ISBN:
9781904434825
Eight Edition
208 pages in
full colour
Published:
2009
Author:
David Gerrard |
The Hidden Places of Dorset, Hampshire & The
Isle of Wight
Includes the
New Forest
UK £8.99
The county
of Dorset encompasses rolling chalk
downs, dark heathland (so beloved of Thomas
Hardy), the long ridge of the Purbeck Hills and
an incomparable coastline with its wealth of
magnificent rock formations sculptured by the
sea. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
offer the visitor a wonderful combination of
seafaring tradition in the many coastal towns
and villages as well as wonderful countryside
epitomized by the New Forest and the rolling
hills of northeast Hampshire. The cover
incorporates an eye-catching photograph of the
village Milton Abbas in Dorset.
Snippets of
editorial taken from the guide...
Warblinghton
Little survives of this originally Saxon village
save the ruins of a 16th century castle and the
Church of St. Thomas a Becket, with its little
tower and timbered spire. The church also
has some Roman bricks, Saxon archways, medieval
floor tiles and, the the churchyard, a pair of
stone grave-watchers' huts. From these
huts men could guard the graves from
body-snatchers - the group of criminals who took
bodies from newly dug graves and sold them as
cadavers to teaching hospitals before the
practice was officially outlawed by the Anatomy
Act of 1832.
Maiden Castle
One of the most impressive prehistoric sites in
the country, Maiden Castle is a vast and
spectacular fortification, covering nearly 50
acres, which dates back to Neolithic times some
4,000 years ago. It's steep earth
ramparts, between 60 and 90 feet high; are
nearly 2 miles round and, together with the
inner walls, make a total of five miles of
defences. The settlement flourished for
2,000 years, until AD$$, when a Roman force led
by Vespasian defeated the community. This
was the army of the 2nd Augustan Legion, which,
in total overcame two tribes, 20 towns and the
Isle of Wight. |
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