Broadmayne is a Village in the county of Dorset.

Broadmayne postcode: DT2 8DG

Retail in Broadmayne

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

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

Jericho Weir is a great place to visit close to Broadmayne if you like waterfalls.

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

The Cobb is a great place to visit close to Broadmayne if you like historic buildings.

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

Don't miss Eggardon Hill, Hambledon Hill, Badbury Rings, Kingston Russell Stone Circle, The Nine Stones, and Maiden Castle's ancient sites if visiting the area around Broadmayne.

The area close to Broadmayne boasts some of the best hills including Eggardon Hill.

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

Don't miss Corfe Castle's ruins if visiting the area around Broadmayne.

Bournemouth Airport is a great place to visit close to Broadmayne if you like airports.

Broadmayne History

There are some historic monuments around Broadmayne:

• Henge Enclosure, Conquer Barrow and Barrow Cemetery
• Deserted village of Bardolfeston
• Outer defences of Roman town, W of St Genevieve's Convent
• Mayne stone circle (at Little Mayne Farm)
• Bowl barrow 850m west of Weatherby Castle hillfort
• Four barrows on Moigns Down
• Four bowl barrows on Hog Hill, west and north west of Maiden Castle
• Discontinuous surviving sections of Roman aqueduct
• Disc barrow 715m west of Bayard Farm
• Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 600m west of Stafford Farm
• Six round barrows W of Came 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
• Medieval settlement of Winterborne Farringdon and associated remains
• Bell barrow in Highfield Plantation and two bowl barrows immediately north west of Forty Acre Plantation
• Huck Barrow in Knighton Heath Wood
• Bowl barrow 550m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery
• Poundbury Camp, associated monuments and section of Roman aqueduct.
• Round barrow 250yds (230m) W of Fryer Mayne manor house
• Medieval settlement immediately west of Waterston House
• Round barrow N of Ashton Cottages
• Two round barrows on Ridgeway
• Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy
• Two round barrows at Down Wood
• Bowl barrow 450m east of Dennet's Bottom Barn
• Group of round barrows W of Ridgeway Hill
• Bowl barrow on Wood Hill 310m north east of Cowden
• Three bowl barrows 380m west of West End Barn
• Romano-Celtic temple and associated remains at Jordan Hill
• Group of four round barrows in Cripton Wood
• Round barrow E of Forston Farm
• Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood
• Icehouse at Ringstead, 660m south west of Pit House
• Barrow 500yds (450m) E of village
• Bowl barrow on Burleston Down 840m south east of Crawthorne Farm
• Dorchester Roman walls
• Bowl barrow to the west of Five Marys: an outlier to the Five Marys round barrow cemetery
• Medieval settlement remains at Whitcombe
• Colliton Park Roman house
• Bowl barrow on Little Puddle Hill, 920m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
• Bowl barrow c.200m NNW of Chaldon Herring: part of a barrow group north of Chaldon Herring village
• Six barrows on Ridgeway Hill
• Bowl barrow 600m south of Whitcombe Farm
• Henge, Romano-British amphitheatre and Civil War fieldworks known collectively as Maumbury Rings
• Two bowl barrows 280m north of Clyffe House
• Roman road in Kingston Park
• Round barrow on Ridgeway Hill
• Four bowl barows 710m north, 750m north west and 950m north west of Clyffe House
• Two bowl barrows 200m south east of Hill Barn: two of a group of three barrows
• Sandsfoot Castle
• Two barrows W of Little Piddle Down
• Round barrow N of Forston Barn
• Three bowl barrows at the western end of Waterston Ridge, 360m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
• Six round barrows on Bincombe Down
• Round barrow E of Bayard's Barn
• Barrow 200yds (180m) N of the White Horse
• Roman road over Thorncombe Wood and Black Heath
• Group of barrows E of Northdown Barn
• Bowl barrow 75m south east of Laycock Dairy Farm
• Bowl barrow 480m south east of West End Barn
• Barrow S of Tinker's Barrow Plantation
• Bell barrow and two bowl barrows on Old Knowle, 835m NNW of Whitcombe Vale Farm
