A Romano-Celtic temple, Iron Age shrine and associated remains 250m north west of Ratham Mill
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
50.85164, -0.85211
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Curlew +88 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Hedgehog, Barbastelle, Badger +14 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Glow-worm, Eristalis pertinax +41 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Primrose, Ribwort Plantain, Common Mallow +174 more · last seen 2026
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Octagon WayWalking route29 km▾
Named routeRef OWLength 29 kmRound tripLocal walking route
New Lipchis WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: South Hayling to East Head: Bosham Inland RouteWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
81 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 288Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 288National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to ChristchurchCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Saltern's WayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Around Chichester Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
South Coast Cycle RouteCycling route▾
considered a poor cycle route by some cyclists, and a stand in for completion of NCN 2 to Littlehampton and beyond to Chichester
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 288 Chichester to West DeanCycling route▾
Named routeRef 288National Cycle Network
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
8,058 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,058 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Wagtail · Mallard · Robin · Blackbird · Green Sandpiper +33
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Eristalis pertinax · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Melanostoma scalare · Platycheirus +13
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Eupeodes
Red Dead-nettle · Ribwort Plantain · Green Alkanet · Creeping Buttercup · Primrose +89
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,058 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Wagtail · Mallard · Robin · Blackbird · Green Sandpiper +33
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Eristalis pertinax · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Melanostoma scalare · Platycheirus +13
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Eupeodes
Red Dead-nettle · Ribwort Plantain · Green Alkanet · Creeping Buttercup · Primrose +89
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eupeodes
Eupeodes
SyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusBishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Rhabdomiris striatellusRhabdomiris striatellus2025Rhabdomiris striatellusRhabdomiris striatellus20252025
2025
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2025Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2025Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2025Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025HemlockConium maculatum2025HemlockConium maculatum2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonumWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumGarden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacumGarden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacumRed CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Dwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exigua2025Dwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exigua2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2025Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2025Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2025Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2025Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2025Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2025Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025HopHumulus lupulus2025HopHumulus lupulus2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2025Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2025Hesgen LwydCarex divulsa2025Hesgen LwydCarex divulsa2025Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2025Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Hedge BedstrawGalium album2025Hedge BedstrawGalium album2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2025Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2025Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025Fat-henChenopodium album2025Fat-henChenopodium album2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025BalmMelissa officinalis2025BalmMelissa officinalis2025Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2025Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2025Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2025White BryonyBryonia dioica2025White BryonyBryonia dioica2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Round-leaved FluellenKickxia spuria2025Round-leaved FluellenKickxia spuria2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2025Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2025Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2025Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2025Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2025Field PansyViola arvensis2025Field PansyViola arvensis2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025HonestyLunaria annua2025HonestyLunaria annua2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2025Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2025