Buzbury Rings
Buzbury Rings is an Iron Age hillfort about 2 miles east of Blandford Forum and 1 mile northwest of the village of Tarrant Keyneston, in Dorset, England. It is a scheduled monument.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: hillfort in Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Causewayed enclosure and Iron Age defended settlement with outworks called Buzbury Rings”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Royal Signals Museum and All Saints’ Church, Tarrant Keyneston.
Royal Signals Museum
Museum
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The Royal Signals Museum is a military museum based at Blandford Camp in the civil parish of Tarrant Monkton, northwest of the town of Blandford Forum in Dorset, England. Royal Signals Museum is situated 1¼ miles north of Buzbury Rings.
All Saints’ Church, Tarrant Keyneston
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints' Church is a Church of England parish church in Tarrant Keyneston, Dorset, England. Most of the church dates to a rebuild of 1852–53, but the tower is 15th-century. The church is a Grade II* listed building. All Saints’ Church, Tarrant Keyneston is situated 1¼ miles south of Buzbury Rings.
Church of St Mary, Tarrant Rushton
Church
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Church of St Mary, Tarrant Rushton is situated 1¼ miles east of Buzbury Rings.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tarrant Rushton and Langton Long Blandford.
Tarrant Rushton
Village
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Tarrant Rushton is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. The village is situated in the Tarrant Valley about three miles east of Blandford Forum.
Langton Long Blandford
Hamlet
Photo: John Palmer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Langton Long Blandford, often abbreviated to Langton Long or just Langton, is a small village and civil parish in Dorset in southern England. It is sited by the River Stour, approximately 3⁄4 mile southeast of Blandford Forum.
Charlton Marshall
Village
Photo: Toby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Charlton Marshall is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It lies within the Dorset administrative district, on the A350 road 2 miles south of the market town of Blandford Forum. Charlton Marshall is situated 1½ miles southwest of Buzbury Rings.
Buzbury Rings
Latitude
50.85306° or 50° 51′ 11″ northLongitude
-2.11694° or 2° 7′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C2VVV3M+66OpenStreetMap ID
way 511518891OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q17650896
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