English Heritage sites near Marshwood Parish
WINTERBOURNE POOR LOT BARROWS
13 miles from Marshwood Parish
A 'cemetery' of 44 Bronze Age burial mounds of varying types and sizes, straddling the A35 main road.
KINGSTON RUSSELL STONE CIRCLE
13 miles from Marshwood Parish
A late Neolithic or early Bronze Age circle of 18 fallen stones, on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury and the sea.
ABBOTSBURY, ST CATHERINE'S CHAPEL
14 miles from Marshwood Parish
Set high on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury Abbey, this sturdily buttressed and barrel-vaulted 14th-century chapel was built by monks as a place of pilgrimage and retreat.
BLACKBURY CAMP
14 miles from Marshwood Parish
An Iron Age hillfort in Devon with impressive ramparts, now surrounded by woodland.
ABBOTSBURY ABBEY REMAINS
14 miles from Marshwood Parish
Part of a monastic building, perhaps the abbot’s lodging, of Benedictine Abbotsbury Abbey, Henry VIII ordered its destruction during the Dissolution in 1538. St Catherine's Chapel is nearby.
THE NINE STONES
14 miles from Marshwood Parish
Now in a wooded glade, this small prehistoric circle of nine standing stones was constructed around 4,000 years ago and is surrounded by a mysterious air. Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrows are nearby.
Churches in Marshwood Parish
Pubs in Marshwood Parish
Bottle Inn
Shave Cross Inn
Shave Cross, Shave Cross, DT6 6HW
(01308) 868358
shavecrossinn.co.uk