Round barrow in Grimstone Clumps
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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.75426, -2.50435
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine and Hobby
- ✦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
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine and Hobby
- ✦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 — Peregrine, Hobby, Barn Owl +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Peregrine, Hobby, Barn Owl +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Common Blue, Small White +159 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Frome Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
45 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 26Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
Frome Valley Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Dorset trail
Named routeRef FVTLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route388 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 388 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route463 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 463 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route38 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 38 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface rocky
Main RouteCycling route148 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 148 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Copse and tumulus, Grimstone Down
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Wildlife to spot
4,771 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,771 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Peregrine · Hobby · Green Sandpiper · Barn Owl · Pheasant +31
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Otter · Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Roe Deer
- OtterLutra lutra2024
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
- BadgerMeles meles
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
🐝Insects4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hornet Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Violet Oil-beetle · Oil Beetle
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus
- Oil BeetleMeloe2024
Hedge Woundwort · Daisy · Meadowsweet · Ribwort Plantain · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +24
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- DaisyBellis perennis
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- White CloverTrifolium repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,771 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Peregrine · Hobby · Green Sandpiper · Barn Owl · Pheasant +31
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Otter · Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Roe Deer
- OtterLutra lutra2024
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
- BadgerMeles meles
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
🐝Insects4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hornet Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Violet Oil-beetle · Oil Beetle
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus
- Oil BeetleMeloe2024
Hedge Woundwort · Daisy · Meadowsweet · Ribwort Plantain · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +24
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- DaisyBellis perennis
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- White CloverTrifolium repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas