Stinsford is a Town in the county of Dorset.

Retail in Stinsford

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

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

There are a several good waterfalls in the area around Stinsford like Jericho Weir.

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

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

King's Statue (King George III Statue) is a great place to visit close to Stinsford if you like historic monuments.

Ancient Sites to visit near Stinsford include Eggardon Hill.

Eggardon Hill is one of Stinsford's best, nearby hills to visit in Stinsford.

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

Stinsford is near some unmissable ruins like Corfe Castle,

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

Stinsford History

There are some historic monuments around Stinsford:

• Bowl barrow 500m north east of Clandon Farm
• Court Close settlement remains
• Group of three round barrows NE of Jackman's Cross
• Medieval settlement immediately west of Waterston House
• Discontinuous surviving sections of Roman aqueduct
• George III, chalk-cut hill side figure
• Lord's Barrow: a bowl barrow 500m north of Northground Dairy
• Group of barrows on West Hill
• Outer defences of Roman town, W of St Genevieve's Convent
• Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole
• Group of round barrows on Ridgeway
• Herringston round barrows
• Barrow 500yds (450m) E of village
• Three barrows S of Hart Hill Plantation
• Six round barrows W of Came Down
• Henge Enclosure, Conquer Barrow and Barrow Cemetery
• Part of Roman, Saxon, and medieval town in grounds of Wollaston House
• Bowl barrow 75m south east of Laycock Dairy Farm
• Two round barrows at Down Wood
• Disc barrow 715m west of Bayard Farm
• Two bowl barrows 720m south east of Friar Waddon House
• Bowl barrow on Wancombe Hill 380m south west of southern corner of Sherriffs Wood
• Three bowl barrows at the western end of Waterston Ridge, 360m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
• Bowl barrow 615m north east of Hardy's Birthplace
• Round barrow SW of Wolfeton Clump
• Group of round barrows near Eweleaze Barn
• Sandy Barrow
• Group of barrows S of Goldsmith's Plantation
• Round barrow N of Forston Barn
• Culliford Tree long barrow and group of round barrows
• Sandy Barrow W of East Farm Dairy
• Long barrow 400yds (360m) NW of Hill Barn
• Two bowl barrows on Conygar Hill
• Two barrows W of Little Piddle Down
• Maiden Castle
• Upton Fort, a coastal artillery battery and two searchlight emplacements
• Medieval settlement at Holworth
• Two bowl barrows on Green Hill 450m north of Pound Farm
• Churchyard cross
• Roman road in Kingston Park
• Medieval settlement of Winterborne Farringdon and associated remains
• Group of four round barrows in Cripton Wood
• Mayne stone circle (at Little Mayne Farm)
• Settlement remains N of Maiden Castle
• Four barrows on Moigns Down
• Two round barrows on Ridgeway
• Bowl barrow 450m north west of Duck Dairy House
• Preston Roman villa
• Bowl barrow on East Hill 510m north east of All Saints Church
• Earthwork and ancient fields SE of Lyscombe Bottom
• Round barrows on Four Barrow Hill
• Bell barrow in Highfield Plantation and two bowl barrows immediately north west of Forty Acre Plantation
• Four bowl barrows at the eastern end of Waterston Ridge, 490m south west and 500m south east of Ridge Farm
• Bowl barrow on Little Puddle Hill, 920m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
• Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill 500m north of Whitcombe Farm
• Bowl barrow on Burleston Down 840m south east of Crawthorne Farm
• Round barrows on Ridgeway
• Huck Barrow in Knighton Heath Wood
• Fishpond at West Ringstead, 590m south of Pit House
• Six barrows on Ridgeway Hill
• Three bowl barrows on Puddletown Heath, 550m south west of Beacon Corner
• Round barrow E of Bayard's Barn
• Round barrow NE of Friar Waddon
• Medieval settlement at West Ringstead
• Hill figure called The Giant
• Cerne Abbey, site of, including gatehouse, guesthouse and wine house (barn)
• Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch
• Lyscombe Farm chapel
• Two bowl barrows 320m south west of Laycock Dairy Farm
• Kerbed cairn 590m south east of Poxwell Manor
• Barrows in Came Wood
• Bowl barrow 380m west of Whitfield Farm
• Two square enclosures in Tenant's Bottom
• Medieval settlement of North Louvard
• Round barrow N of Ridgeway
• Bowl barrow on Pond Eweleaze 500m north east of Dole's Ash Farm
• Two barrows on Little Puddle Hill
• Bowl barrow1050m WNW of Manor Farm
• Bowl barrow on Wood Hill 310m north east of Cowden
• Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill
