Nine Barrow Down (M)

Nine Barrow Down (M) is an archaeological site in Corfe Castle, Purbeck District, England. Nine Barrow Down (M) is situated nearby to the archaeological site Nine Barrow Down Longbarrow, as well as near Nine Barrow Down (H).

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rempstone Stone Circle and Corfe Castle.

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. Rempstone Stone Circle is situated 1,800 feet north of Nine Barrow Down (M).

Corfe Castle

Castle

Photo: Chin tin tin, CC BY 3.0.

Corfe Castle is a fortification standing above the village of the same name on the Isle of Purbeck peninsula in the English county of Dorset. Built by William the Conqueror, the castle dates to the 11th century and commands a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham and Swanage. Corfe Castle is situated 2½ miles west of Nine Barrow Down (M).

Harman’s Cross railway station

Railway station

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Harman's Cross railway station is a railway station located in the village of Harman's Cross, 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. Harman’s Cross railway station is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Nine Barrow Down (M).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nine Barrow Down and Woolgarston.

Nine Barrow Down

Locality

Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Woolgarston

Hamlet

Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Woolgarston is a village in Dorset, England.

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.

Nine Barrow Down (M)

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Corfe Castle, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.63354° or 50° 38′ 1″ north

Longitude

-2.00711° or 2° 0′ 26″ west

Open location code

9C2VJXMV+C5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 363638436

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Nine Barrow Down Longbarrow and Nine Barrow Down (H).

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