English Heritage sites near West Stafford Parish
MAIDEN CASTLE
3 miles from West Stafford Parish
Among the largest and most complex of Iron Age hillforts in Europe, Maiden Castle’s huge multiple ramparts enclose an area the size of 50 football pitches and once protected hundreds of residents.
JORDAN HILL ROMAN TEMPLE
5 miles from West Stafford Parish
The foundations of a 4th century Romano-Celtic temple with fine coastal views.
THE NINE STONES
7 miles from West Stafford 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.
WINTERBOURNE POOR LOT BARROWS
8 miles from West Stafford Parish
A 'cemetery' of 44 Bronze Age burial mounds of varying types and sizes, straddling the A35 main road.
KINGSTON RUSSELL STONE CIRCLE
9 miles from West Stafford Parish
A late Neolithic or early Bronze Age circle of 18 fallen stones, on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury and the sea.
ABBOTSBURY ABBEY REMAINS
9 miles from West Stafford 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.
No churches found in West Stafford Parish