The Top 9 Natural Monuments in East Dorset
East Dorset’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 9
beautiful natural monuments in East Dorset. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
beautiful natural monuments in East Dorset. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
Last updated: November 15, 2025
Badbury Rings Iron Age hillfort
Highlight • Viewpoint
Badbury Rings is an Iron Age hill fort and Scheduled Monument in east Dorset, England. In the Roman era a temple was located immediately west of the fort, and there …
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Bokerley Dyke
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3.5 mile long (prehistoric) boundary ditch
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Bluebell Woodland
Highlight • Natural Monument
Protected bluebell woodland area (National Trust, free access).
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Dudsbury Camp (Dudsbury Rings)
Highlight • Natural Monument
An Iron Age fort, Dudsbury Camp lies in a chain of such forts which starts at Hambledon Hill and ends at Hengistbury Head. This isn't quite as impressive as the …
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Badbury Rings Iron Age Hill Fort
Highlight • Viewpoint
Bradbury Rings is an Iron Age hill fort. The Romans built a temple here and there was a Romano-British town known as Vindocladia nearby.
Today, you can run the earthworks …
Today, you can run the earthworks …
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Bull Barrow Trig Point
Highlight • Historical Site
The trig point on Bull Barrow to the north of Holt Heath stands at 57m. The barrow is Neolithic or Bronze age.
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Knowlton Church and Neolithic Henge
Highlight • Religious Site
The remains of a 12th-century church within the old earthworks of a Neolithic henge. A bit of a jumble of pagan and Christian worship. Look out for the remains of the old yew tree avenue.
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Pentridge Hill Trig Point & View
Highlight • Forest
Love this place the views there are amazing cranborne to one side and Pentridge to the otherside
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View of Badbury Rings
Highlight • Historical Site
Badbury Ring is an Iron Age hillfort in Dorset, which has 3 rings of ramparts and ditches, dating from around 800BC.
The Badbury Rings are now owned by the National …
The Badbury Rings are now owned by the National …
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