English Heritage sites near Frome St. Quintin Parish
WINTERBOURNE POOR LOT BARROWS
8 miles from Frome St. Quintin Parish
A 'cemetery' of 44 Bronze Age burial mounds of varying types and sizes, straddling the A35 main road.
THE NINE STONES
8 miles from Frome St. Quintin Parish
Now in a wooded glade, this small prehistoric circle of nine standing stones was constructed around 4,000 years ago and is surrounded by a mysterious air. Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrows are nearby.
SHERBORNE OLD CASTLE
9 miles from Frome St. Quintin Parish
Built on a grand scale in the 12th century by the Bishop of Salisbury, Sherborne was coveted by churchmen and noblemen alike giving it a long, chequered history. Picnic, shop, light refreshments.
KINGSTON RUSSELL STONE CIRCLE
9 miles from Frome St. Quintin Parish
A late Neolithic or early Bronze Age circle of 18 fallen stones, on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury and the sea.
MAIDEN CASTLE
10 miles from Frome St. Quintin Parish
Among the largest and most complex of Iron Age hillforts in Europe, Maiden Castle’s huge multiple ramparts enclose an area the size of 50 football pitches and once protected hundreds of residents.
ABBOTSBURY ABBEY REMAINS
11 miles from Frome St. Quintin Parish
Part of a monastic building, perhaps the abbot’s lodging, of Benedictine Abbotsbury Abbey, Henry VIII ordered its destruction during the Dissolution in 1538. St Catherine's Chapel is nearby.
Churches in Frome St. Quintin Parish
Frome Saint Quintin: St Mary
No churches found in Frome St. Quintin Parish