Travel to Dorset Map
Dorset tourist guide map of landmarks & destinations by Walkfo
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When travelling to Dorset, Walkfo’s has created a travel guide & Dorset overview of Dorset’s hotels & accommodation, Dorset’s weather through the seasons & travel destinations / landmarks in Dorset. Experience a unique Dorset when you travel with Walkfo as your tour guide to Dorset map.
Dorset history
Early history
First human visitors to Dorset were Mesolithic hunters, from around 8000 BC . Bronze Age farmers cleared Dorset’s woodlands for agricultural use . Iron Age tribe known as the Durotriges established a series of hill forts across the county . Romans arrived in Dorset during their conquest of Britain in AD 43 . Viking attack on the British Isles took place in 789 on the Portland coast .
Modern history
The dissolution of the monasteries (1536–1541) met little resistance in Dorset and many of the county’s abbeys, including Shaftesbury, Cerne and Milton, were sold to private owners . In 1642, at the commencement of the English Civil War, the Royalists took control of the entire county apart from Poole and Lyme Regis . The Dorsetshire Regiment were the first British unit to face a gas attack during the First World War (1914–1918)
Dorset map & travel guide with history & landmarks to explore
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With 12 travel places to explore on our Dorset travel map, Walkfo is a personalised tour guide to tell you about the places in Dorset as you travel by foot, bike, car or bus. No need for a physical travel guide book or distractions by phone screens, as our geo-cached travel content is automatically triggered on our Dorset map when you get close to a travel location (or for more detailed Dorset history from Walkfo).
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