Milden

MildenNext Miller’sLittle Down

FieldNext toTurnpike

North ofNext Miller’sLittle Down

Little Down

Allotment

Eweleaze

Great Down

Huish Bottom

Down

Hill above West Field

WestField

Middle FieldBehind Clan

New Ground

Came Down

Down Allotment

Down Cl

ose

Barn Close

Osmington Gate Close

Lodge Plain

Lower Down

Down Plantation

Fourteen Acres andGupton Hill

Old Loynes

SpringDown andBottomEast

East Culliver Tree

West Culliver Tree

West Down

Foss Hill

RyelandsAllotment

Barn Allotment

New Arable Allotment

Shelf Allotment Snaverland & Clan

Shearing

Close

Cowleaze CowleazeElwell F

ield

Great Cowleaze

EightAcres

Cowleaze

Cothays

Cowleaze

Rough Ground

s Bazell

Brazil

NewCoppice

Peters’ Mead

KeeveMead

North Sixteen Acres

Snooks Hill

Poxy Mead

Winshard

SouthSixteenAcres

SouthMeadow

HomeCowleaze

HorseClose

BathaysMead B

athays

HurdleMead

HillyFurzeland

Shor

tlands

Patche

dMead

FourAcres

Allotments

Slip

Eweleaze

Middle Cow

leaze

Arden

sCow

leaze

Ten Acres

Great Cowleaze

Greater Mead WestMead ofGreatLinch

Broad Mead

Butts M

ead

The Com

mon

South Field Allotm

ents

ClapcottsSouthClose

Fibb’s TwoSouth Closes

Two SouthCloses

FourSmithCloses

The Marsh

Clay LawnsHigher Clay Lands

Twelve Acres

Tout

Great Lodden

QuarryLodden

HolyLawns

ChallBrow

UnderChalkBrow

Cockleton

RimbrowCoppice

Verless Mead Chapples’sClose

Wad Brow

Old Cowleaze

Eleven Acres

Piscombe & Shitrocks

Spring Piece

Allotments

UPWEY

BROADWEY

LITTLEMOORPRESTON

BINCOMBE

B i n c o m be

H i l l

B i n c o m be

D o w n

B a y a r dH i l l

R i d g e w ay

H i l l

T h e Kn o l l

We s t H i l l

G r e e nH i l l

CHALBURY HILLFORT

UPWEYHOUSE

WISHINGWELL

CULLIFORDTREE

BARROW

Go ul d’ s

Bo tt om

C o o m b e

Va l l e y

Came Wood

Down Wood

East HillFarm

BayardDairy

BayardFarm

NorthManorFarm

ManorFarm

BincombeMarshDairy

Hill Barn

BincombeBarn

West Farm

WarrenBarn

GreenhillBarton

EastFarm

Dorchester Roa

d

Stottingway Street

Littlemoor Road

A354A353

Coom

be Valley Road

JurassicRoundabout

Chalky Road

Watery Lane

Windsbatch

Batch

WestbrookFarm

UPWEYMANOR

WeysideFarm

MiddleFarm

Pulpit

Marley Walls

BOILINGROCK

Great BarnClose

South Close

Three SouthCloses

StoneBarnFarm

Part ofGreatDown

Keeve Mead

A354

BANKBARROW

MAP 5Bincombe Bumps

Suggested start point: Littlemoor library lDistance: 9.5km / 6 milesWe recommend this route as a bike ride takingadvantage of the traffic free cycle networkalongside the Weymouth Relief Road, howeverit’s good as a walking route too.From Littlemoor, head in the direction of theJurassic Roundabout and the new cycle path.Note the sculpture at the roundaboutfeaturing unusual shaped stones known as‘doggers’ found during excavations for the newroad. The sides of the road are carefullymanaged for wildflowers - in turn home to ahost of butterflies. Up and along the Ridgeway,past the site of the Viking mass grave andnumerous Bronze Age round barrows. Take thetrack down to Bincombe where you can accessthe path up to Bincombe Bumps, a substantialgroup of barrows visible for miles around.Facilities: Shops etc at Littlemoor, Upwey andBroadwey.Public Transport: No. 2 to Littlemoor, No.10to Upwey, for details visit travelinesw.comFind out more:www.southdorsetridgeway.org.uk

C o o m b e B o t t o m

CoombeFarm

Icen Lane

Down Farm

A353

LEGENDLong Barrow

Parish boundary

Quarryor Pit

Walk route (off road)

Public footpath or bridleway

Woodlandor Coppice

Field names The field names on this map are taken from Tithemaps and manuscripts that were producedfollowing the 1836 Tithe Commutation Act. Theserecorded the names of all owners and occupiers ofland in the parish that were liable to tithes - a taxof one tenth of everything they produced.

