Came Wood
Came Wood is a deciduous forest in Bincombe, West Dorset District, England. Came Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Bincombe, as well as near Winterborne Herringston.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ridgeway Hill Viking burial pit and Maiden Castle.
Ridgeway Hill Viking burial pit
Archaeological site
The Ridgeway Hill Viking burial pit at Ridgeway Hill near Weymouth, Dorset, was a mass grave of 54 skeletons, including 51 skulls, of Scandinavian men executed some time between AD 970 and 1025.
Maiden Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Maiden Castle is an Iron Age hillfort 1.6 mi southwest of Dorchester, in the English county of Dorset. Hill forts were fortified hill-top settlements constructed across Britain during the Iron Age.
Chalbury Hillfort
Heath
Photo: Nigel Mykura, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chalbury Hillfort is an Iron Age hillfort roughly 1 mile south-east of the village of Bincombe, in Dorset, England. It is a scheduled monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dorchester and Nottington.
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.
Nottington
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nottington is a village within the Dorset unitary authority area of the county of Dorset, England. Its nearest town is Weymouth, which lies approximately 2.6 miles to the south-east.
Overcombe
Suburb
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Overcombe is a coastal area in Preston in south Dorset, England, situated on top of cliffs 2 miles northeast of Weymouth. The River Jordan flows in the vicinity.
Came Wood
- Type: Deciduous forest
- Category: forest
- Location: Bincombe, West Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.6706° or 50° 40′ 14″ northLongitude
-2.4349° or 2° 26′ 6″ westOpen location code
9C2VMHC8+63OpenStreetMap ID
way 46809823OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Localities in the Area
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