Over Compton is a Town in the county of Dorset.

Retail in Over Compton

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

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

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

Uplyme, Bincombe, Symondsbury, and Abbotsbury are some of Over Compton best villages to visit near Over Compton.

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

Over Compton is near some unmissable historic monuments like King's Statue (King George III Statue),

Don't miss Eggardon Hill, Hambledon Hill, Badbury Rings, Kingston Russell Stone Circle, The Nine Stones, and Maiden Castle's ancient sites if visiting the area around Over Compton.

Eggardon Hill is a great place to visit close to Over Compton if you like hills.

The area close to Over Compton boasts some of the best castles including Corfe Castle.

There are a several good ruins in the area around Over Compton like Corfe Castle.

There are a number of airports near to Over Compton including Bournemouth Airport.

Over Compton History

There are some historic monuments around Over Compton:

• Medieval standing cross 6m north west of the west front of St Mary's Church
• Roman temporary camp at East Farm
• Marston Magna moated site and associated earthworks
• Roman villa SE of East Farm
• Roman site by Pinford Lane
• Large multivallate hillfort and associated earthworks at South Cadbury
• Remains of St Mary Magdalene's Church
• Romano-British settlement immediately south west of Camel Hill Farm
• Bowl barrow known as `Wimble Toot'
• The Conduit Cross
• Later Iron Age enclosure, Ilchester Mead
• Ilchester Roman town
• Fishpond
• Sherborne Old Castle
• Lower Woolston medieval settlement
• Deserted medieval village of Nether Adber
• Roman villa N of Dunnock's Lane
• West Mudford medieval settlement, 500m south west of West Mudford Farm
• Sherborne Abbey, remains of
• Roman settlement remains immediately south of Westland Road
• Medieval standing cross 320m east of St Andrew's Church
• Roman villa 900yds (820m) NW of parish church
• Chessels Roman villa
• Wyke barns
• Northover House, late Roman cemetery
• Roman villa 725yds (660m) SE of Neville Farm
• The earthwork remains of a turf mizmaze 250m south east of White Hall Farm
• Deserted medieval settlement and associated fields, Lytes Cary
• Medieval settlement remains 100m and 250m north of Downhead Manor Farm
• Moated site at Hinton Farm