Nine Stones (Dorset)

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Nine Stones (Dorset) is a stone circle in Dorset. It is one of five stone circles the Albion Guide maps in the county. It sits inside Dorset National Landscape National Landscape.

Hampton stone circle and Kingston Russell stone circle are among the stone circles within 4.2 km. The nearest railway station is Maiden Newton, 7.6 km to the north.

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