Old Loynes Spring Down and Bottom East East Culliver Tree West Culliver Tree West Down Verless Mead Chapples’s Close Wad Brow Old Cowleaze Eleven Acres Spring Down Sand Pit Field Seven Acres Ten Acres Hewsh Furze Ground Half Moon Coppice Yonder Down Ground Waryhall Hill Waryhall Bottom Down Down Ground Higher Thornhills Middle Field Great Field West Field Wood Close New Mead Middle Field Great Field North Barn Piece South Down Piece Stoney Field Upper Barn Piece Twenty Four Acres Hither Piece Hill Piece The Down Peakston Voscombe Mead Great Yew Leaze West Quar Poxton Crooked Walls Great Combe West Crooked Walls North Mead Dedwell Down Ridlinch Barn Piece Under Ridlinch Upper Ridlinch Great Meadow West Cowleaze East Cowleaze East Oat Hill Ten Acres West Oat Hill Cowleaze Ten North Yew Leaze Park Sandy Nap Wild Meadow Common Banky Mead Common Second Cowleaze Two Crosses Long Close Higher By Mead Mears Mead Cowleaze Large Becken Limekiln Ground South Hill Quar Gates North Hill Eighteen Acres Twenty Acres Sixteen Acres East Bullens West Bullens Limekiln Field Rowdens Winlakes Holes Preston Common Mead Wire Piece Fore Hill Hams Cowleaze Winsload Lower Hill Verlings Brier’s Close Reek Straights Eweleaze North Down Higher Corner Close Lower Corner Close Long Kitchen Upper Field East Long Lay Large Meadow Little Meadow Rowlands Furlong Plough Field Eweleaze Bottom Fore Hills Oxleaze Mead Mastimas Cowleaze Nether Down Mead Moor Knappy Ground Withey Berry Grove Under Ground Bramble Furlong Newman Thorn Down PRESTON SUTTON POYNTZ OSMINGTON UPTON POXWELL SANDY BARROW POXWELL MANOR PUMPING STATION Court Close ROMAN VILLA WHITE HORSE West Hill East Hill White Horse Hill Osmington Hill Spring Bottom Coombe Bottom Holcombe Bottom Manor Farm White Horse Farm Hitts Farm Hall’s Farm East Farm Dairy Upton Farm Manor Farm Down Farm Old Down Barn Higher Down Barn Pixon Barn Preston Road Church Lane Roman Road Mills Road Poxwell Drove Poxwell Grove Plaisters Lane Longford Lawn New Ground Great Cuckoo Park West Long Ley Cowleaze Higher Eweleaze BANK BARROW North Mead Hewsh Close A353 Twenty Four Acres Cowleaze Lower Thornhills MAP 6 White Horse Hill SCALE 0.25 mile LEGEND Long Barrow Parish boundary Quarry or Pit Walk route Public footpath or bridleway Woodland or Coppice Field names The field names on this map are taken from Tithe maps and manuscripts that were produced following the 1836 Tithe Commutation Act. These recorded the names of all owners and occupiers of land in the parish that were liable to tithes - a tax of one tenth of everything they produced. Round Barrow Limekiln Bank Barrow Suggested start point: Either Sutton Poyntz or Osmington l Walk Distance: Long circular: Approx. 8km / 5 miles Sutton Poyntz loop: Approx. 4km / 2.5 miles Osmington loop: Approx. 5km / 3 miles Options of a longer walk or two shorter circular walks, starting and finishing at each village. Exploring the eastern end of the Ridgeway these walks involve a steep climb but the views over the Jurassic Coast are worth it and the chalk grassland provides good wildflower and butterfly habitats. From Sutton Poyntz up past the chalk cut figure of George III and Horse and west along the Ridgeway past numerous Bronze Age barrows and back down past the spring that supplies water to Weymouth, then Veterans Wood (an SSSI) and the pumping station. From Osmington the route initially follows the track that was once the main road to Poxwell, and then along the Ridgeway past Poxwell Drove and back down to the village. Or continue