Compton Valence is a Town in the county of Dorset.

Retail in Compton Valence

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

Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, Wareham, and Blandford Forum are great places to visit near Compton Valence if you like towns.

The area close to Compton Valence boasts some of the best waterfalls including Jericho Weir.

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

Don't miss The Cobb's historic buildings if visiting the area around Compton Valence.

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

Eggardon Hill, Hambledon Hill, Badbury Rings, Kingston Russell Stone Circle, The Nine Stones, and Maiden Castle are some of Compton Valence best ancient sites to visit near Compton Valence.

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

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

Corfe Castle is one of Compton Valence's best, nearby ruins to visit in Compton Valence.

Places near Compton Valence feature a number of interesting airports including Bournemouth Airport.

Compton Valence History

There are some historic monuments around Compton Valence:

• Bowl barrow 500m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Round barrow 250yds (230m) S of Chapel Coppice
• Bowl barrow 165m NNW of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Three barrows near Town Hill Barn
• Three bowl barrows on The Knoll 450m north west of Treetops
• Settlement on Smacam Down
• Round barrow SW of Pigeon House Cottages
• Bowl barrow on Limekiln Hill 650m south east of Green Leaze
• Bowl barrow 850m north west of Barrowland Farm
• Bowl barrow on Limekiln Hill 500m north of Labour-in-Vain Farm
• Bowl barrow 850m north west of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
• Earthworks on Askerswell Down
• Two bowl barrows 700m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Large multivallate hillfort containing two bowl barrows 855m north east of North Eggardon Farm
• Barrow beside Shotcombe Lane
• Four bowl barrows 725m ESE of Wears Farm
• Three round barrows E of Smitten Corner
• Moated site and associated features, 320m west of Knapp Farm
• Dyke on Wears Hill
• Barrow 300yds (280m) SW of Kingston Farm
• Enclosure on Sheep Down 930m south east of Heart Clump
• Barrow on parish boundary
• Earthwork 80yds (70m) long NW of Coombe Bottom
• Barrow S of Three-Cornered Plantation
• Bowl barrow 780m north east of Hampton Farm
• Round barrow NW of Jackman's Cross
• Group of three round barrows on Eggardon Hill
• Round barrow on Hogcliff Hill
• Six round barrows 200m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Group of three round barrows W of Two Gates
• Long barrow W of Hampton Barn
• Round barrow on Shorn Hill
• Medieval standing cross 11m south east of the south porch of St Mary's Church
• Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch
• Round barrow on Ellston Hill
• Round barrow on Pound Hill
• Bowl barrow180m east of Hogleaze Bungalow
• Two bowl barrows 310m north east of Lancombe Farm
• Frampton Roman villa
• Cross and Hand wayside cross 670m south of the Friary of St Francis
• Two round barrows S of Ashton Farm
• Bell barrow 850m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Cross dyke 600m north of Pitcombe Farm
• Round barrow N of Ridgeway
• Langton Cross: a wayside cross 850m south west of Tatton House
• Bowl barrow in Well Bottom Wood
• Round barrow SW of village
• 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
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 150m north west of the Hardy Monument
• The Nine Stones: a small concentric stone circle 750m west of Winterbourne Abbas
• Tithe barn (uninhabited portion) at Barton Farm
• Four bowl barrows on Hog Hill, west and north west of Maiden Castle
• Bowl barrow 800m north east of Gorwell Farm
• Bowl barrow 400m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
• Bronze Age enclosure, associated linear earthworks and field system, and a later dewpond on Tenants Hill
• Medieval standing cross 190m south east of St Mary's Church
• Round barrow NW of Long Bottom Plantation
• Bowl barrow 360m south of Compton Barn
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow within Well Bottom Wood, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Old Warren earthwork
• Camp on Chilcombe Hill
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow 880m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 320m north west of Coombefield Farm
• Round barrow E of The Buildings
• Round barrow N of Ashton Cottages
• St Peter's Abbey
• Bowl barrow 350m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Long barrow NW of Red Barn
• Bowl barrow1050m WNW of Manor Farm
• Round barrow N of Ballarat House
• Bowl barrow 265m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Three barrows N of Penn Hill
• Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
• Bowl barrow 200m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot forming part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Bowl Barrow, 710m south-west of Woolcombe Farm
• Round barrows on Cross Hill
• Eggardon Hill disc barrow
• 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
• Cross in St Mary's churchyard
• Bowl barrow and disc barrow 900m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 680m north east of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Moated site 60m north of Benville Manor
• Chambered tomb 900m south west of Manor Farm
• Bowl barrow 140m south east of Broadwater Cottage
• Duck decoy at Abbotsbury Swannery, 630m SSW of Horsepool Farm
• Long mound 860m NNE of Whatcombe House, associated with the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Three barrows S of Hart Hill Plantation
• Round barrow SW of Ashton Cottages
• Field system in Valley of Stones (including earthwork N of Crow Hill)
• Bowl barrow185m WSW of Higher Skippet Farm
• Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 550m north east of Pitcombe Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Two conjoined bowl barrows 550m north east of Manor Farm
• Four round barrows NW of Blagdon Barn
• Dyke on Long Barrow Hill
• Enclosed Iron Age farmstead and part of an associated field system 215m west of New Barn
• Two round barrows on Ridgeway
• Bowl barrow 450m NNW of Field Barn
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 50m south of the Hardy Monument
• Round barrow NE of Hog Hill Barn
• Bowl barrow 770m north of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Part of a Later Prehistoric or Romano-British field system 250m north of Eggardon Hill Farm
