Friar Waddon is a Village in the county of Dorset.

Friar Waddon postcode: DT3 4EP

Retail in Friar Waddon

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

The area around Friar Waddon features a number of interesting towns including Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, Wareham, and Blandford Forum.

Jericho Weir is one of Friar Waddon's best, nearby waterfalls to visit in Friar Waddon.

Don't miss Uplyme, Bincombe, Symondsbury, and Abbotsbury's villages if visiting the area around Friar Waddon.

The Cobb is one of Friar Waddon's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Friar Waddon.

Don't miss King's Statue (King George III Statue)'s historic monuments if visiting the area around Friar Waddon.

Ancient Sites to visit near Friar Waddon include Eggardon Hill, Hambledon Hill, Badbury Rings, Kingston Russell Stone Circle, The Nine Stones, and Maiden Castle.

Hills to visit near Friar Waddon include Eggardon Hill.

Don't miss Corfe Castle's castles if visiting the area around Friar Waddon.

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

Places near Friar Waddon feature a number of interesting airports including Bournemouth Airport.

Friar Waddon History

There are some historic monuments around Friar Waddon:

• Two bowl barrows 700m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Poundbury Camp, associated monuments and section of Roman aqueduct.
• Three barrows N of Penn Hill
• Bowl barrow 165m NNW of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Long barrow 400yds (360m) NW of Hill Barn
• Bowl barrow 450m NNW of Field Barn
• Three bowl barrows at the western end of Waterston Ridge, 360m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
• Discontinuous surviving sections of Roman aqueduct
• Bowl barrow 380m west of Whitfield Farm
• Two round barrows S of Ashton Farm
• Group of four round barrows in Cripton Wood
• Bowl barrow 350m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Bowl barrow 355m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow SW of Wolfeton Clump
• Bell barrow 125m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Romano-Celtic temple and associated remains at Jordan Hill
• Preston Roman villa
• Enclosure on Sheep Down 930m south east of Heart Clump
• Two fishponds in Oddens Wood
• 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
• Bowl barrow180m east of Hogleaze Bungalow
• Part of Roman, Saxon, and medieval town in grounds of Wollaston House
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 870m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Four bowl barrows immediately north west of Maiden Castle
• Two bell barrows 15m north of Well Bottom Wood, part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow on Rew Hill
• Henge Enclosure, Conquer Barrow and Barrow Cemetery
• Bowl barrow on Little Puddle Hill, 920m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
• Round barrow in White Hill Plantation
• Round barrows on Sheep Down
• Bowl barrow 800m south of Kingston Russell Farm, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Bowl barrow 800m north east of Gorwell Farm
• Round barrow N of Ashton Cottages
• Six round barrows 200m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• St Peter's Abbey
• Bowl barrow 450m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
• Three barrows S of Hart Hill Plantation
• Round barrow cemetery immediately south east of Maiden Castle
• Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Group of round barrows near Eweleaze Barn
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 770m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Round barrows W of Blagdon Barn
• Three bowl barrows 300m south west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Six round barrows W of Came Down
• Two bowl barrows on Conygar Hill
• Bell barrow in Highfield Plantation and two bowl barrows immediately north west of Forty Acre Plantation
• Bowl barrow 605m south west of Long Barrow Farm
• Round barrows on Grove Hill
• Duck decoy at Abbotsbury Swannery, 630m SSW of Horsepool Farm
• Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole
• The Kingston Russell stone circle 750m north east of Gorwell Farm
• Bowl barrow 550m north east of Pitcombe Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 700m NNW of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
• Settlement remains N of Maiden Castle
• Field system in Valley of Stones (including earthwork N of Crow Hill)
• Two conjoined bowl barrows 550m north east of Manor Farm
• Group of barrows S of Goldsmith's Plantation
• Culliford Tree long barrow and group of round barrows
• Bronze Age enclosure, associated linear earthworks and field system, and a later dewpond on Tenants Hill
• Bowl barrow 500m north east of Clandon Farm
• Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood
• Two barrows at Rew
• Lime kiln 800ft (245m) NW of Langton Cross
• Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill
• The Clandon Barrow, 450m west of Clandon Farm
• Bowl barrow and disc barrow 900m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Barrow on parish boundary
• Bowl barrow 120m east of White Hill Wood
• Group of barrows on the golf course, Came Down
• Bowl barrow 500m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Two bowl barrows 720m south east of Friar Waddon House
• Group of barrows near Big Wood
• Group of three round barrows NE of Jackman's Cross
• Bowl barrow 220m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• 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
• Outer defences of Roman town, W of St Genevieve's Convent
• Two round barrows N of Came Farm
• Long barrow 200m north west of Longlands Farm
• Round barrows on Four Barrow Hill
• Bell barrow 850m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Two bowl barrows 400m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 850m north west of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
• Cross in St Mary's churchyard
• 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
• Two barrows on Little Puddle Hill
• Three round barrows E of Smitten Corner
• Bowl barrow 810m NNE of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Round barrow NW of Long Bottom Plantation
• Long barrow NW of Red Barn
• Bowl barrow 265m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Two bowl barrows on Black Down immediately east of the Hardy Monument
• Colliton Park Roman house
• Dorchester Roman walls
