English Heritage sites near Askerswell Parish
WINTERBOURNE POOR LOT BARROWS
4 miles from Askerswell Parish
A 'cemetery' of 44 Bronze Age burial mounds of varying types and sizes, straddling the A35 main road.
KINGSTON RUSSELL STONE CIRCLE
5 miles from Askerswell Parish
A late Neolithic or early Bronze Age circle of 18 fallen stones, on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury and the sea.
THE NINE STONES
5 miles from Askerswell Parish
Now in a wooded glade, this small prehistoric circle of nine standing stones was constructed around 4,000 years ago and is surrounded by a mysterious air. Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrows are nearby.
ABBOTSBURY ABBEY REMAINS
6 miles from Askerswell Parish
Part of a monastic building, perhaps the abbot’s lodging, of Benedictine Abbotsbury Abbey, Henry VIII ordered its destruction during the Dissolution in 1538. St Catherine's Chapel is nearby.
ABBOTSBURY, ST CATHERINE'S CHAPEL
6 miles from Askerswell Parish
Set high on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury Abbey, this sturdily buttressed and barrel-vaulted 14th-century chapel was built by monks as a place of pilgrimage and retreat.
MAIDEN CASTLE
9 miles from Askerswell Parish
Among the largest and most complex of Iron Age hillforts in Europe, Maiden Castle’s huge multiple ramparts enclose an area the size of 50 football pitches and once protected hundreds of residents.
Churches in Askerswell Parish
Askerswell: St Michael & All Angels
Nallers Lane
Askerswell
Bridport
http://www.eggardoncolmerschurches.org
St, Michael and All Angels, Askerswell is one of eight churches spread over the four parishes which make up the
The Benefice of Eggardon and Colmers in south-west Dorset.
Askerswell / Loders / Powerstock / Symondsbury Church takes its responsibilities surrounding the safeguarding of children, young people, and adults who may be at risk very seriously, and works in partnership with the Diocese of Salisbury to ensure that we work in accordance with best practice at all times.
Our Parish Safeguarding Policy can be downloaded [here]
If you have any Safeguarding questions or concerns you can contact our Parish Safeguarding Officer, Glynis Ronald on 01308 459415 or the diocesan safeguarding officer Heather Bland on 07500 664800 or email [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
To see a calendar of all Sunday Services across the United Benefice, go to our website - www.eggardoncolmerschurches.org