west along the Ridgeway above the White Horse and past numerous barrows, views to the Iron Age hillfort of Chalbury and across to the Isle of Portland. Facilities: Pubs in Sutton Poyntz and Preston Public Transport: X54, X55 stop on the A353 at Preston and Osmington. Also no. 4 to Preston and 4A to Sutton Poyntz. Limited service on all. Visit travelinesw.com for timetables Find out more: www.southdorsetridgeway.org.uk CHALK Formed approximately 90 - 100 million years ago UPPER GREENSAND Formed approximately 100 - 113 million years ago GAULT CLAY Formed approximately 113 million years ago WEALDON GROUP Formed approximately 126 - 145 million years ago PURBECK LIMESTONE Formed approximately 140 - 145 million years ago PORTLAND LIMESTONE Formed approximately 145 - 148 million years ago KIMMERIDGE CLAY Formed approximately 148 - 157 million years ago CORALLIAN GROUP includes layers of clay and mud Formed approximately 157 - 163 million years ago OXFORD CLAY FORMATION Formed approximately 157 - 163 million years ago KELLAWAYS FORMATION Mud and Sandstone Formed approximately 164 - 166 million years ago CORNBRASH Formed approximately 164 - 168 million years ago FOREST MARBLE Formed approximately 165 million years ago The colours on this map approximately indicate the type and age of the rock below ground - look out for features or changes in the landscape Broad Mead Weymouth Close Swaffields Mead Home Mead Fose Hill A353 Northdown Barn ▲ l Cross section from East Hill towards Sutton Poyntz, showing how earth movements have altered the sequence of rock layers. This is a highly complex area geologically due to a series of faults that slice and dice strata against each other. Reference for diagram: John Cope and Geologists Association ––––– PURBECK LIMESTONE FAULT LINE EAST HILL NORTH SOUTH CHALK ––––– PORTLAND LIMESTONE UPPER GREENSAND + GAULT CLAY OXFORD CLAY FOREST MARBLE + FROME CLAY KIMMERIDGE CLAY OXFORD CLAY CORALLIAN CORNBRASH CULLIFORD TREE BARROW Cowleaze Veterans Wood l
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Old Loynes
SpringDown andBottomEast
East Culliver Tree
West Culliver Tree
West Down
Verless Mead Chapples’sClose
Wad Brow
Old Cowleaze
Eleven Acres
Spring Down
Sand Pit FieldSeven Acres
Ten Acres
Hewsh
Furze Ground
HalfMoonCoppice
Yonder DownGround
Waryhall Hill
WaryhallBottom
Down
Down Ground
HigherThornhills
Middle Field
Great Field
West Field
WoodClose
New Mead
Middle Field
Great FieldNorthBarnPiece
South DownPiece Stoney Field
Upper BarnPiece
Twenty FourAcresHither Piece
Hill Piece
The Down
Peakston
Voscombe Mead
GreatYewLeaze
West Quar
Poxton
Crooked Walls
Great Combe
West Crooked
WallsNorth Mead
DedwellDown
Ridlinch
BarnPiece
UnderRidlinch
Upper Ridlinch
Great M
eadow
West CowleazeEast Cowleaze
East Oat Hill
TenAcres
West Oat Hill
Cowleaze
Ten North YewLeaze
Park
Sandy Nap
Wild MeadowCommon
BankyMead
CommonSecondCowleaze
TwoCrosses
Long Close
Higher ByMead
MearsMeadCowleazeLarge
Becken
LimekilnGround
South HillQuar Gates
NorthHill
EighteenAcres
TwentyAcres
Sixteen Acres
EastBullensWest
Bullens
Limekiln Field
Rowdens
Winlakes
Holes
PrestonCommonMead
Wire Piece
Fore Hill
Hams
Cowleaze
Winsload
Lower Hill
Verlings
Brier’sClose
Reek
Straights
Eweleaze
North Down
Higher Corner
Close
Lower Corner
Close
Long Kitchen
Upper Field
East Long Lay
Large Meadow
Little Meadow
RowlandsFurlong
Plough Field
EweleazeBottom
Fore Hills
OxleazeMead
Mastimas
Cowleaze
NetherDown Mead
Moor
KnappyGround
WitheyBerry
Grove
Under G
round
Bramble F
urlong
Newman Thorn
Down
PRESTON
