Hod Hill is a large hill fort in the Blackmore Vale, 3 miles north-west of Blandford Forum, Dorset, England. The fort sits on a 143 m chalk hill of the same name that lies between the adjacent Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chase. Hod Hill is situated 1 mile south of Ranston.

Hambledon Hill

Archaeological site

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Hambledon Hill is a prehistoric hill fort in Dorset, England, in the Blackmore Vale five miles northwest of Blandford Forum. The hill itself is a chalk outcrop, on the southwestern corner of Cranborne Chase, separated from the Dorset Downs by the River Stour. Hambledon Hill is situated 1¼ miles west of Ranston.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Iwerne Courtney and Iwerne Minster.

Iwerne Courtney

Village

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Iwerne Courtney, also known as Shroton, is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It lies approximately 4 miles north-west of Blandford Forum.

Iwerne Minster

Village

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Iwerne Minster is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England. It lies on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, approximately midway between the towns of Shaftesbury and Blandford Forum.

Child Okeford

Village

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Child Okeford is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, 3 miles east of the small town of Sturminster Newton. Child Okeford lies downstream from Sturminster, along the River Stour, which passes half a mile west of the village. Child Okeford is situated 2 miles west of Ranston.

Ranston

Type: House
Description: Grade I listed building in Iwerne Courtney or Shroton, Dorset, England, UK
Categories: building and residential building
Location: Iwerne Courtney or Shroton, North Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.90924° or 50° 54′ 33″ north

Longitude

-2.19638° or 2° 11′ 47″ west

Open location code

9C2VWR53+MC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 171104758

OpenStreetMap feature

building=house

Wikidata ID

Q17531604

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