Purse Caundle is a Town in the county of Dorset.

Retail in Purse Caundle

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

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

Purse Caundle is near some unmissable waterfalls like Jericho Weir,

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

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

King's Statue (King George III Statue) is one of Purse Caundle's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Purse Caundle.

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

Purse Caundle is near some unmissable hills like Eggardon Hill,

Places near Purse Caundle feature a number of interesting castles including Corfe Castle.

The area around Purse Caundle's best ruins can be found at Corfe Castle.

Airports to visit near Purse Caundle include Bournemouth Airport.

Purse Caundle History

There are some historic monuments around Purse Caundle:

• Remains of St Mary Magdalene's Church
• Village cross
• Fishpond
• Promontory fort on Barrow Hill
• Medieval standing cross near the junction of the High Street and Gold Street, 240m south east of St Mary's Church
• Large multivallate hillfort and associated earthworks at South Cadbury
• Lower Woolston medieval settlement
• The Conduit Cross
• Bowl barrow on Charn Hill
• Maperton medieval settlement
• Roman site by Pinford Lane
• Hillfort and later strip lynchets on Dungeon Hill, 500m north of Castle Hill Cottages
• Sherborne Abbey, remains of
• Chapel W of Manor Farm
• Sherborne Old Castle
• Early Medieval and Medieval urban remains, Milborne Port