• Barrow on Galton Heath
• Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill 500m north of Whitcombe Farm
• Tadnoll Barrow
• Medieval settlement at West Ringstead
• Two bowl barrows 750m east of Clyffe House
• The Round Pound, an enclosure on Chaldon Down
• Kerbed cairn 590m south east of Poxwell Manor
• Wardstone Barrow: a bowl barrow on the Dorset coastal ridge 300m south of Chideock Farm
• Culliford Tree long barrow and group of round barrows
• Upton Fort, a coastal artillery battery and two searchlight emplacements
• Fishpond at West Ringstead, 590m south of Pit House
• Long barrow, three bell barrows, fancy barrow and a linear earthwork 800m north of Maiden Castle
• Bowl barrow 650m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery
• Round barrows on Ridgeway
• Bell barrow 70m west of Fidler's Green
• Bowl barrow 470m south east of Down Barn: an outlier of the Chaldon Down barrow group
• Two barrows on Little Puddle Hill
• Medieval settlement 850m north of St Mary's Church
• Two bowl barrows on Lord's Down 580m south east of Crawthorne Farm
• Two barrows 600yds (550m) N of Halls Farm
• Bowl barrow at Five Marys: an outlier to the Five Marys round barrow cemetery
• Two round barrows N of Came Farm
• The Rainbarrows, a group of three bowl barrows on Duddle Heath
• Two bowl barrows 640m north of Squibbs Farm
• Oval barrow and three bowl barrows 250m and 330m south of Whitcombe Barn
• Two bowl barrows 560m south east of Hill Barn
• Preston Roman villa
• Maiden Castle
• Two bowl barrows on Conygar Hill
• Two bowl barrows c.280m north-east of Chaldon Herring: part of a barrow group north of Chaldon Herring village
• Barrow S of Common Plantation
• Nothe Fort, tramway and searchlight battery at The Nothe
• Bell barrow and bowl barrow 580m east of Clyffe House
• Round barrow SW of Wolfeton Clump
• Bowl barrow 70m south east of West End Barn
• Three round barrows on Puddletown Down
• Sandy Barrow
• George III, chalk-cut hill side figure
• Medieval settlement at Holworth
• Herringston round barrows
• Bowl barrow 380m west of Whitfield Farm
• Group of barrows on West Hill
• Bowl barrow c.240m north of Chaldon Herring: part of a barrow group north of Chaldon Herring village
• Group of barrows on the golf course, Came Down
• Two bowl barrows 320m south west of Laycock Dairy Farm
• Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill
• Round barrow N of Boswell's Plantation
• Part of Roman, Saxon, and medieval town in grounds of Wollaston House
• Medieval settlement of Little Piddle
• Bowl barrow 550m WNW of West End Barn
• Tudor and 17th century farmstead and Romano-British settlement
• Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole
• Two round barrows S of Ashton Farm
• Four bowl barrows immediately north west of Maiden Castle
• Sandy Barrow W of East Farm Dairy
• Lord's Barrow: a bowl barrow 500m north of Northground Dairy
• Three bowl barrows on Puddletown Heath, 550m south west of Beacon Corner
• Four bowl barrows at the eastern end of Waterston Ridge, 490m south west and 500m south east of Ridge Farm
• The Five Marys round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on Puddletown Heath, 400m north east of Duck Dairy House
• Three bowl barrows 530m and 350m north east of Whitcombe Barn
• Bowl barrow 660m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow in Sares Wood, 430m south west of Wood Barn
• Long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle
• Long barrow and four bowl barrows 500m north west of Whitfield Farm
• Round barrow SW of Bourne Farm
• Two round barrows N of Bincombe Barn
• Bowl barrow on Puddletown Heath, 800m south west of Coombe Barn
• Round barrow cemetery immediately south east of Maiden Castle
• Three barrows S of Poxwell Big Wood
• Medieval settlement of North Louvard
• Barrows in Came Wood
• Bowl barrow 500m north east of Clandon Farm
• Earthwork in Bowley's Plantation
• Long barrow 400yds (360m) NW of Hill Barn
• Round barrow W of Druce Higher Barn
• Barrow S of Wolfeton Clump
• Bowl barrow 200m south east of Hill Barn: one of a group of three barrows
• Bowl barrow 615m north east of Hardy's Birthplace
• Two round barrows SW of Well House Cottage
• Bowl barrow 450m north west of Duck Dairy House
• Settlement remains N of Maiden Castle