombe Barn
- Round barrow on Hog Leaze
- Medieval settlement 350m east of West Burton Dairy
- Bowl barrow in Throop Clump, 450m west of Heatherdown
- Bowl barrow 450m east of Dennet's Bottom Barn
- Four bowl barrows 600m east and 650m north east of Haywards Farm
- Round barrow SW of Wolfeton Clump
- Barrow S of Common Plantation
- Medieval settlement remains at Whitcombe
- Bell barrow 70m west of Fidler's Green
- Huck Barrow in Knighton Heath Wood
- Colliton Park Roman house
- Medieval settlement of Winterborne Farringdon and associated remains
- Bowl barrow 550m north west of Bulbarrow Farm
- Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 650m south east of Wood Barn
- Two bowl barrows 750m east of Clyffe House
- Round barrow N of Heave Coppice
- Mayne stone circle (at Little Mayne Farm)
- Bowl barrow 400m south east of Melcombe Newton House
- Medieval settlement immediately west of Waterston House
- Roman road W of Ashley Barn
- Deserted town of Milton Abbas
- Deserted village of Bardolfeston
- Three bowl barrows 230m south west of Haywards Farm
- Bowl barrow 790m north east of Haywards Farm
- Three bowl barrows at the western end of Waterston Ridge, 360m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
- Earthwork on Church Hill
- Two bowl barrows and two ring ditches 450m north west of Haywards Farm
- Bowl barrow in Ruins Plantation 200m east of The Retreat
- Three bowl barrows 530m and 350m north east of Whitcombe Barn
- Part of Roman, Saxon, and medieval town in grounds of Wollaston House
- Two barrows on Little Puddle Hill
- Bowl barrow 380m north west of Hyford Cottage
- Bowl barrow 850m west of Weatherby Castle hillfort
- Medieval settlement at Holworth
- Lord's Barrow: a bowl barrow 500m north of Northground Dairy
- Obelisk on Fir Hill
- The Rainbarrows, a group of three bowl barrows on Duddle Heath
- Three bowl barrows 380m west of West End Barn
- Two bowl barrows 85m and 130m south west of Cambrai House
- Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 580m north east of Whitcombe Vale Farm
- Two bowl barrows 280m north of Clyffe House
- Medieval settlement of Little Piddle
- Two bowl barrows 320m south west of Laycock Dairy Farm
- Melcombe Horsey deserted village
- Bowl barrow to the west of Five Marys: an outlier to the Five Marys round barrow cemetery
- Earthwork S of Meriden Wood, and adjoining round barrow
- Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 600m west of Stafford Farm
- Culliford Tree long barrow and group of round barrows
- Henge Enclosure, Conquer Barrow and Barrow Cemetery
- Two round barrows SW of Well House Cottage
- Cultivation remains on Thomas's Hill and E of Hilton
- Three bowl barrows on Milborne Down 520m and 585m north east of obelisk on Weatherby Castle hillfort
- Round barrow W of Druce Higher Barn
- Bowl barrow c.240m north of Chaldon Herring: part of a barrow group north of Chaldon Herring village
- Bowl barrow on East Hill 510m north east of All Saints Church
- Bowl barrow on Little Puddle Hill, 920m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
- Bell barrow and two bowl barrows on Old Knowle, 835m NNW of Whitcombe Vale Farm
- Two bowl barrows c.280m north-east of Chaldon Herring: part of a barrow group north of Chaldon Herring village
- Bowl barrow 450m north west of Duck Dairy House
- Six bowl barrows on Blacknoll Hill
- Bell barrow and bowl barrow 580m east of Clyffe House
- Bowl barrow 300m south east of Hyford Cottage
- Henge, Romano-British amphitheatre and Civil War fieldworks known collectively as Maumbury Rings
- Bowl barrow on Plush Hill 600m ESE of Lower Farm, Plush
- Bowl barrow 480m south east of West End Barn
- Dorchester Roman walls
- Two round barrows N of Came Farm
- Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 140m south east of Cull-peppers Dish
- Bowl barrow 350m north west of Gatehouse Farm
- Round barrow S of Manor Farm
- Bowl barrow on Plush Hill 740m ESE of Lower Farm, Plush
- Three bowl barrows on Puddletown Heath, 550m south west of Beacon Corner
- Round barrow on Cheselbourne West Down
- Bowl barrow 330m south east of Nutley Farm
- Bingham's Melcombe deserted village
