Castleton is a Village in the county of Dorset.

Castleton postcode: DT9 3SA

Retail in Castleton

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

There are a several good towns in the Castleton area like Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, Wareham, and Blandford Forum.

The area around Castleton's best waterfalls can be found at Jericho Weir.

Castleton's best nearby villages can be found at Uplyme, Bincombe, Symondsbury, and Abbotsbury.

Castleton is near some unmissable historic buildings like The Cobb,

There are a several good historic monuments in the area around Castleton like King's Statue (King George III Statue).

There are a number of ancient sites near Castleton including Eggardon Hill, Hambledon Hill, Badbury Rings, Kingston Russell Stone Circle, The Nine Stones, and Maiden Castle.

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

Places near Castleton feature a number of interesting castles including Corfe Castle.

Corfe Castle is a great place to visit close to Castleton if you like ruins.

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

Castleton History

There are some historic monuments around Castleton:

• Sherborne Old Castle
• Wyke barns
• Maperton medieval settlement
• Marston Magna moated site and associated earthworks
• Early Medieval and Medieval urban remains, Milborne Port
• Chapel W of Manor Farm
• Roman villa 900yds (820m) NW of parish church
• Medieval standing cross 320m east of St Andrew's Church
• Roman site by Pinford Lane
• Medieval standing cross 6m north west of the west front of St Mary's Church
• Lower Woolston medieval settlement
• Bowl barrow on Charn Hill
• Deserted medieval village of Nether Adber
• Promontory fort on Barrow Hill
• Roman villa SE of East Farm
• Village cross
• Fishpond
• Sherborne Abbey, remains of
• Remains of St Mary Magdalene's Church
• The earthwork remains of a turf mizmaze 250m south east of White Hall Farm
• The Conduit Cross
• Roman temporary camp at East Farm
• Hillfort and later strip lynchets on Dungeon Hill, 500m north of Castle Hill Cottages
• Large multivallate hillfort and associated earthworks at South Cadbury
• Romano-British settlement immediately south west of Camel Hill Farm