Round Barrow

LimekilnBank Barrow

GRAVELDeposited approximately 42 million years agoCHALKFormed approximately 90 - 100 million years ago UPPER GREENSANDFormed approximately 100 - 113 million years agoGAULT CLAY Formed approximately 113 million years agoWEALDON GROUP Formed approximately 126 - 145 million years agoPURBECK LIMESTONE Formed approximately 140 - 145 million years ago PORTLAND LIMESTONE Formed approximately 145 - 148 million years agoKIMMERIDGE CLAYFormed approximately 148 - 157 million years ago CORALLIAN GROUP includes layers of clay and mudFormed approximately 157 - 163 million years agoOXFORD CLAY FORMATIONFormed approximately 157 - 163 million years ago KELLAWAYS FORMATION Mud and SandstoneFormed approximately 164 - 166 million years agoCORNBRASH Formed approximately 164 - 168 million years ago

The colours on this map approximately indicate the typeand age of the rock below ground - look out for featuresor changes in the landscape

Traffic free cycle / walk route

Quiet road cycle / walk route

SCALE0.25 mile

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Bowl

Bronze Age Round Barrow Types: There were once thousands of barrows across the Ridgeway - only a few hundred are still visible but traces of many others remain.Their designs feature various combinations of mound, ditch and bank.

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MAP 1: Abbotsbury Castle HillfortFeatures on this walk include: Iron Age hillfort,Bronze Age barrows, holloway, Upper Greensandand Abbotsbury Ironstone exposures and ChesilBeach. Start: Abbotsbury village

MAP 2: Hell Stone + Rocket QuarryFeatures on this walk include: Rocket Quarry,remains of Hell Stone long barrow, Hamptonstone circle, Upper Greensand and AbbotsburyIronstone exposures, holloway.Start: Portesham village

MAP 3: Valley of StonesFeatures on this walk include: Grey Mare and herColts long barrow, Kingston stone circle, Bridevalley, bluebells and butterflies, Celtic fieldsystems and sarsen boulder train.Start: Littlebredy

MAP 4: Black Down + Bronkham HillFeatures on this walk include: Hardy Monument -the highest point of the Ridgeway withspectacular view, heathland, gravel pit, bluebellsand bilberries, Bronze Age barrow cemetery,sinkholes, skylarks, ancient stone slab walling, dryvalley. Start: Black Down car park

MAP 5: Bincombe BumpsFeatures on this walk include: Bronze Age roundbarrows, strip lynchets and butterflies. Much ofthis route is along a traffic free cycle path. Start:Littlemoor library

MAP 6: White Horse HillFeatures on this walk include: Osmington WhiteHorse, barrows, butterflies, strip lynchets, droveroad and historic villages.Start: Either Sutton Poyntz or Osmington

Further information:www.southdorsetridgeway.org.uk

WEYMOUTH

DORCHESTER

MAP5

MAP6

MAP4

MAP1

MAP2

MAP3 MAIDEN CASTLE

HILLFORT

Litton Cheneyl

CHALBURY HILLFORT

BLACK DOWN

ABBOTSBURYCASTLE HILLFORT

B3157

B31

55

A353

A35

4

A35

A35A35

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Long Bredyl

Litt lebredyl

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West Bexington

Abbotsburyl

l Por tesham

Roddenl

Chickerel ll

B3156

Wyke Regisl

Nott ingtonl

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Upweyl

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WinterbourneSteepleton

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This map is one in a series of sixshowing suggested walking routesexploring the remarkablelandscape of the South DorsetRidgeway. These maps andaccompanying Field Guide aim tohelp you better understand thisfascinating ancient landscape.

For further wayfaring informationplease refer to OS map OL15 andwww.southdorsetridgeway.org.uk

MAPS IN THE SERIESMAP 1: Abbotsbury Castle HillfortMAP 2: Hell Stone + Rocket QuarryMAP 3: Valley of StonesMAP 4: Black Down + Bronkham HillMAP 5: Bincombe Bumps

MAP 6: White Horse Hill

MAP 5

BincombeBumps

South Dorset Ridgewaycircular walk route

Artwork by Amanda Wallwork© Amanda Wallwork and Dorset AONBThis map and accompanying guide have beenproduced by Dorset based artist Amanda Wallwork.Amanda was commissioned to undertake this work bythe South Dorset Ridgeway Landscape PartnershipScheme. This Scheme is led by the Dorset Area ofOutstanding Natural Beauty (Dorset AONB) and issupported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Arts CouncilEngland has supported the engagement of artists inthis project.The Dorset AONB is one of a family of protectedlandscapes in the UK, working to conserve andenhance the natural beauty of these speciallandscapes.

Mapping Data:Ordnance Survey© Crown copyright and database rights 2015Ordnance Survey 100019790.British Geological SurveyDerived from 1:50,000 scale BGS Digital Data underlicence 2003/102, British Geological Survey © NERC