- Roman road over Thorncombe Wood and Black Heath
- Field system on Green Down
- Linear earthworks around Lyscombe Bottom
- Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 640m south of Wood Barn
- Earthwork and ancient fields SE of Lyscombe Bottom
- Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood
- Two bowl barrows 640m north of Squibbs Farm
- Camp on Nettlecombe Tout
- Bowl barrow 900m north west of Lower Farm
- Two bowl barrows on Drove Hill
- Earthwork in Bowley's Plantation
- Bowl barrow c.200m NNW of Chaldon Herring: part of a barrow group north of Chaldon Herring village
- Group of round barrows NE of Hog Leaze
- Kerbed cairn 590m south east of Poxwell Manor
- Earthworks on Houghton South Down, including group of three round barrows
- Round barrow N of Boswell's Plantation
- Bowl barrow 420m north west of Frogmore Farm
- Round barrow on Church Hill
- Group of barrows on West Hill
- Tadnoll Barrow
- Field system and settlement on Watcombe Plain
- Round barrow W of Ashley Barn
- Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill 500m north of Whitcombe Farm
- Round barrow SW of Bourne Farm
- Bowl barrow in Sares Wood, 430m south west of Wood Barn
- Bowl barrow 600m south of Whitcombe Farm
- Tudor and 17th century farmstead and Romano-British settlement
- The Double Barrow, a bowl barrow in Kite Hill Plantation 250m south east of Roger's Hill Cottages
- Roman road in Kingston Park
- Three round barrows on Puddletown Down
- Two round barrows in Doles Hill Plantation
- 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
- Bowl barrow 650m north west of Long Ash Farm
- Earthwork SE of Foxpound
- Barrow S of Tinker's Barrow Plantation
- Round barrow 250yds (230m) W of Fryer Mayne manor house
- Bowl barrow 550m WNW of West End Barn
- Barrows in Came Wood
- Bowl barrow at Five Marys: an outlier to the Five Marys round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 70m south east of West End Barn
- Bowl barrow in Piddle Wood, 530m north east of Gate Barn
- Long barrow 400yds (360m) NW of Hill Barn
- Barrow 500yds (450m) E of village
- Lyscombe Farm chapel
- Weatherby Castle, an Iron Age hillfort 1020m north west of Ashley Barn Farm
- Seven round barrows NW of Lyscombe Bottom
- Barrow S of Wolfeton Clump
- Medieval standing cross 6m north east of St Martin's Church
- Six round barrows on Bincombe Down
- Barrow 200yds (180m) N of the White Horse
- Four bowl barows 710m north, 750m north west and 950m north west of Clyffe House
- Outer defences of Roman town, W of St Genevieve's Convent
- Round barrow cemetery on Deverel Down 380m west of Longthorns
- Two bowl barrows on Lord's Down 580m south east of Crawthorne Farm
- Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 970m south east of Wood Barn
- Earthworks SE of Park Wood, including round barrow
- Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill
- Bowl barrow 150m north east of Dunbury
- Medieval settlement remains 800m south of Manor Farm
- Bell barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 800m south east of Wood Barn
- Bowl barrow 520m south east of Nutley Farm
- Two barrows 600yds (550m) N of Halls Farm
- Two round barrows at Down Wood
- Oval barrow and three bowl barrows 250m and 330m south of Whitcombe Barn
- Bowl barrow on Burleston Down 840m south east of Crawthorne Farm
- Bowl barrow 75m south east of Laycock Dairy Farm
- Bowl barrow 615m north east of Hardy's Birthplace
- Court Close settlement remains
- Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 650m north east of Whitcombe Vale Farm
- Group of barrows E of Northdown Barn
- Bowl barrow on Puddletown Heath, 400m north east of Duck Dairy House
- Sandy Barrow
- Enclosure near 'the Sole Plantation'
- Bowl barrow on Pond Eweleaze 500m north east of Dole's Ash Farm
- Bowl barrow 230m south of Bulbarrow Farm
- Milton Park boundary bank
- Four barrows on Moigns Down
- Four bowl barrows at the eastern end of Waterston Ridge, 490m south west and 500m south east of Ridge Farm
Places to see near Puddletown
Lakes near Puddletown
Rivers near Puddletown
- 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
