Photo of Maiden Castle, a hillfort near Dorchester, Dorset, south west England.

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Ancient stones in DorsetDorset, England

29 ancient stones in the Albion Guide across Dorset — see the full ancient stones directory, or everything to explore in Dorset.

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Maiden Castle

Hillfort near Dorchester

Europe's largest Iron Age hillfort, ramparts intact.

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Tolpuddle Martyrs' Tree

Ancient site near Briantspuddle

The old sycamore on Tolpuddle's green where six farm workers met in 1834 and set the trade-union movement going

Knowlton Church and Earthworks

Henge near Cranborne

Roofless Norman church standing inside a Neolithic henge in east Dorset, one of three henges here alongside a huge round barrow.

Creech Grange Arch

Ancient site near Corfe Castle

A National Trust place in Dorset.

Hod Hill

Ancient site near Blandford Forum

A National Trust place in Dorset.

Kingston Russell stone circle

Stone circle near Abbotsbury

The Kingston Russell stone circle 750m north east of Gorwell Farm

Nine Stones (Dorset)

Stone circle near Abbotsbury

The Nine Stones: a small concentric stone circle 750m west of Winterbourne Abbas

Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrows

Prehistoric mound near Abbotsbury

Forty-four Bronze Age barrows scattered either side of the A35 west of Winterbourne Abbas, mixing bowl, bell, disc and pond types.

Hampton stone circle

Stone circle near Abbotsbury

A prehistoric stone circle in Dorset.

Helstone burial chamber

Chambered tomb near Abbotsbury

A Neolithic chambered tomb in Dorset.

Mayne stone circle

Stone circle near Dorchester

A prehistoric stone circle in Dorset.

Rempstone Stone

Stone circle near Corfe Castle

Rempstone Stone Circle

The Broad Stone

Standing stone near Abbotsbury

Standing stone called The Broad Stone

The Grey Mare

Chambered tomb near Abbotsbury

Chambered tomb called The Grey Mare and her Colts

Lambert's Castle

Hillfort near Charmouth

Lambert's Castle: an Iron Age hillfort 425m west of Nash Farm, with a bowl barrow, and the sites of a post-medieval fair and a telegraph station

Pilsdon Pen hillfort

Hillfort near Beaminster

Pilsdon Pen hillfort and associated remains

Chalbury

Hillfort near Upwey

Multi-period archaeological landscape centred on and including a slight univallate hillfort called Chalbury, two bowl barrows, part of a Bronze Age urnfield and a series of medieval strip fields

Coney's Castle

Hillfort near Charmouth

Small multivallate hillfort with outworks called Coney's Castle

Crawford Castle

Hillfort near Blandford Forum

Slight univallate hillfort called Crawford Castle

Dorset Cursus

Cursus near Cranborne

Part of Dorset Cursus

Dorset Cursus, Bottlebush Down

Cursus near Cranborne

A Neolithic cursus in Dorset.

Flower's Barrow

Hillfort near Kingston

Flower's Barrow: a small multivallate hillfort and associated outwork on Rings Hill

Group of henge

Henge near Cranborne

Group of henge monuments, an associated group of round barrows, a Saxon cemetery, and a Norman church at Knowlton

Hillfort on Banbury Hill

Hillfort near Sturminster Newton

An Iron Age hillfort in Dorset.

Maumbury Rings

Henge near Dorchester

Henge, Romano-British amphitheatre and Civil War fieldworks known collectively as Maumbury Rings

Rawlsbury Camp

Hillfort near Milton Abbas

Small multivallate hillfort called Rawlsbury Camp

Western end of Dorset Cursus

Cursus near Ashmore

A Neolithic cursus in Dorset.

Woodbury Hill Camp

Hillfort near Briantspuddle

Hillfort, ridge and furrow, holy well and medieval chapel on Woodbury Hill

Woolsbarrow

Hillfort near Wareham

Woolsbarrow, a hillfort on Bloxworth Heath