SUTTON POYNTZ
OSMINGTONUPTON
POXWELL
SANDY BARROW
POXWELLMANOR
PUMPINGSTATION
CourtClose
ROMANVILLA
WHITEHORSE
We s t Hi l l
E a s t H i l l W h i t e H o r s e H i l l
O s m i n g t o n H i l l
S p r i ng B o
t t o m
C o o m b e B o t t o m
H ol c o
m be B ot t o
m
Manor Farm
WhiteHorseFarm
HittsFarm
Hall’s Farm
East FarmDairy
UptonFarm
Manor Farm
Down Farm
Old DownBarn
Higher DownBarn
Pixon Barn
Preston Road
Church Lane
Roman Road
Mills Road
Poxwell Drove
Poxwell Grov
e
Plaisters Lane
LongfordLawn
New Ground
GreatCuckooPark
West Long Ley
Cowleaze
Higher Eweleaze
BANKBARROW
North M
ead
HewshClose
A353
Twenty FourAcres
Cowleaze
LowerThornhills
MAP 6White Horse Hill
SCALE0.25 mile
LEGENDLong Barrow
Parish boundary
Quarryor Pit
Walk route
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
Suggested start point: Either Sutton Poyntz orOsmington l
Walk Distance:Long circular: Approx. 8km / 5 milesSutton Poyntz loop: Approx. 4km / 2.5milesOsmington loop: Approx. 5km / 3 milesOptions of a longer walk or two shorter circularwalks, starting and finishing at each village.Exploring the eastern end of the Ridgeway thesewalks involve a steep climb but the views overthe Jurassic Coast are worth it and the chalkgrassland provides good wildflower and butterflyhabitats.From Sutton Poyntz up past the chalk cutfigure of George III and Horse and west alongthe Ridgeway past numerous Bronze Agebarrows and back down past the spring thatsupplies water to Weymouth, then VeteransWood (an SSSI) and the pumping station.From Osmington the route initially follows thetrack that was once the main road to Poxwell,and then along the Ridgeway past Poxwell Droveand back down to the village. Or continue westalong the Ridgeway above the White Horse andpast numerous barrows, views to the Iron Agehillfort of Chalbury and across to the Isle ofPortland.Facilities: Pubs in Sutton Poyntz and PrestonPublic Transport: X54, X55 stop on the A353at Preston and Osmington. Also no. 4 to Prestonand 4A to Sutton Poyntz. Limited service on all.Visit travelinesw.com for timetablesFind out more:www.southdorsetridgeway.org.uk
CHALKFormed 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 agoFOREST MARBLE Formed approximately 165 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
Broad
Mead
Weymouth
Close
Swaffields
Mead
HomeMead
Fose Hill
A353
NorthdownBarn
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l
Cross section from East Hill towardsSutton Poyntz, showing how earthmovements have altered thesequence of rock layers. This is ahighly complex area geologically dueto a series of faults that slice anddice strata against each other. Reference for diagram: John Cope andGeologists Association
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RBECK LIMESTONE
FAULTLINE
EAST HILLNORTH SOUTH
CHALK
––––– PO
RTLAND LIMESTO
NE
UPPER G
REENSA
ND + G
AULT CLAY
OXFORD CLAY
FOREST MARBLE+ FROME CLAY
KIMMERIDGE CLAY
OXFORD CLAY
CORALLIAN
CORNBRASH
CULLIFORDTREE
BARROW
Cowleaze
Veterans Wood
l
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
B3155
A353
A354
A35
A35A35
l Puncknowle
Long Bredyl
Litt lebredyl
l
West Bexington
Abbotsburyl
l Por tesham
Roddenl
Chickerel ll
B3156
Wyke Regisl
Nott ingtonl
Broadwey l
Upweyl
l Bincombe
Prestonl
l Osmington
WinterbourneMonkton
l
Mart instownl
Winterbourne Abbasl
l
WinterbourneSteepleton
l Sutton Poyntz
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 6WhiteHorseHill
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
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