Portesham
Portesham, sometimes also spelt Portisham, is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England, situated in the Dorset Council administrative area approximately 6 miles northwest of Weymouth, 6 miles southwest of the county town Dorchester, and 2 miles northeast of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site at Chesil Beach.- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 200 feet (60 metres)
Places of Interest
Discover Hardy Monument and Hell Stone.
Hardy Monument
The Hardy Monument is a 72-foot-high monument on the summit of Black Down near Portesham in Dorset.
Hell Stone
The Hell Stone is a badly-restored Neolithic dolmen on Portesham Hill in Dorset, England.
St Bartholomew’s Chapel, Corton
St Bartholomew's Chapel is a Church of England chapel in Corton, near Weymouth, Dorset, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abbotsbury and Nottington.
Abbotsbury
Abbotsbury is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset.
Nottington
Nottington is a village within the Dorset unitary authority area of the county of Dorset, England.
3 miles southeast of Portesham
Chickerell
Chickerell is a town and parish in south Dorset, England, situated 2 miles north-west of Weymouth.
3½ miles southeast of Portesham
Portesham
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Latitude
50.6677° or 50° 40′ 4″ north
Longitude
-2.5377° or 2° 32′ 16″ west
Open location code
9C2VMF96+3W
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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