Nine Barrow Down

Nine Barrow Down is an elongated hill forming the northern ridge of the Purbeck Hills on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. The chalk down is part of the extensive Southern England Chalk Formation.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Ballard Down and Rempstone Stone Circle.

Ballard Down

Peak

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Ballard Down is an area of chalk downland on the Purbeck Hills in the English county of Dorset. The hills meet the English Channel here, and Ballard Down forms a headland, Ballard Point, between Studland Bay to the north and Swanage Bay to the south.

Rempstone Stone Circle

Archaeological site

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Rempstone Stone Circle is a stone circle near to Corfe Castle on the Isle of Purbeck in the south-western English county of Dorset. Archaeologists believe that it was likely erected during the Bronze Age.

Herston Halt railway station

Railway station

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Herston Halt railway station is a railway station located at Herston near Swanage, on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. It is an intermediate station on the Swanage Railway, a heritage railway that currently operates from Swanage to Norden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Woolgarston and Harman’s Cross.

Woolgarston

Hamlet

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Woolgarston is a village in Dorset, England. Woolgarston is situated 1½ miles west of Nine Barrow Down.

Harman’s Cross

Village

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Harman's Cross is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. It is situated on the A351 road between Swanage and Corfe Castle. The village is within the civil parish of Worth Matravers, which is itself within the South Dorset constituency of the House of Commons. Harman’s Cross is situated 1½ miles west of Nine Barrow Down.

Nine Barrow Down

Type: Hill with an elevation of 656 feet
Description: hill in Dorset, England, UK
Category: landform
Location: Swanage, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.63047° or 50° 37′ 50″ north

Longitude

-1.98935° or 1° 59′ 22″ west

Elevation

656 feet (200 metres)

Open location code

9C2WJ2J6+57

GeoNames ID

12608197

Wikidata ID

Q7038279

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