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Prehistoric Sites in Dorset
| Abbotsbury Castle
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An Iron Age Hillfort to the northwest of Abbotsbury village. The fort encloses an area of 4 acres, and within the double ramparts, the outlines of huts can still be seen. The location is superb, with views across Lyme Bay.
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Abbotsbury,
Dorset,
England
Attraction Type: Prehistoric
Location: From the B3157 just west of Abbotsbury a narrow road leads up Wear Hill (signposted ). A small layby on the left allows parking for several cars. A path leads from the downhill side of the layby. The way can be slippery.
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OS Grid SY555 866
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| Badbury Rings
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Contained within the considerable estates of Kingston Lacy House is this Iron Age hillfort, surrounded by three concentric ditches and ramparts. It has been conjectured that Badbury is the site of Mons Badonicus (Mount Badon) - the great battle at which King Arthur defeated the advancing Germanic tribes of Angles, Saxons, and Jutes in the late 5th or early 6th century.
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Kingston Lacy,
Shapwick,
Dorset,
England
Attraction Type: Prehistoric
Location: One mile from Shapwick, off the B3082 between Wimborne Minster and Blandford Forum.
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OS Grid ST964 029
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| Cerne Abbas Giant
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A 200 foot high figure of a man bearing a club, incised into the chalk of the hillside. The giant has been variously identified as Roman, Celtic, and Iron Age. His obvious, um, physical endowments have made him the source of fertility practices over the centuries; it is said that if an infertile woman spends the night within the figure, she will then be able to bear a child.
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Cerne Abbas,
Near Dorchester,
Dorset,
England
Attraction Type: Prehistoric
Location: viewpoint on A352
Website: Cerne Abbas Giant
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OS Grid ST666 017
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| Maiden Castle
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The largest and most famous pre-Roman fortress in Britain. The site is nearly 100 acres in size, with banks as high as 80 feet enclosing a hill-top site of some 45 acres. It was inhabited as early as the Bronze Age, but most of the visible ramparts were erected in the 1st century BC. In 43 AD the Romans besieged the "castle". The defenders huge store of some 40,000 sling stones proved useless against the Roman's leather shields, and the site fell to the invaders. A mass grave of defenders who died in the assault was found in 1937 near the eastern entrance. A site worth seeing.
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Dorchester,
Dorset,
England
Attraction Type: Prehistoric
Location: 1 mile SW of Dorchester, off A354
Website: Maiden Castle
English Heritage
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OS Grid SY670 885
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Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrows
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A large cluster of 44 Bronze Age burial mounds on either side of the A35. The barrows have been described as a Bronze Age cemetery. What is fascinating about the site is that so many different types of barrows are clustered so close together. Here you will find disc barrows, bell barrows, bowl barrows,pond barrows, and the remains of what may be a hut circle.
Winterbourne Abbas,
Dorset,
England
Attraction Type: Prehistoric
Location: On the A35, 2 miles west of Winterbourne Abbas. No adjacent parking. Best access is via Wellbottom Lodge, 200 yards east from A35 junction with the minor road to Compton Valence.
Website: Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrows
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OS Grid SY590906
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Sea Cottage
Studland
Self catering cottage
This property offers 4 bedrooms; 1 double, 2 twin rooms and 1 single, 2 bathrooms, lounge, dining room, sun room and kitchen, secluded garden.
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Mallows
Yetminster
Self catering cottage
This property offers one ensuite double bedroom and a double sofa bed in lounge. Open plan lounge/diner and separate kitchen. Bathroom comprises of W.C, basin, … more >>
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| Bournemouth (Hotel) |
The Roundhouse Hotel
The Roundhouse hotel Bournemouth is just a short walk from East Cliff Beach and the town?s theatres, clubs, bars, restaurants and coffee shops. The grand lobby and lounge area is traditionally decorated and great meeting place. The 127 bedrooms are comfortable and have TV, Telephone, Trouser Press, Hairdryer and Tea … more >>
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| Bournemouth (Hotel) |
Inver House Hotel
The Bourne Beat is an elegant town house, desirably situated upon the West Cliff of Bournemouth, just one minute walk away from the beach and five minutes to the town centre. All of the 28 en-suite bedrooms are fully equipped with television, DVD player and tea and coffee making facilities. more >>
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