Swyre is a Town in the county of Dorset.

Retail in Swyre

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

There are a several good towns in the Swyre area like Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, Wareham, and Blandford Forum.

Swyre is near some unmissable waterfalls like Jericho Weir,

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

Places near Swyre feature a number of interesting historic buildings including The Cobb.

The area around Swyre's best historic monuments can be found at 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 Swyre.

The area close to Swyre boasts some of the best hills including Eggardon Hill.

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

The area close to Swyre boasts some of the best ruins including Corfe Castle.

The area close to Swyre boasts some of the best airports including Bournemouth Airport.

Swyre History

There are some historic monuments around Swyre:

• Group of five round barrows on White Hill
• Two barrows on Chilcombe Hill
• Bowl barrow on Limekiln Hill 650m south east of Green Leaze
• Bowl barrow 400m north east of Look Farm
• Bowl barrow 300m WNW of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 660m south west of Chilstock
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow within Well Bottom Wood, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Bell barrow and five bowl barrows 1000m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow 880m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down barrow cemetery
• Twenty-one barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Bowl barrow 350m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Round barrow E of Two Gates
• 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
• Duck decoy at Abbotsbury Swannery, 630m SSW of Horsepool Farm
• Dyke on Haydon Down
• Bowl barrow 680m north east of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• 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
• 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
• Bowl barrow 165m NNW of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Part of a Later Prehistoric or Romano-British field system 250m north of Eggardon Hill Farm
• Two round barrows at crossroads N of village
• Abbotsbury Castle (camp)
• Large multivallate hillfort containing two bowl barrows 855m north east of North Eggardon Farm
• Three bowl barrows on The Knoll 450m north west of Treetops
• Bowl barrow 770m north of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Medieval standing cross 11m south east of the south porch of St Mary's Church
• Bowl barrow 360m south of Compton Barn
• Bowl barrow 355m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 645m south west of North Barn Farm
• Group of three round barrows on Eggardon Hill
• Barrow 650yds (600m) N of North Barn Farm
• Bowl barrow 340m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Lynchets S of Stavordale Wood
• Barrow 300yds (280m) SW of Kingston Farm
• Dyke on Wears Hill
• Hampton stone circle
• Old Warren earthwork
• Two bowl barrows 283m SSE of the Grey Mare and her Colts
• St Peter's Abbey
• St Mary's Church, West Milton
• Bowl barrow 620m south west of Eggardon Hill Farm
• Bowl barrow 800m north east of Gorwell Farm
• 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
• St Catherine's Chapel, field system and quarries at Chapel Hill
• Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Three bowl barrows on Tulk's Hill 800m north of East Bexington Farm
• Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Two bowl barrows 310m north east of Lancombe Farm
• Bowl barrow on Hammiton Hill 220m south west of Hammiton Farm
• Chambered tomb called The Grey Mare and her Colts
• Bowl barrow 550m north east of Pitcombe Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 320m north west of Coombefield Farm
• Group of three round barrows W of Two Gates
• Bowl barrow 120m east of White Hill Wood
• Part of a Later Iron Age or Romano-British settlement 590m north west of Compton Barn
• Camp on Chilcombe Hill
• Round barrow 250yds (230m) S of Chapel Coppice
• Bowl barrow 800m NNE of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Bowl barrow on Limekiln Hill 500m north of Labour-in-Vain Farm
• Bowl barrow 200m north east of Holy Trinity Church
• Four bowl barrows 725m ESE of Wears Farm
• Bowl barrow 700m east of South Eggardon Farm
• Bowl barrow 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 605m south west of Long Barrow Farm
• Bowl barrow 850m north west of Barrowland Farm
• Long mound 860m NNE of Whatcombe House, associated with the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Medieval standing cross 190m south east of St Mary's Church
• Bowl barrow 750m SSE of Lower Kingston Russell Farm
• Settlement E of Brow Copse
• Bowl barrow 200m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot forming part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Dyke on Long Barrow Hill
• Bowl barrow 550m WNW of Dowerfield House
• Bronze Age enclosure, associated linear earthworks and field system, and a later dewpond on Tenants Hill
• Bowl barrow 550m north west of Cogden Farm
• Disc barrow 200m north east of Winterbourne Poor Lot, forming part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Two round barrows on Wears Hill
• Earthwork on Shipton Hill
• Bowl barrow and disc barrow 900m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Six round barrows 200m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Bind Barrow
• Chambered tomb 900m south west of Manor Farm
• Eggardon Hill disc barrow
• Bell barrow 850m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Two bell barrows 15m north of Well Bottom Wood, part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 220m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Two long barrows and round barrows on Long Barrow Hill
• Hillfort N of Burcombe Wood
• 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 265m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 140m south east of Broadwater Cottage
• Four bowl barrows 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 500m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Bowl barrow 810m NNE of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Long barrow W of Hampton Barn
• Long barrow NE of Ashley
• Cross dyke 600m north of Pitcombe Farm
• Dyke SE of Eggardon Hill camp
• Penannular ditched enclosure, 150m south of Turner's Farm Barn
• Barrow beside Shotcombe Lane
• Bowl barrow in Well Bottom Wood
• Motte and bailey castle 160m north of Castle Mill Farm
• Bowl Barrow, 710m south-west of Woolcombe Farm
• Earthworks on Askerswell Down
• Bowl barrow 300m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Three bowl barrows 300m south west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on North Hill 750m north east of Marsh Barn
• Disc barrow 500m south east of Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Round barrow on Knight's Hill
• Wynford Wood boundary bank
• Earthwork 80yds (70m) long NW of Coombe Bottom
• The Kingston Russell stone circle 750m north east of Gorwell Farm
• Standing stone called The Broad Stone
• Two fishponds in Oddens Wood
• Bowl barrow 450m NNW of Field Barn
• Bell barrow 100m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow in White Hill Plantation
• Round barrow 230yds (210m) E of White Hill Plantation