Grimstone is a Village in the county of Dorset.

Grimstone postcode: DT2 9NA

Retail in Grimstone

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

Towns to visit near Grimstone include Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, Wareham, and Blandford Forum.

Grimstone is near some unmissable waterfalls like Jericho Weir,

There are a number of villages near Grimstone including Uplyme, Bincombe, Symondsbury, and Abbotsbury.

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

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

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

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

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

Ruins to visit near Grimstone include Corfe Castle.

Airports to visit near Grimstone include Bournemouth Airport.

Grimstone History

There are some historic monuments around Grimstone:

• Bowl barrow 780m north east of Hampton Farm
• Long barrow and four bowl barrows 500m north west of Whitfield Farm
• Round barrow E of Bayard's Barn
• Bowl barrow 770m north of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Poundbury Camp, associated monuments and section of Roman aqueduct.
• Part of a Later Iron Age or Romano-British settlement 590m north west of Compton Barn
• Bowl barrow 680m north east of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Maiden Castle
• Six barrows on Ridgeway Hill
• Bowl barrow 660m south west of Chilstock
• Bowl barrow 650m south of The Friary of St Francis
• Round barrow NE of Friar Waddon
• Disc barrow 200m north east of Winterbourne Poor Lot, forming part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Three bowl barrows 300m south west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Medieval standing cross 190m south east of St Mary's Church
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 150m north west of the Hardy Monument
• St Catherine's Chapel, field system and quarries at Chapel Hill
• Four bowl barrows on Hog Hill, west and north west of Maiden Castle
• Bowl barrow 500m north east of Clandon Farm
• Earthwork in Dogbury Plantation
• Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) N of Ridge Hill
• Round barrows on Grove Hill
• Round barrow on Stratton Down
• St Peter's Abbey
• Bowl barrow 140m south east of Broadwater Cottage
• Discontinuous surviving sections of Roman aqueduct
• Round barrow E of Forston Farm
• Bowl barrow 750m SSE of Lower Kingston Russell Farm
• Two bowl barrows on Ridge Hill 770m south of Revels Farm
• Oval barrow and three bowl barrows 250m and 330m south of Whitcombe Barn
• Round barrow SW of Ashton Cottages
• Bowl barrow 300m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow on Black Hill
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 400m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Colliton Park Roman house
• Group of round barrows on and to E of Great Hill
• The Clandon Barrow, 450m west of Clandon Farm
• Two round barrows N of Came Farm
• Round barrow on Dickley Hill
• Two bowl barrows 400m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 605m south west of Long Barrow Farm
• Group of round barrows W of Ridgeway Hill
• Long barrow, three bell barrows, fancy barrow and a linear earthwork 800m north of Maiden Castle
• Part of Roman, Saxon, and medieval town in grounds of Wollaston House
• Enclosed Iron Age farmstead and part of an associated field system 215m west of New Barn
• Cross and Hand wayside cross 670m south of the Friary of St Francis
• Bowl barrow 450m NNW of Field Barn
• Henge, Romano-British amphitheatre and Civil War fieldworks known collectively as Maumbury Rings
• Earthwork on Cross Hill
• Two round barrows S of Ashton Farm
• Bowl barrow 450m NNE of West Hill Farm
• Platform barrow 300m south west of Lane Cottages
• Bowl barrow on Green Hill 400m north of Pound Farm
• Round barrow on Hogcliff Hill
• Martin Down enclosure 300m north of Huish Barn
• Bowl barrow on Little Puddle Hill, 920m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
• Two long barrows and round barrows on Long Barrow Hill
• Standing stone called The Broad Stone
• Group of round barrows near Eweleaze Barn
• Bowl barrow 200m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot forming part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Enclosure on Sheep Down 930m south east of Heart Clump
• Round barrows on Cross Hill
• Dyke on Long Barrow Hill
• Earthworks on Giant Hill
• 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 in Well Bottom Wood
• Disc barrow 715m west of Bayard Farm
• Settlement on Smacam Down
• Earthworks on Loscombe Hill
• Group of round barrows on Shorn Hill and Bronkham Hill
• Round barrow on Ridgeway Hill
• Barrows in Came Wood