• Cerne Park boundary bank
• Dorchester Roman walls
• Four bowl barrows on Hog Hill, west and north west of Maiden Castle
• Bingham's Melcombe deserted village
• Round barrow in Grimstone Clumps
• Barrow E of Red Barn
• The Clandon Barrow, 450m west of Clandon Farm
• Bowl barrow on Green Hill 400m north of Pound Farm
• Two round barrows N of Bincombe Barn
• Two bowl barrows 200m south east of Hill Barn: two of a group of three barrows
• Four bowl barows 710m north, 750m north west and 950m north west of Clyffe House
• Round barrow N of Boswell's Plantation
• Three barrows N of Penn Hill
• Round barrow on Stratton Down
• Deserted village of Bardolfeston
• Six round barrows on Bincombe Down
• Long barrow and four bowl barrows 500m north west of Whitfield Farm
• Two round barrows in Doles Hill Plantation
• Linear earthworks around Lyscombe Bottom
• Bowl barrow on Plush Hill 600m ESE of Lower Farm, Plush
• Round barrow SW of Ashton Cottages
• Two bowl barrows 560m south east of Hill Barn
• Barrow S of Common Plantation
• Round barrow cemetery immediately south east of Maiden Castle
• Tudor and 17th century farmstead and Romano-British settlement
• Four bowl barrows immediately north west of Maiden Castle
• Bowl barrow on Puddletown Heath, 800m south west of Coombe Barn
• Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood
• Barrow S of Three-Cornered Plantation
• Long barrow, three bell barrows, fancy barrow and a linear earthwork 800m north of Maiden Castle
• Settlement on Dickley Hill
• Group of round barrows NE of Hog Leaze
• The Rainbarrows, a group of three bowl barrows on Duddle Heath
• Two barrows 600yds (550m) N of Halls Farm
• Round barrow W of Druce Higher Barn
• Barrow on College Down
• Barrow on Galton Heath
• Round barrow on Dickley Hill
• Medieval standing cross 6m north east of St Martin's Church
• Round barrow E of Forston Farm
• Round barrow S of Manor Farm
• Round barrow on Ridgeway Hill
• Romano-Celtic temple and associated remains at Jordan Hill
• Bowl barrow on Plush Hill 740m ESE of Lower Farm, Plush
• Three barrows S of Poxwell Big Wood
• Barrow 200yds (180m) N of the White Horse
• Group of barrows E of Northdown Barn
• Cross in St Mary's churchyard
• Group of round barrows on and to E of Great Hill
• Bell barrow 70m west of Fidler's Green
• Group of barrows in Seven Barrow Plantation
• Barrow S of Wolfeton Clump
• Ancient settlement E of Lyscombe Bottom
• Tithe barn (uninhabited portion) at Barton Farm
• Earthwork in Bowley's Plantation
• Barrow S of Tinker's Barrow Plantation
• Icehouse at Ringstead, 660m south west of Pit House
• Two bowl barrows on Lord's Down 580m south east of Crawthorne Farm
• Bowl barrow 360m south west of Clandon Farm
• Bowl barrow 600m south of Whitcombe Farm
• Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) N of Ridge Hill
• Group of round barrows W of Ridgeway Hill
• Henge, Romano-British amphitheatre and Civil War fieldworks known collectively as Maumbury Rings
• Round barrow on Black Hill
• Medieval settlement 850m north of St Mary's Church
• Ancient settlement SW of Incombe Wood
• Settlement and field system on Black Hill
• Round barrow on Cheselbourne West Down
• Two round barrows SW of Well House Cottage
• Bowl barrow on Puddletown Heath, 400m north east of Duck Dairy House
• Oval barrow and three bowl barrows 250m and 330m south of Whitcombe Barn
• Friar Waddon Hill round barrows
• Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy
• Round barrow N of Heave Coppice
• Colliton Park Roman house
• Two round barrows S of Ashton Farm
• Earthworks on Giant Hill
• Two round barrows on Ridgeway
• Round barrow 250yds (230m) W of Fryer Mayne manor house
• Medieval settlement of Little Piddle
• 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
• Round barrow N of Ashton Cottages
• 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
• Round barrow NE of Hog Hill Barn
• Group of barrows on the golf course, Came Down
• Seven round barrows NW of Lyscombe Bottom
• Three round barrows on Puddletown Down
• Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 600m west of Stafford Farm
• Bowl barrow 200m south east of Hill Barn: one of a group of three barrows
• Round barrow SW of Bourne Farm
• Long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle
• Roman road over Thorncombe Wood and Black Heath
• Bowl barrow 400m south east of Melcombe Newton House
• Medieval settlement remains at Whitcombe
• Poundbury Camp, associated monuments and section of Roman aqueduct.
• Round barrow NW of Jackman's Cross
• Enclosure near 'the Sole Plantation'
• Two round barrows N of Came Farm
• Round barrow on Hog Leaze
• Settlement on Smacam Down
• Three bowl barrows 530m and 350m north east of Whitcombe Barn