
What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in Dorset.
Roughly 150 meters in height, Handley Hill is a chalk-based upland area in Dorset, notable for its Neolithic and Bronze Age round barrows. These burial mounds are part of a wider prehistoric landscape linked to the Ackling Dyke, an ancient linear earthwork, suggesting the hill's long-standing cultural and ceremonial significance.
Places near here
Roman Milestone on the Achling DykeMonument or public art · 83 yd
MilestoneListed building · 534 yd
Milestone, Sixpenny HandleyMonument or public art · 540 yd
Salisbury PlantationWood · 1462 yd
Down FarmHeritage attraction · 1.2 mi
George VI Postbox, Sixpenny HandleyOld post box · 1.2 mi
Blackbush PlantationWood · 1.2 mi
Penbury Hill FortCastle, fort or tower · 1.5 mi
Blackbush DownMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
Penbury Hill Fort RampartCastle, fort or tower · 1.7 mi
Gussage HillMountain / peak · 2.1 mi
St Giles, Wimborne St Giles - StatueMonument or public art · 2.9 miOther information
Photo: Jim Champion · CC BY-SA 2.0