Have
you ever walked around Dorset and noticed all those strange lumps and
bumps across the hillsides and wondered what those are. Some of these
are nothing, built by modern farmers usually as rubbish tips, others are
monuments built thousands of years ago by prehistoric people in memory
of their ancestors or to defend themselves against incoming enemies.
As
you follow the walks in this book you will look at Dorset with a
different eye, each of those mounds, lumps and bumps has a story to tell
and each is different, most are combined with local myths and legends
to give many spooky stories – mainly involving the Isle of Wight!
Let
archaeologist Sam Ferguson guide you on various walks through Dorset
where you will be informed, educated and entertained as you get an
archaeologists view of the county.
Walk 1 – The Barrow Round
Walk 2 – Abbotsbury Stone Circle
Walk 3 – Winspit Walk – The Sorrow of the Halsewell
Walk 4 – Cerne Abbas Giants Stride
Walk 5 – Agglestone Amble
Walk 6 – Portland – Coastline Quarry Stroll
Walk 7 – Creech Grange View
Walk 8 – Lulworth – Smugglers Cove Canter
