Higher Kingcombe is a Village in the county of Dorset.

Higher Kingcombe postcode: DT2 0EH

Retail in Higher Kingcombe

There are great places to visit near Higher Kingcombe 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 Higher Kingcombe if you like towns.

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

The area around Higher Kingcombe boasts some of the best villages including Uplyme, Bincombe, Symondsbury, and Abbotsbury.

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

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

There are a several good ancient sites in the Higher Kingcombe area like Eggardon Hill, Hambledon Hill, Badbury Rings, Kingston Russell Stone Circle, The Nine Stones, and Maiden Castle.

Eggardon Hill is a great place to visit close to Higher Kingcombe if you like hills.

Corfe Castle is a great place to visit close to Higher Kingcombe if you like castles.

Places near Higher Kingcombe feature a number of interesting ruins including Corfe Castle.

Places near Higher Kingcombe feature a number of interesting airports including Bournemouth Airport.

Higher Kingcombe History

There are some historic monuments around Higher Kingcombe:

• The Nine Stones: a small concentric stone circle 750m west of Winterbourne Abbas
• Disc barrow 200m north east of Winterbourne Poor Lot, forming part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Long mound 860m NNE of Whatcombe House, associated with the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Frampton Roman villa
• Bowl barrow 300m WNW of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Barrow beside Shotcombe Lane
• Roman villa 725yds (660m) SE of Neville Farm
• Earthwork on Castle Hill
• Field system W of Fore Hill
• Bowl barrow in New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Six round barrows 200m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 800m NNE of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Bowl barrow 550m north west of Cogden Farm
• Twenty-one barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Dyke on Long Barrow Hill
• Medieval standing cross 11m south east of the south porch of St Mary's Church
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow within Well Bottom Wood, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• The Castle hillfort
• Bowl barrow 550m WNW of Dowerfield House
• 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
• Disc barrow 500m south east of Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Bowl barrow 450m NNE of West Hill Farm
• Bowl barrow 300m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 550m north east of Pitcombe Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Two bowl barrows 700m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Standing stone 700m south east of North Barn Farm
• Round barrow NW of Long Bottom Plantation
• Two bell barrows 15m north of Well Bottom Wood, part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow on Knight's Hill
• Settlement E of Brow Copse
• Group of three round barrows W of Two Gates
• Bowl barrow 810m NNE of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Bowl barrow in Well Bottom Wood
• Camp on Chilcombe Hill
• Group of three round barrows on Eggardon Hill
• Earthworks on Askerswell Down
• Bowl barrow 355m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 320m north west of Coombefield Farm
• Bowl barrow180m east of Hogleaze Bungalow
• Bowl barrow 850m north west of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
• Earthwork E of Stake Farm
• Dyke SE of Eggardon Hill camp
• Bowl barrow 200m north east of Holy Trinity Church
• Earthwork 80yds (70m) long NW of Coombe Bottom
• Bell barrow 850m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Standing stone called The Broad Stone
• Moated site 60m north of Benville Manor
• Bowl barrow 605m south west of Long Barrow Farm
• Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 1km south west of Manor Farm
• Enclosed Iron Age farmstead and part of an associated field system 215m west of New Barn
• Bowl barrow 680m north east of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Bowl barrow 645m south west of North Barn Farm
• Motte and bailey castle 160m north of Castle Mill Farm
• Three barrows near Town Hill Barn
• Group of barrows near Big Wood
• Bowl barrow 770m north of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• St Mary's Church, West Milton
• Penannular ditched enclosure, 150m south of Turner's Farm Barn
• Medieval standing cross 190m south east of St Mary's Church
• Two round barrows at crossroads N of village
• Bowl barrow 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Part of a Later Prehistoric or Romano-British field system 250m north of Eggardon Hill Farm
• Corscombe Court barn
• Chambered tomb 900m south west of Manor Farm
• Bowl barrow 200m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot forming part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Part of a Later Iron Age or Romano-British settlement 590m north west of Compton Barn
• Hillfort N of Burcombe Wood
• Bowl barrow on Beaminster Down 530m south east of East Axnoller Farm
• Round barrow E of Two Gates
• Two long barrows and round barrows on Long Barrow Hill
• Group of three round barrows SW of Longlands Barn
• 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 700m NNW of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
• Two barrows on Chilcombe Hill
• Four bowl barrows 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl Barrow, 710m south-west of Woolcombe Farm
• Barrow 650yds (600m) N of North Barn Farm
• Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Earthwork on Shipton Hill
• Large multivallate hillfort containing two bowl barrows 855m north east of North Eggardon Farm
• Cross dyke 600m north of Pitcombe Farm
• Bowl barrow 450m NNW of Field Barn
• Bowl barrow 340m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Wynford Wood boundary bank
• 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
• Barrow 300yds (280m) SW of Kingston Farm
• Two bowl barrows 310m north east of Lancombe Farm
• Moated site and associated features, 320m west of Knapp Farm
• 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
• Eggardon Hill disc barrow
• Field system and enclosures on Middle Hill
• Bell barrow 125m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on North Hill 750m north east of Marsh Barn
• Long barrow 200m north west of Longlands Farm
• Bowl barrow 850m north west of Barrowland Farm
• Chambered long barrow N of Loscombe Plantation
• Bell barrow 100m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow and disc barrow 900m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 620m south west of Eggardon Hill Farm
• Park pale in Rampisham park
• Dyke on Haydon Down
• Two bowl barrows 1250m east of Notton Hill Barn
• Bowl barrow 265m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 140m south east of Broadwater Cottage
• Bowl barrow on Beaminster Down 770m north east of Higher Meerhay Farm
• Bell barrow and five bowl barrows 1000m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Three bowl barrows at Dry Wood, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Medieval standing cross 10m west of Broomhill Cottage
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow 880m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down barrow cemetery
• Two bowl barrows 400m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Three bowl barrows 300m south west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 660m south west of Chilstock
• Bowl barrow 165m NNW of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 360m south of Compton Barn
• Bowl barrow 700m east of South Eggardon Farm
• Bowl barrow on Hammiton Hill 220m south west of Hammiton Farm