About 667 feet above sea level is a pleasant area that is dotted with trees and green pastures, this is Mottistone Down and on Mottistone Green there is a ring of Walnut trees that surround an old well.
The road winds between the 16th century manor house and church and here live the family related to the first professor of Greek at Cambridge that was taught by King Edward Vi, Sir John Cheke, and Milton mentions him in one of his sonnets.

Thy age, like ours, 0 soul of Sir John Cheke,
Hated not learning worse than toad or asp,
When thou taughtest Cambridge and King Edward Greek.

Moteres Stan or the Long Stone Photo courtesy of IOWCAM		Photo reproduced by courtesy of Gwynn White

On the lower slopes of the Downs can be found two large stones which are said to be the oldest man-made stones on the island and are believed to be all that is left of a Stone Age burial mound, one is upright and about 15 feet high while the other lies flat. This is the Long Stone or moteres Stan from where the village gets it name.

Several barrows have been discovered on the downs and the largest is Black Barrow a huge mount that  has some spectacular views of the sea and the downs if you stand on it.

The church is a hive of history that spans several centuries and the nave arcades probably date back to the 15th century