Attractions Things to Do Events Food Gear Get in Touch "Cookies" Home Map of Dorset Places to Stay Beach & Coast Places to See Attractions Things to Do Events Food Gear Get in Touch "Cookies" !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); Stanton St Gabriel... Stanton St Gabriel is a picturesque ruin on the western face of Golden Cap. Now reduced to the “preserved” partial shell of the Chapel walls and a remaining house, this was once the site of a saxon settlement and was recorded in the Domesday Book after William did his Norman Conquering in 1066. By the sounds of it, Stanton St Gabriel was never exactly a thriving community and struggled to find funds to keep the Chapel weatherproof from the 1500s onwards. Given the hamlet’s extremely exposed and elevated location this is probably not surprising as on windy and wet days this is a “weather-rich” location. Even though the remains of the Chapel and the thatched house are in a bit of a hollow, they are still clearly going to take a pounding when the weather’s bad.