<< Our Photo Pages >> Nine Stones (Dorset) - Stone Circle in England in Dorset
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Nine Stones (Dorset) Alternative Name: Winterbourne AbbasCountry: England County: Dorset Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Dorchester Nearest Village: Winterbourne Abbas
Map Ref: SY61089043 Landranger Map Number: 194
Latitude: 50.712190N Longitude: 2.552602W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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RedKite1985 saw from a distance on 23rd Apr 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 3
philw visited on 30th Nov 2020 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 3 the access through the field next to the 'little chef' which is looong gone and is now a car dealership is currently not possible due to National Power building something, so I had to walk along the road, past the site, then double back through the small bit of woodland. Easy enough, but there is no pavement on the road and it's very busy, so be careful.
Catrinm visited on 18th Mar 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
Ahdzib visited on 1st Jul 2013
graemefield visited on 5th Feb 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
woodini254 visited on 10th Oct 1994 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5
BolshieBoris visited on 1st Sep 1986 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
NickyD visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 2 Access: 3
Bladup maddy TimPrevett hamish paulcall AngieLake davidmorgan JimChampion have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.71 Ambience: 3.29 Access: 3.86
Burl suggests stones of differing sizes like this represent sexual symbolism, and are of SW Scottish influence. The most recent time I visited was a few weeks after the summer solstice, and someone had left two small clay objects like elongated dice on one of the stones. The objects had symbols cut into them.
Access: The council has now blocked direct access to the circle from the A35. The bridge over the winterbourne has been removed, the gate is padlocked, and new hedging has been planted across the front of the site.
There is an off road path to the stones. If you park up at the Little Chef just down the road, there is a gate just in front of the building and a path running through the field to the stones.
Note: There is now no direct access from the A35, see the access details
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