Visit Portesham Places

Welcome to Visit Portesham Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Portesham

  

Portesham Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Portesham

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Portesham history

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The area around Portesham is rich in prehistoric remains. Bronze Age barrows and a Neolithic chambered long barrow called the Hell Stone. It may have been used as a resting place for people awaiting burial in the nearby Valley of Stones.

You can visit Portesham places with Walkfo Portesham to hear history at Portesham’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Portesham has 18 places to visit in our interactive Portesham map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Portesham, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Portesham places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Portesham & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 18 audio facts unique to Portesham places in an interactive Portesham map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Portesham Places Map
18 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Portesham historic spots	Portesham tourist destinations	Portesham plaques	Portesham geographic features
Walkfo Portesham tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Portesham

  

Best Portesham places to visit

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Portesham has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Portesham’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Portesham’s information audio spots:

Abbotsbury Swannery Abbotsbury Swannery is the only managed colony of nesting mute swans in the world . The colony can number over 600 swans with around 150 pairs . Written records of the swannery’s existence go back to 1393, though it probably existed well before that .

The Grey Mare and her Colts The Grey Mare and her Colts is a megalithic chambered long barrow located near Abbotsbury in Dorset. It was built during the Early and Middle Neolithic periods (3400-2400 BC) The tomb was partially excavated in the early nineteenth century.

Hampton Down Stone Circle The Hampton Down Stone Circle is a stone circle located near Portesham in Dorset. It is part of a tradition of stone circles that spread throughout Britain, Ireland, and Brittany during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age. The circle was erected on an open downland ridge overlooking the coast. It originally contained either eight or nine stones and had a diameter of 20 feet (6.5 metres) across.

Kingston Russell Stone Circle Kingston Russell Stone Circle, also known as Gorwell Circle, is a stone circle located in Dorset. It is part of a tradition of stone circle construction that spread throughout Britain, Ireland, and Brittany during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age. The site has not been excavated or subject to in-depth archaeological investigation.

Hell Stone The Hell Stone is a badly-restored Neolithic dolmen on Portesham Hill in Dorset, England. It is around half a mile (0.8 km) north of the village of Portesham, and three-quarters of a mile southeast of the Valley of Stones.

St Bartholomew’s Chapel, Corton St Bartholomew’s Chapel is a Church of England chapel in Corton, near Weymouth, Dorset. The chapel has early 13th century origins, with later rebuilds and restoration of 1897. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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