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  • |name=Dorset |map image=Dorset Brit Isles Sect 5.svg
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  • ...orders with [[Gloucestershire]] in the north, [[Wiltshire]] to the east, [[Dorset]] to the south-east, and [[Devon]] to the south-west. Its north and west ar ...n, but it is believed to be Neolithic.<ref>{{cite web | title=Stanton Drew Stone Circles | work=English Heritage Archeometry | url=http://www.eng-h.gov.uk/a
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  • |county=Dorset |constituency=South Dorset
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  • |county=Dorset |LG district=West Dorset
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  • |county=Dorset |constituency=Poole<br>Mid Dorset & North Poole
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  • [[File:Green Island Poole Harbour.jpg|230px|thumb|right|Green Island, one of the islands within Poole Harbour]] ...and is the estuary of several rivers, the largest being the [[River Frome, Dorset|Frome]]. The harbour has a long history of human settlement stretching to
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  • {{Infobox island ...sh Isles, and is reckoned the ninth largest island in the world. The whole island is within the United Kingdom and it makes up for most of its territory. It
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  • |picture=Christchurch Dorset 01.jpg ...he meeting of the rivers [[River Avon, Hampshire|Avon]] and [[River Stour, Dorset|Stour]] which flow into [[Christchurch Harbour]]. The town was originally n
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  • ...per before they set forth from the harbour over the treacherous sea to the island. ...its new bombing school after similar locations in [[Northumberland]] and [[Dorset]] were met with protests.<ref name="Davies">Davies, ''op cit'', page 592</r
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  • ...that left a heritage of exemplary Georgian architecture crafted from Bath Stone. ...around Bath such as [[Bathampton Down]] saw human activity from the Middle Stone Age.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wessex Archaeology|title=Archaeological Desk- base
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  • The '''Isle of Portland''' is a limestone tied island on the [[Dorset]] coast. It is 4 miles long by a mile and a half wide, projecting into the ...landforms. Its name is used for one of the [[British Sea Areas]]. Portland stone, famous for its use in British and world architecture, including St Paul's
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  • ...er time the name evolved first into Pratteshide,<ref name=RBoD/> then Mona Island. The original site is marked by a seating area next to the Magnolia Shoppin ...k and a bell. The interior, which has 1,500 sittings, has a canopy of Beer stone in the florid Gothic style over the communion table.
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  • ...ally widened and deepened for many thousands of years. The [[River Frome, Dorset|River Frome]] was the source of the River Solent, with three other rivers ...58.The_secrets_of_the_deep/ thisishampshire.net, ''Startling evidence of a Stone Age structure in the Solent.''] - Retrieved 03 Oct. 2009</ref>
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  • ===Dorset=== ...land]] [{{Flag Institute|Portland}}] || Cream, green and blue for Portland stone, grass and the sea, with a tower and naval crown for the Royal Navy and the
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  • |county=Dorset |LG district=West Dorset
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  • [[File:Portland Stone.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Piles of stone at Portland Bill from ex-quarrying in the area]] {{#vardefine:shire|Dorset}}
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  • ...ast its southern side, beyond which lies [[Langstone]], and then [[Hayling Island]]. ...with stone from Warblington Castle. The present house, of buff bricks from Dorset, passed in the early part of the 19th century into the ownership of the Lon
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  • ...ver of [[Somerset]], 37 miles long and flowing through both Somerset and [[Dorset]], rising in the latter county. ...rett is in the Thorney Mills springs in the hills around [[Chedington]] in Dorset. Flowing northwest through Somerset and the [[Somerset Levels]] to its mout
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  • ...is known as the Isle of Athelney, because it was once a very low isolated island in the 'very great swampy and impassable marshes' of the Somerset Levels. ...English: in the records it is named ''Æthelinga ieg'', meaning "Princes' Island''.
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  • |village=[[Corfe Castle, Dorset|Corfe Castle]] |county=Dorset
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  • [[File:Corfe Castle and Greyhound Inn Dorset England.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Corfe Castle village]] {{County|Dorset}}
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  • {{Infobox island |name=Brownsea Island
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  • [[File:Avebury Stone Circles.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Avebury Henge and Village]] ...the village of [[Avebury]] in [[Wiltshire]]. Avebury contains the largest stone circle in Europe, and is one of the best known prehistoric sites in Britain
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  • |island=St George's Island, Bermuda ...onger its capital. It stands on [[St George's Island, Bermuda|St George's Island]] and within [[St George's Parish]].
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  • ...Lake Village''' was an Iron Age village, situated on a crannog or man-made island in the [[Somerset Levels]]. It sat near what is now [[Godney]], some three ...e=23637 Glastonbury Lake Village, Godney|url=http://www.466ad.co.uk/godney-island.html|website=466AD|publisher=Somerset County Council|accessdate=31 January
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  • ==Dorset== *Bridport & West Dorset Golf Club - [[Bridport]]
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  • {{county|Dorset}} ...tected by Portland to the south, [[Chesil Beach]] to the west and mainland Dorset to the north.<ref name="engineering-timelines.com">{{cite web|url=http://ww
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  • Two rivers, the [[River Avon, Hampshire|Avon]] and the [[River Stour, Dorset|Stour]], flow into the Harbour at its north-west corner. The harbour is gen ...near [[Stanpit]] village.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.communigate.co.uk/dorset/xchurchantiquarians/page9.phtml |title=Overview of Christchurch Harbour Dre
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  • {{county|Dorset}} ...ined castle overlooking [[Church Ope Cove]] on the [[Isle of Portland]], [[Dorset]]. Its name derives from King William II, known as William Rufus, after who
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  • |county=Dorset |constituency=South Dorset
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  • |county=Dorset ...ctively. Fortuneswell has a main shopping street, and along with [[Easton, Dorset|Easton]], is the main hub of the Isle of Portland's activities.
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  • |county=Dorset ...almost indistinguishable from [[Fortuneswell]], the largest village on the island, as the two settlements are very close. However this distinction can be mad
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  • |county=Dorset |constituency=South Dorset
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  • |county=Dorset |picture=Weston Road, Portland, Dorset - geograph.org.uk - 1288700.jpg
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  • |county=Dorset |constituency=South Dorset
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  • |county=Dorset |picture=Wakeham, Portland, Dorset - geograph.org.uk - 1288719.jpg
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  • |county=Dorset |village=Shapwick, Dorset
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  • .../408590/Stanpit-Marsh-Local-Nature-Reserve |title=Stanpit Marsh |publisher=Dorset for You |date=|accessdate=2 January 2017}}</ref> The recreation ground is a ...past this was a small island within the Harbour known locally as Horseshoe Island. Today it has become firmly attached to the marsh.<ref name=c49/>
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  • |county=Dorset |materials=Portland stone
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  • ...position along the South Downs ridgeway. If so, it is conceivable that the stone tools found on the site, pre-dating the hill fort, may have been intended a ...on. In other locations, such as at [[Hayling Island]] and [[Maiden Castle, Dorset|Maiden Castle]], there was continuity of religious use between Iron Age and
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