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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Winterborne Monkton

  

Winterborne Monkton Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Winterborne Monkton

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You can visit Winterborne Monkton places with Walkfo Winterborne Monkton to hear history at Winterborne Monkton’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Winterborne Monkton has 58 places to visit in our interactive Winterborne Monkton 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 Winterborne Monkton, 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 Winterborne Monkton places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Winterborne Monkton & the surrounding areas.

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58 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Winterborne Monkton tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Winterborne Monkton

  

Best Winterborne Monkton places to visit

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

Poundbury Hill Poundbury Hill hill fort (grid reference SY682911) is the site of a Middle Bronze Age enclosure . It overlooks the county town of Dorchester, Dorset, England .

Durnovaria Durnovaria is a suggested spelling for the Latin form of the name of the Roman town of Dorchester in the modern English county of Dorset . It is suggested that the first element in the name, *durno- may mean “fist” like (Welsh dwrn ‘fist, knob’) and the second may be related to Old Irish fáir ~ fóir denoting a confined area or den .

Dorchester Castle Dorchester Castle was a motte and bailey castle in the market town of Dorchester, Dorset, southern England (grid reference SY692909)

United Reformed Church, Upwey The United Reformed Church (originally known as the Congregational Chapel) was built in 1880–81 and closed in 1992. The building is now under private ownership.

St Laurence’s Church, Upwey St Laurence’s Church is a Church of England parish church in Upwey, Dorset. Much of the existing church dates to the late 15th-century, with some earlier fabric and later additions. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Maumbury Rings Maumbury Rings is a Neolithic henge in the south of Dorchester town in Dorset, England (grid reference SY690899) It is a large circular earthwork, 85 metres in diameter, with a single bank and entrance to the north east. It was modified during the Roman period when it was adapted for use as an amphitheatre. The site was remodelled during the English Civil War as an artillery fort guarding the southern approach to Dorchester.

Came House Came House is a privately owned country house next to the village of Winterborne Came, in Dorset. Built in the mid-18th century, it is a Grade I listed building.

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