6 miles from Compton Abdale Parish

A particularly fine example of a Neolithic long barrow of c.3800 BC, featuring a false entrance and side chambers. During excavations in the 1860s, the remains of 31 people were found in the chambers.

9 miles from Compton Abdale Parish

Founded by the Earl of Cornwall in thanks for surviving a shipwreck. It housed a renowned relic, ‘the Holy Blood of Hailes’: allegedly a phial of Christ’s blood. Great picnic spot. Audio tours.

9 miles from Compton Abdale Parish

The earthwork remains of one of the largest Roman amphitheatres in Britain, built in the early 2nd century to serve the important city of Corinium, now Cirencester.

10 miles from Compton Abdale Parish

The remains of a large and luxurious villa built about AD 250, with a bathhouse complex, perhaps the shrine of a water spirit, and mosaics.

14 miles from Compton Abdale Parish

A Neolithic chambered tomb with an enigmatic 'false entrance'. Opinions vary as to why this false entrance was built.

14 miles from Compton Abdale Parish

Substantial remains of an early Tudor friary church of Franciscan 'grey friars' founded in 1231.