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✦ Historic site
Bokerley Dyke, and a section of Grim's Ditch, a section of a medieval boundary bank, and two bowl barrows on and north west of Martin Down
18 ha
Getting here
50.96798, -1.93499
Best for
4 activitiesHeritage
Free86%Historic site with public access
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Dog walks
Free72%Dogs allowed with public access
Hiking
Free65%Named hiking route nearby: Jubilee Trail (Dorset)
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
7
4 named nearby · 3 public paths
Named routePublic access
🚴
Cycling
1
1 named nearby
Named route
🚵
Mountain biking
3
3 named nearby
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
44
44 public paths
Public access
Named routes and paths nearby
Cranborne Droves Way · Walking0
National Byway · Cycling0
Fordingbridge Off Road Cycle Trail · Mountain bike0
Fordingbridge Off Road Cycle Trail (Shortcut) · Mountain bike0
Earthpits Lane · restricted byway
Bowling Green Lane · restricted byway
Townsend Lane · bridleway
About this historic site
Scheduled Monument
Wildlife to spot
Photos
Sighting WNW along Bokerley Dyke, from Martin Down National Nature Reserve
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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
✓ 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
✦Two linear earthworks, two barrows and Iron Age and Romano-British settlements on Tidpit Common DownHistoric site2.2 km→✦BOVERIDGE HOUSE SCHOOLHistoric site4.7 km→✦Long barrow south-west of Vernditch ChaseHistoric site2 km→✦Grim's Ditch: Old Lodge Copse to Toyd ClumpHistoric site4.4 km→✦Knighton Roman road (stretching from Reddish Gore to reservoir)Historic site4.7 km→✦Roman road along the south side of Vernditch Chase: part of the Roman road between Sorviodunum (Old Sarum) and Vindocladia (Badbury)Historic site2 km→