In the top row of pictures:

• Longcombe Bottom, Fontmell Down to the right, looking south-westwards (picture)
• Cattle grazing on Fontmell Down, looking down on Manor Farm – 17th century (picture)
• Medieval terracing and fields at the western foot of Melbury Hill (picture)
• From Melbury Hill the view across West Melbury and Cann to Shaftesbury on the distant hilltop (picture)
• The view north-eastwards, Melbury Abbas in the foreground, Cann Common beyond, Zig-Zag hill to the right (picture)

In the bottom row of pictures:

• The view eastwards, Zig-Zag hill to the left, Breeze Hill to the right (picture)
• Melbury Abbas Mill (picture)
• Cann Mills (picture)
• On the ascent from French Mill to Shaftesbury, French Mill Lane (picture)
• Looking south-eastwards from Shaftesbury, across Holyrood Farm to Melbury Hill (picture)

Other sites on the web

Dorset Wildlife Trust:   Fontmell Down reserve is part owned by the Trust and part leased from The National Trust

The Dorset Page:   Compton Abbas, Melbury Abbas, Shaftesbury – local information and links to further resources on the web

Maps of the area on streetmap.co.uk:   1:50,000 – detail, 1:250,000 – locality and route to get there

The pictures of Melbury Abbas, Cann in this gallery were captured at high resolution.
This is images of dorset stock photography gallery 029
All photographs copyright © 1998–2003 John Allen