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Beautiful spot, on a sunny day could almost think you are in the Caribbean

Badbury Rings is an Iron Age hill fort and Scheduled Monument in east Dorset, England. In the Roman era a temple was located immediately west of the fort, and there was a Romano-British town known as Vindocladia ( Known today as Shapwick ) a short distance to the south-west. It sits over 300 feet above sea level, and there are two main phases of construction; the first covered 18 acres and was defended by multiple ditches, while the second was more than twice the size, covering 41 acres and defended by a single ditch and rampart. These ramparts make for great walking, but imagine the terror of trying to scale one whilst under attack from the occupants. Once you'd scaled one, there were more waiting for you. No wonder it was the last fort to be sacked by the Romans. Wonder just how many soldiers died trying to take it. Until 1983 Badbury Rings was privately owned as part of the Kingston Lacy estate, and the owners discouraged investigation of the site.[2] The site now belongs to the National Trust.[2] A survey of the hillfort by the RCHME was begun in 1993. The summit area was cleared of undergrowth by the National Trust in 1997 and the conifer plantation was thinned out. A survey in 1998, which recorded 28 potential hut sites within the ramparts, although some depressions are probably caused by uprooted trees. The first excavations, led by Martin Papworth, took place in 2004, when three evaluation trenches were dug. Almost all of the pottery found was dated to the Late Iron Age. The current evidence does not suggest that the hillfort was a principal settlement in the Early Iron Age. It seems likely that the hillfort became depopulated towards the end of the Late Iron Age, perhaps as the Vindocladia settlement near Shapwick developed.

The dunes in the Studland system have been built up by wind-blown sand over the past 400-500 years and at the northern end of the peninsula, dunes are still growing at a rate of around 1m per year. There are four clear dune ridges here and they make this a great site to see how dunes progress over time, a process known as succession: furthest from the beach, the older mature dunes are covered in gorse and birch scrub, heather has flourished creating a beautiful region of dune heather, and younger embryo dunes by the sea at Shell Bay still have bare, shifting sand. A section furthest away from swanage is reserved as a naturist dune area. signage is in place.

A gorgoues unspoilt beach with golden sand, dunes and views out over the English Channel. Knoll Beach sits between Shell Bay and Middle Beach and is probably the best known of the Studland Beaches. It's also the longest with a stretch of 4 miles of beach along the coastline. Public Toilets, cafe, large car park and a beach hut library.

Owned by the National Trust, Knoll Beach is a beautiful, lengthy expanse of golden, sandy beach. Trails through the nearby dunes, heath and woodland are splendid, while the beach offers views towards Old Harry Rocks and the Isle of Wight. Studland Bay played an important role during the Second World War. Exercise Smash, a full-on dress rehearsal for the Allied Invasion of Europe, took place here in April 1944.

The sand dunes at Knoll Beach are well worth exploring for their rich wildlife, which includes sand lizards, meadow pipits and heath tiger beetles. The National Trust have been working hard to restore sand dunes right across England and Wales and Studland Bay is a key site, having become over-vegetated over the last century. The Dynamic Dunescapes project is seeking to rejuvinate these habitats for the benefit of the rare wildlife that depend on them.

Trig pillar ‘Woolsbarrow Camp’