• Round barrow SW of Pigeon House Cottages
• Bowl barrow 750m SSE of Lower Kingston Russell Farm
• Long barrow E of Northfield Plantation
• Bowl barrow 680m north east of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Friar Waddon Hill round barrows
• Long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle
• Group of three round barrows SW of Longlands Barn
• Round barrows N of Pound Hill
• Medieval settlement of Winterborne Farringdon and associated remains
• Round barrow on Shorn Hill
• Group of barrows in Seven Barrow Plantation
• Long mound 860m NNE of Whatcombe House, associated with the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Round barrow on Pound Hill
• Frampton Roman villa
• Six round barrows on Bincombe Down
• Bowl barrow 450m NNE of West Hill Farm
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 450m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Round barrow 250yds (230m) S of Chapel Coppice
• Three bowl barrows 530m and 350m north east of Whitcombe Barn
• The Nine Stones: a small concentric stone circle 750m west of Winterbourne Abbas
• Twenty-one barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Four bowl barrows 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch
• Bowl barrow 300m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• St Catherine's Chapel, field system and quarries at Chapel Hill
• Bell barrow 100m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Chambered long barrow N of Loscombe Plantation
• Two round barrows on North Hill
• Two bowl barrows 1250m east of Notton Hill Barn
• Two round barrows on Ridgeway
• Disc barrow 715m west of Bayard Farm
• Bowl barrow on Wood Hill 310m north east of Cowden
• Bowl barrow in Well Bottom Wood
• Round barrow N of Ballarat House
• Chambered tomb called The Grey Mare and her Colts
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow within Well Bottom Wood, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow NE of Friar Waddon
• Round barrow N of Ridgeway
• Bowl barrow 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Cross dyke 600m north of Pitcombe Farm
• Two round barrows on Ridgeway
• Bowl barrow185m WSW of Higher Skippet Farm
• Standing stone 700m south east of North Barn Farm
• 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 barrows on Ridgeway
• Round barrow E of Forston Farm
• Two barrows W of Little Piddle Down
• Two round barrows at Down Wood
• Barrows in Came Wood
• Round barrow E of Bayard's Barn
• Barrow S of Wolfeton Clump
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 50m south of the Hardy Monument
• 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
• Barrow 300yds (280m) SW of Kingston Farm
• Oval barrow and three bowl barrows 250m and 330m south of Whitcombe Barn
• Barrow E of Red Barn
• Bowl barrow 360m south of Compton Barn
• Group of round barrows on and to E of Great Hill
• Bowl barrow 200m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot forming part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 300m WNW of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Six barrows on Ridgeway Hill
• Four round barrows NW of Blagdon Barn
• Bowl barrow 140m south east of Broadwater Cottage
• Long barrow, three bell barrows, fancy barrow and a linear earthwork 800m north of Maiden Castle
• Part of a Later Iron Age or Romano-British settlement 590m north west of Compton Barn
• Nothe Fort, tramway and searchlight battery at The Nothe
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow 880m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down barrow cemetery
• Sandsfoot Castle
• Standing stone called The Broad Stone
• Bowl barrow 800m NNE of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Bell barrow and five bowl barrows 1000m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Pigeon House long barrow
• Group of round barrows on Shorn Hill and Bronkham Hill
• Round barrow on Hogcliff Hill
• Long barrow W of Hampton Barn
• Round barrow SW of village
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 400m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Old Warren earthwork
• Bowl barrow 770m north of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Three barrows near Town Hill Barn
• Round barrow on Ridgeway Hill
• Group of round barrows W of Ridgeway Hill
• Round barrow on Magiston Hill
• Bowl barrow in New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow SW of Ashton Cottages
• Barrow S of Three-Cornered Plantation
• Long barrow and four bowl barrows 500m north west of Whitfield Farm
• Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Disc barrow 500m south east of Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Round barrow N of Forston Barn
• Three bowl barrows at Dry Wood, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Two long barrows and round barrows on Long Barrow Hill
• Medieval settlement 850m north of St Mary's Church
• Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) N of Ridge Hill
• Herringston round barrows
• Round barrow NW of Jackman's Cross
• Two bowl barrows 283m SSE of the Grey Mare and her Colts
• Henge, Romano-British amphitheatre and Civil War fieldworks known collectively as Maumbury Rings
• Four bowl barrows on Hog Hill, west and north west of Maiden Castle
• Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy
• Round barrow 230yds (210m) E of White Hill Plantation
• Round barrow E of The Buildings
• Two round barrows N of Bincombe Barn
• Langton Cross: a wayside cross 850m south west of Tatton House
• Hampton stone circle
• Bowl barrow 780m north east of Hampton Farm
• Bowl barrow on Sheep Down, 600m east of Home Farm Cottages
• Bowl barrow 360m south west of Clandon Farm
• Group of barrows on West Hill
• Earthwork N of Hampton Plantations
• Round barrow on Stratton Down
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 80m south east of the Hardy Monument
• Group of five round barrows on White Hill
• Round barrow NE of Hog Hill Barn
• Group of round barrows on Ridgeway
• Bowl barrow 340m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Bell barrow 70m west of Fidler's Green
• Maiden Castle
• Bowl barrow 400m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
• Disc barrow 200m north east of Winterbourne Poor Lot, forming part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow in Grimstone Clumps
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 150m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Helstone burial chamber