• Bowl barrow 450m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
• Round barrows W of Blagdon Barn
• Round barrow NE of Hog Hill Barn
• Herringston round barrows
• Group of barrows on West Hill
• Round barrow SW of Pigeon House Cottages
• Bowl barrow 850m north west of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
• Four bowl barrows immediately north west of Maiden Castle
• High Cank, a hengi-form monument 520m north of Up Cerne Manor House
• Bowl barrow185m WSW of Higher Skippet Farm
• Bell barrow 850m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Cross in St Mary's churchyard
• Two round barrows on Ridgeway
• Bowl barrow on East Hill 510m north east of All Saints Church
• Three round barrows E of Smitten Corner
• Round barrows N of Pound Hill
• Bowl barrow 165m NNW of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow on Church Hill
• Group of barrows on the golf course, Came Down
• Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Outer defences of Roman town, W of St Genevieve's Convent
• Pigeon House long barrow
• Six round barrows on Bincombe Down
• Round barrow 230yds (210m) E of White Hill Plantation
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow 880m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down barrow cemetery
• Group of three round barrows SW of Longlands Barn
• Frampton Roman villa
• Round barrow N of Forston Barn
• Round barrows on Sheep Down
• Medieval standing cross 11m south east of the south porch of St Mary's Church
• Round barrow N of Ballarat House
• Chambered long barrow N of Loscombe Plantation
• 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 bowl barrows 720m south east of Friar Waddon House
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 80m south east of the Hardy Monument
• Cross dyke 600m north of Pitcombe Farm
• Bowl barrow 360m south of Compton Barn
• Round barrows on Ridgeway
• Dorchester Roman walls
• Long barrow NW of Red Barn
• Two conjoined bowl barrows 550m north east of Manor Farm
• Bowl barrow 360m south west of Clandon Farm
• Long barrow W of Hampton Barn
• Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill
• Group of three round barrows NE of Jackman's Cross
• Group of barrows S of Goldsmith's Plantation
• Bowl barrow on Batcombe Down 450m south west of The Friary of St Francis
• Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood
• Disc barrow 500m south east of Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Wynford Wood boundary bank
• Helstone burial chamber
• Round barrow on North Field Hill
• Three barrows N of Penn Hill
• The Nine Stones: a small concentric stone circle 750m west of Winterbourne Abbas
• Bronze Age enclosure, associated linear earthworks and field system, and a later dewpond on Tenants Hill
• Bowl barrow on Sheep Down, 600m east of Home Farm Cottages
• Field system and enclosures on Middle Hill
• Bowl barrow 350m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Bowl barrow1050m WNW of Manor Farm
• Bowl barrow on Farm Hill 620m west of Minterne Parva Farm
• Group of four round barrows in Cripton Wood
• Round barrow SW of Wolfeton Clump
• Round barrow on Rew Hill
• Long barrow 400yds (360m) NW of Hill Barn
• Settlement and field system on Black Hill
• Field system W of Fore Hill
• Round barrow in White Hill Plantation
• Four round barrows NW of Blagdon Barn
• Barrow E of Red Barn
• Two bowl barrows on Green Hill 450m north of Pound Farm
• Six round barrows W of Came Down
• Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch
• Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
• Twenty-one barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Group of round barrows on Ridgeway
• 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
• Long barrow E of Northfield Plantation
• Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Barrow 300yds (280m) SW of Kingston Farm
• Bowl barrow on Wood Hill 310m north east of Cowden
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 50m south of the Hardy Monument
• Six round barrows 200m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Bell barrow in Highfield Plantation and two bowl barrows immediately north west of Forty Acre Plantation
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 770m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Two round barrows on Ridgeway
• Tithe barn (uninhabited portion) at Barton Farm
• Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
• Bowl barrow 220m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Long barrow 200m north west of Longlands Farm
• Two round barrows at Down Wood
• Two barrows at Rew
• Two bowl barrows 700m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Three barrows near Town Hill Barn
• Barrow S of Wolfeton Clump
• Two bowl barrows 1250m east of Notton Hill Barn
• Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy
• Round barrow on Magiston Hill
• Hampton stone circle
• Dyke on Wears Hill
• Three bowl barrows at Dry Wood, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 450m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Earthwork N of Hampton Plantations
• Bowl barrow in New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Three barrows S of Hart Hill Plantation
• The Kingston Russell stone circle 750m north east of Gorwell Farm
• Round barrow SW of village
• Cerne Park boundary bank
• Round barrow N of Heave Coppice
• Two bell barrows 15m north of Well Bottom Wood, part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow on Shorn Hill
• Round barrow NW of Long Bottom Plantation
• Bowl barrow 800m north east of Gorwell Farm
• Two barrows on Little Puddle Hill
• Settlement on Dickley Hill
• Round barrow N of Ashton Cottages
• Round barrow E of The Buildings
• Bowl barrow 800m NNE of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Four bowl barrows 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Ancient settlement SW of Incombe Wood
• Bowl barrow 900m north west of Lower Farm
• The Castle hillfort
• Field system in Valley of Stones (including earthwork N of Crow Hill)
• Bowl barrow 120m east of White Hill Wood
• Bowl barrow 340m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Barrow on parish boundary
• Round barrow cemetery immediately south east of Maiden Castle
• Tithe barn at Court Farm
• Chambered tomb called The Grey Mare and her Colts
• Group of five round barrows on White Hill
• Medieval settlement 850m north of St Mary's Church
• Two round barrows at crossroads N of village
• Culliford Tree long barrow and group of round barrows
• Long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle
• Two round barrows N of Bincombe Barn
• Bowl barrow 400m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
• Two bowl barrows on Black Down immediately east of the Hardy Monument
• Bowl barrow 810m 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
• Bell barrow 70m west of Fidler's Green
• Barrow S of Three-Cornered Plantation
• Round barrow in Grimstone Clumps
• Bowl barrow on Little Minterne Hill, 1km north east of Minterne Parva Farm
• Two square enclosures in Tenant's Bottom
• Bowl barrow180m east of Hogleaze Bungalow
• Two bowl barrows on Conygar Hill
• Barrow on College Down
• Bell barrow 100m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Barrow 650yds (600m) N of North Barn Farm
• Group of barrows near Big Wood
• Old Warren earthwork
• Round barrow 250yds (230m) S of Chapel Coppice
• Cerne Abbey, site of, including gatehouse, guesthouse and wine house (barn)
• Round barrow N of Ridgeway
• Round barrow NW of Jackman's Cross
• Settlement remains N of Maiden Castle
• 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
• Duck decoy at Abbotsbury Swannery, 630m SSW of Horsepool Farm
• Bowl barrow 700m NNW of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
• Two round barrows on North Hill
• Three bowl barrows at the western end of Waterston Ridge, 360m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
• Bowl barrow 500m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Friar Waddon Hill round barrows
• Round barrow on Pound Hill
• Round barrows on Four Barrow Hill
• Bowl barrow on Wancombe Hill 380m south west of southern corner of Sherriffs Wood
• Bell barrow 125m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow on Ellston Hill
• Two fishponds in Oddens Wood
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 870m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Bowl barrow 355m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow and disc barrow 900m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Field system on Seldon Hill
• Bowl barrow 265m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 380m west of Whitfield Farm
• Enclosure near 'the Sole Plantation'
• Group of barrows in Seven Barrow Plantation
• 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 300m WNW of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
• Standing stone 700m south east of North Barn Farm
• Long mound 860m NNE of Whatcombe House, associated with the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Two bowl barrows 283m SSE of the Grey Mare and her Colts
• Hill figure called The Giant
• Two barrows W of Little Piddle Down
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow within Well Bottom Wood, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Churchyard cross
• Medieval settlement of Winterborne Farringdon and associated remains
• Bowl barrow 550m north east of Pitcombe Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• 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