Hell Stone
Other OS name in the Parish of Portisham
Etymology
, 1811 OS , 1774 Hutch1 , a Neolithic chambered long barrow ( RCHM 2421, 432 ) , v. hell , cf. the f. ns . Helle and Helle doghter in Abbotsbury par . supra , and another Hell Stone in Long Bredy par . infra ; according to Hutch 1 1 554 ' the common people call it Hell Stone , and have a tradition , that the devil flung it from Portland Pike , a N . point of that island full in view , as he was diverting himself at quoits ' ( cf. the similar tradition recorded by Hutch 1 for Agglestone in Studland par . 1 46 ) .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Mystecombe
- Bramdon Lane
- Corton Fm
- Coryates
- Cuckoo's Hill
- Goose Hill Ctgs & Goose Hill Dairy
- Shilvinghampton, East Shilvinghampton & Shilvinghampton West
- Stall Barn
- Uggscombe
- Waddon, Little Waddon
- Friar Waddon
- Hewish Hill
Other OS name
- Nether Grove
- Friar Waddon Dairy Ho, Friar Waddon Fm, Friar Waddon Hill & Friar Waddon Withy Bed
- Dairy Ho Coppice
- Pond Coppice
- Wig Plant.
- Bench
- Benecke Wood
- Bishop's Road
- Black Down Barn & Black Down Plant.
- Brick Ho
- The Buildings, Buildings
- Plant
- Church
- Clover, Clover Coppices
- Corton Barn, Corton Dairy Ho, Corton Down & Corton Hill
- Drift Plant.
- Folly Plant.
- Grove Lane
- Half Moon (P.H.)
- Half Moon Coppice
- Hampton Barn
- Hardy Coppice
- Hell Bottom (Quarry)
- King's Arms (P.H.)
- Little London
- Long Coppice
- Manfield Shale Pit
- Manor Ho
- Marsh Fm
- Mill Ctgs, Mill Stream
- Portesham Fm
- Portisham Dairy, Portisham Hill, Portisham Ho & Portisham Withy Bed
- Old Portisham
- Quarry
- Red Mead Coppice
- Ridge Hill
- Rocket
- St Bartholomew's Chapel
- Seven Acre Coppice
- Sheepwash
- Shilvinghampton Barn, West Shilvinghampton Dairy
- Silly How
- Snipe Gate
- Square Coppice
- Standing Stones
- Vicarage
- Winter's Lane
- Dovecot
- Waddon Dairy, Waddon Field Barn, Waddon Ho & Waddon Spring