Tumulus
Tumulus is an archaeological site in Pentridge, East Dorset District, England. Tumulus is situated nearby to the archaeological site Long Barrow, as well as near the hamlet Pentridge.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Rumbold and Bokerley Dyke.
Church of St Rumbold
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Rumbold is situated 1 mile east of Tumulus.
Bokerley Dyke
Historic site
Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bokerley Dyke, Bokerly Dyke, Bokerley Ditch, is a linear earthwork 5.75 kilometres long on Cranborne Chase in Dorset, partially running along the county's border with Hampshire between Woodyates and Martin. Bokerley Dyke is situated 2 miles northeast of Tumulus.
Garston Wood
Nature reserve
Photo: Nigel Freeman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Garston Wood is a 34-hectare woodland nature reserve in Cranborne Chase, Dorset, England, near the boundary with Wiltshire. It is at grid reference SU004190, around 15 km SE of Shaftesbury and around 3 km north of the village of Sixpenny Handley, owned by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds to protect species living in the region.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pentridge and Woodyates.
Pentridge
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pentridge is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge, in the Dorset district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England, lying in the north-east of the county.
Woodyates
Hamlet
Photo: Paul Billington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woodyates is a hamlet, sometimes considered a village, in the civil parish of Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge, in the county of Dorset, near its border with Wiltshire, in the west of England.
Sixpenny Handley
Village
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sixpenny Handley or Handley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge, in north east Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase ten miles north east of Blandford Forum.
Tumulus
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, meadow, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Pentridge, East Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.95567° or 50° 57′ 20″ northLongitude
-1.9725° or 1° 58′ 21″ westOpen location code
9C2WX24H+72OpenStreetMap ID
way 230349529OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=meadow
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