Rainbarrows
Rainbarrows is an archaeological site in Stinsford, West Dorset District, England. Rainbarrows is situated nearby to Duddle Heath, as well as near the archaeological site tumulus.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Thomas Hardy’s Cottage and Kingston Maurward House.
Thomas Hardy’s Cottage
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thomas Hardy's Cottage, in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, is a small cob and thatch building that is the birthplace of the English author Thomas Hardy. He was born there in 1840 and lived in the cottage until he was aged 34—during which time he wrote the novels Under the Greenwood Tree and Far from the Madding Crowd —when he left home to be married to Emma Gifford. Thomas Hardy’s Cottage is situated 2,700 feet northwest of Rainbarrows.
Kingston Maurward House
Manor estate
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kingston Maurward House is a large Grade I listed Georgian English country house set in a 750-acre estate in Dorset situated in the Frome valley two miles east of Dorchester. Kingston Maurward House is situated 1½ miles southwest of Rainbarrows.
Woodsford Castle
Castle
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woodsford Castle is situated 2 miles southeast of Rainbarrows.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woodsford and Dorchester.
Woodsford
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woodsford is a village and civil parish beside the River Frome, Dorset, England, about 4 miles east of the county town Dorchester. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 80. Woodsford is situated 2 miles southeast of Rainbarrows.
Dorchester
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dorchester is the county town of Dorset. A market town with an undoubtedly long history, Dorchester has connections to Thomas Hardy, the Tolpuddle Martyrs and Roman Britain, and today features a wide range of visitor attractions, independent retailers and eateries.
Tolpuddle
Village
Photo: Gillian Moy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tolpuddle is a village in the civil parish of Burleston and Tolpuddle, in Dorset, England, on the River Piddle from which it takes its name, 8 miles east of Dorchester, the county town, and 12 miles west of Poole. Tolpuddle is situated 4 miles northeast of Rainbarrows.
Rainbarrows
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Stinsford, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.7285° or 50° 43′ 43″ northLongitude
-2.37571° or 2° 22′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C2VPJHF+9POpenStreetMap ID
node 1159330618OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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