Nine Stones
The Nine Stones, also known as the Devil's Nine Stones, the Nine Ladies, or Lady Williams and her Dog, is a stone circle located near to the village of Winterbourne Abbas in the southwestern English county of Dorset.Photo: Michael Murray, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Bronze Age stone circle near Winterbourne Abbas, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Devil’s Nine Stones”, “Lady Williams and her Dog”, “Nine Ladies”, “Nine stones”, “Nine Stones of Winterbourne Abbas”, “Nine Stones, Dorset”, and “Nine Stones, Winterbourne Abbas”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Mary and Hardy Monument.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 2,600 feet east of Nine Stones.
Hardy Monument
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Hardy Monument is a 72-foot-high monument on the summit of Black Down near Portesham in Dorset. It was erected in 1844 by public subscription in memory of Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy, flag captain of Admiral Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar. Hardy Monument is situated 2 miles south of Nine Stones.
Church of St Michael
Church
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Michael is situated 1¼ miles east of Nine Stones.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Muckleford and Grimstone.
Muckleford
Hamlet
Bradford Peverell is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, 2 miles north-west of the county town Dorchester. It is sited by the south bank of the River Frome, among low chalk hills on the dip slope of the Dorset Downs. Muckleford is situated 2½ miles northeast of Nine Stones.
Grimstone
Village
Photo: Nigej, Public domain.
Grimstone is a hamlet at the confluence of Sydling Water and the River Frome in the western part of the civil parish of Stratton, Dorset. The Great Western Railway opened Grimstone and Frampton railway station and Grimstone Viaduct in 1857 and British Railways closed the station in 1966. Grimstone is situated 3 miles northeast of Nine Stones.
Abbotsbury
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Abbotsbury is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. The village is located around 7+1⁄2 miles west southwest of Dorchester and 1 mile inland from the English Channel coast.
Nine Stones
- Categories: stone circle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Winterbourne Abbas, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.71216° or 50° 42′ 44″ northLongitude
-2.55263° or 2° 33′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C2VPC6W+VWOpenStreetMap ID
node 4218298171OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q15122892
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to German—“Nine Stones” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “溫特伯尼阿巴斯九石圈”
- German: “Nine Stones (Winterbourne Abbas)”
- German: “Nine Stones”
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