Slightly out of town – but well worth a visit, this walk starts in the village of Portesham. It is quite a strenuous walk that passes an abandoned quarry, stone circles and other monuments. Start and end at the Kings Arm pub – which great place to stop and grab a bite to eat after your walk.
Things to look out for :-
Long Barrow – The Grey Mare and her Colts was built nearly six thousand years ago to bury an early resident of the Ridgeway area.
Dorset’s Stone Circles date from 3000 to 2000BC. it would seem that one of their roles was as a ritual and meeting place to mark important times in the agricultural year.
Kingston Russell is a flattened circle about 24m across. All 18 stones are lying down and it’s easy to miss in the summer.
Hampton is a 6m oval. The original circle may have been demolished in the late 17th century. After an excavation in 1965 the circle was restored by putting the stones back into old sockets.
