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The Black Down stone circle consists of five "totems" built from local Forest Marble stone. One is aligned with true north, and the other four with midwinter and midsummer solstice sunrises and sunsets. In good weather at each of these times, the suns full disc will shine through the opening of the totems, lighting up the central rock of Portland stone, providing a modern take on ancient monuments.

Dominating the Dorset landscape, Maiden Castle is one of Europe’s largest and most complex Iron Age hillforts. Its massive, labyrinthine earthworks were engineered around 400 BC to protect a thriving community of hundreds. The site is famous for its "war cemetery," detailing a fierce struggle against the Roman Second Legion in 43 AD. Today, its sweeping ramparts remain a masterclass in ancient defensive architecture.

Long before the Iron Age hillfort, Maiden Castle (often referred to as Maiden Hill) hosted two significant Neolithic monuments dating to 3500 BC. These include a causewayed enclosure—a ritual gathering place with concentric ditches—and a massive bank barrow stretching 546 meters. These earthworks represent some of Britain’s earliest monumental architecture, marking the site as a sacred landscape for millennia.

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It is very impressive to walk along the extensive ramparts and enjoy the view of the surrounding countryside.

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Not easy to get to, but a great burial mound! We only found the easier access on the way back.

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St Nicholas' Church is a Church of England church in Abbotsbury, Dorset, England. The earliest parts of the church date to the 14th century origin, with later alterations and extensions over the following centuries, including the construction of the west tower and north chapel in the 15th century. The church underwent restoration in 1807–08, 1885 and 1930. The church's porch contains the effigy of an abbot of Abbotsbury Abbey. It was discovered on the site of the Abbey's church, St Peter's, in 1778, and has been given an approximate date of 1200. The Jacobean pulpit contains two bullet holes stemming from a fight in 1664, during the English Civil War, when Parliamentarians besieged Royalists at the church.

Quaint little lake with various wildlife in it.