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.Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ballard Down and Rempstone Stone Circle.
Ballard Down
Peak
Photo: Phil Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woolgarston is a village in Dorset, England. Woolgarston is situated 1½ miles west of Nine Barrow Down.
Harman’s Cross
Village
Photo: Huligan0, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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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