• Three bowl barrows at Dry Wood, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Round barrows N of Pound Hill
• Bowl barrow 700m east of South Eggardon Farm
• Round barrow on Rew Hill
• Round barrow 230yds (210m) E of White Hill Plantation
• Cerne Park boundary bank
• Bowl barrow 1km south west of Manor Farm
• Bowl barrow on Wancombe Hill 380m south west of southern corner of Sherriffs Wood
• Bell barrow 100m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Bell barrow and five bowl barrows 1000m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Two bowl barrows 720m south east of Friar Waddon House
• Bowl barrow 450m NNE of West Hill Farm
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 80m south east of the Hardy Monument
• The Kingston Russell stone circle 750m north east of Gorwell Farm
• Group of round barrows on and to E of Great Hill
• The Castle hillfort
• Two barrows at Rew
• Long barrow E of Northfield Plantation
• Group of round barrows on Shorn Hill and Bronkham Hill
• Group of three round barrows SW of Longlands Barn
• Twenty-one barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 870m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Disc barrow 200m north east of Winterbourne Poor Lot, forming part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow in White Hill Plantation
• Bowl barrow 620m south west of Eggardon Hill Farm
• Bowl barrow 340m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Two round barrows on Wears Hill
• Part of a Later Iron Age or Romano-British settlement 590m north west of Compton Barn
• Two bowl barrows on Black Down immediately east of the Hardy Monument
• Abbotsbury Castle (camp)
• Lynchets S of Stavordale Wood
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 450m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Bowl barrow 450m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
• Two bowl barrows 283m SSE of the Grey Mare and her Colts
• Round barrow NE of Friar Waddon
• Earthworks on Loscombe Hill
• Long barrow NE of Ashley
• Tithe barn at Court Farm
• Bowl barrow 700m NNW of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 400m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Chambered tomb called The Grey Mare and her Colts
• Earthwork N of Hampton Plantations
• Round barrow E of Two Gates
• Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) N of Ridge Hill
• Group of round barrows on Ridgeway
• Round barrows W of Blagdon Barn
• Bell barrow 125m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Two round barrows at crossroads N of village
• Earthwork on Cross Hill
• St Catherine's Chapel, field system and quarries at Chapel Hill
• Two long barrows and round barrows on Long Barrow Hill
• Two fishponds in Oddens Wood
• Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
• Group of barrows S of Goldsmith's Plantation
• Round barrow on North Field Hill
• Settlement E of Brow Copse
• Three bowl barrows 300m south west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Group of round barrows near Eweleaze Barn
• Settlement on Dickley Hill
• Bowl barrow 220m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Chambered long barrow N of Loscombe Plantation
• Bowl barrow 120m east of White Hill Wood
• Round barrow on Stratton Down
• Hampton stone circle
• Round barrows on Four Barrow Hill
• Bowl barrow 300m WNW of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Group of barrows near Big Wood
• Martin Down enclosure 300m north of Huish Barn
• Bowl barrow 550m WNW of Dowerfield House
• Dyke SE of Eggardon Hill camp
• Standing stone called The Broad Stone
• Bowl barrow 605m south west of Long Barrow Farm
• Round barrows on Sheep Down
• 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
• Standing stone 700m south east of North Barn Farm
• Four bowl barrows 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Park pale in Rampisham park
• Bowl barrow 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Penannular ditched enclosure, 150m south of Turner's Farm Barn
• Bowl barrow 750m SSE of Lower Kingston Russell Farm
• Barrow E of Red Barn
• Two bell barrows 15m north of Well Bottom Wood, part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Field system and enclosures on Middle Hill
• Round barrow on Magiston Hill
• Bowl barrow 810m NNE of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Bowl barrow 650m south of The Friary of St Francis
• Bowl barrow 660m south west of Chilstock
• Two bowl barrows 1250m east of Notton Hill Barn
• Bowl barrow on Batcombe Down 450m south west of The Friary of St Francis
• Group of three round barrows NE of Jackman's Cross
• 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
• Two bowl barrows 400m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow in New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Lime kiln 800ft (245m) NW of Langton Cross
• Dyke on Haydon Down
• Two round barrows on Ridgeway
• Friar Waddon Hill round barrows
• Bowl barrow 800m south of Kingston Russell Farm, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Group of five round barrows on White Hill
• Bowl barrow 360m south west of Clandon Farm
• Helstone burial chamber
• Round barrows on Grove Hill
• Bowl barrow on Farm Hill 620m west of Minterne Parva Farm
• High Cank, a hengi-form monument 520m north of Up Cerne Manor House
• Two barrows on Chilcombe Hill
• Pigeon House long barrow
• Medieval standing cross 10m west of Broomhill Cottage
• Bowl barrow 300m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Long barrow 200m north west of Longlands Farm
• Round barrow on Dickley Hill
• Bowl barrow 800m NNE of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Bowl barrow on Sheep Down, 600m east of Home Farm Cottages
• Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
• Bowl barrow 400m north east of Look Farm
• Two round barrows on North Hill
• Wynford Wood boundary bank
• Disc barrow 500m south east of Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Bowl barrow 645m south west of North Barn Farm
• Group of barrows in Seven Barrow Plantation
• Field system on Seldon Hill
• Bowl barrow 355m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Field system W of Fore Hill
• Round barrow in Grimstone Clumps
• Three bowl barrows on Tulk's Hill 800m north of East Bexington Farm
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 770m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Barrow 650yds (600m) N of North Barn Farm
• The Clandon Barrow, 450m west of Clandon Farm