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✦ Historic site
Long barrow and a round barrow cemetery at Telegraph Clump on Blandford Race Down
1 ha
Getting here
50.88374, -2.11196
Best for
3 activitiesHeritage
Free86%Historic site with public access
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Dog walks
Free72%Dogs allowed with public access
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
10
4 named nearby · 6 public paths
Named routePublic access
🚴
Cycling
25
25 named nearby
Named route
🚵
Mountain biking
1
1 named nearby
Named route
Named routes and paths nearby
Route 25 · Cycling0
National Cycle Network 250 · Cycling0
Wessex Ridgeway Trail · Mountain bike0
North Dorset Cycle Way · Cycling0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
About this historic site
Scheduled Monument
Wildlife to spot
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
Facilities
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Campsite
3 · 227m away
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Parking
Low Loader Parking · 145m
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦Romano-British settlement and two bowl barrows on Blandford Race Down 450m south east of Telegraph ClumpHistoric site500 m→✦EASTBURYHistoric site3.5 km→✦Harbin's Park, a medieval deer park paleHistoric site4.2 km→✦Disused Drinking FountainHistoric site4.8 km→✦Medieval standing cross 50m east of St Peter's ChurchHistoric site1.8 km→✦Deer park pale in Stubb's Coppice, Hogstock Coppice and Sing Close CoppiceHistoric site4.1 km→