A rough depiction of Iron Age Maiden Castle Coffee Mug
A rough depiction of Iron Age Maiden Castle Coffee Mug
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Dorset Cottages | Hillforts
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Dorset Cottages

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if you  are looking for a cottage in Dorset well there are many options for you.


Best cottage claim to fame is In 1795 the Wordsworths stayed in a cottage in Dorset, where they met Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey. (I mention his connection hillforts in my fun facts page. ) Also Thomas Hardy the author was born in a Dorset cottage.
Dorset or archaically Dorsetshire, not Doreset or Doorset, is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester, situated in the south of the county, seen easilly from the great hillfort. For its extreme points Dorset measures 80 km (50 mi) east to west and 64 km (40 mi) north south, with a area of 2652 square km (1024 sq mi). Dorset borders Devon to the west, Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to north-east, and Hampshire to the east. About half Dorset's population live in the South East Dorset conurbation. The rest of the county is mostly rural with a low population density.
Maiden Castle, it's Roman successor, Durnovaria, then Saxon Dorchester have been the capital of this area millenia. It may have been a centre of Dumnonia a West British / Cornish, land, like Durngueir.
A famous Dorset producs is the Dorset Knob, a hard biscuit. It can be used as an accompaniment to cheese, especially the local Dorset cheese, Blue Vinney. Tourism has grown as an industry in Dorset since the early 19th century. 4.2 million British tourists, 260,000 foreign tourists visited the county in 2002, spending a total of £768 million. Stonehenge is in near parts of England.
Some borrow cottages off pals or relatives, some rent a ottage in Dorset. Some buy a cottage in Dorset like on BBC2 / Channel4 escape to the country type shows.

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Cadbury Castle, (Camalat Castle) Stukeley 1773 Coffee Mug
Cadbury Castle, (Camalat Castle) Stukeley 1773 Coffee Mug
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I CLIMBED SCAFELL PIKE 3209 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL T-Shirt
I CLIMBED SCAFELL PIKE 3209 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL T-Shirt
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Old Oswestry Hillfort, Yr Hen Dinas Mug, Coffee Mug
Old Oswestry Hillfort, Yr Hen Dinas Mug, Coffee Mug
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