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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Fontmell Magna


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Fontmell Magna is a village and civil parish in north Dorset. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale, close to the chalk hills of Cranborne Chase. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 734. When you visit Fontmell Magna, Walkfo brings Fontmell Magna places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Fontmell Magna Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Fontmell Magna

Visit Fontmell Magna – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit

With 11 audio plaques & Fontmell Magna places for you to explore in the Fontmell Magna area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Fontmell Magna places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Fontmell Magna history

In 932, King Æthelstan granted an estate at Fontmell to the nuns of Shaftesbury Abbey under the condition that they would sing 50 psalms after Prime and offer masses at Terce. Of settlements existing within the parish today, the earliest is the main village, which originated before the Norman Conquest. The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded that Fontemale was in Sixpenny Hundred.

Fontmell Magna toponymy

Fontmell derives from a Celtic river-name meaning ‘spring by the bare hill’, and Magna—meaning great—distinguishes this settlement from a small. In 877 it was recorded as Funtemel, in 1086 in the Domesday Book it was Fontemale, and in 1391 it was Magnam.

Fontmell Magna geography / climate

The parish covers 3,200 acres (1,300 ha) and extends from Cranborne Chase in the east to the west. The underlying geology comprises Kimmeridge clay around Hartgrove, a ridge of Lower Greensand east of the Twyford Brook, Gault and Upper Greensand.

Climate

The Met Office has a climate station at Fontmell Magna. Between 1981 and 2010 it recorded an average of 857.3 millimetres (33.75 in) of rain per year.

Why visit Fontmell Magna with Walkfo Travel Guide App?

Visit Fontmell Magna PlacesYou can visit Fontmell Magna places with Walkfo Fontmell Magna to hear history at Fontmell Magna’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Fontmell Magna has 11 places to visit in our interactive Fontmell Magna map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Fontmell Magna, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Fontmell Magna places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Fontmell Magna & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Fontmell Magna Places Map
11 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

 
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Walkfo Fontmell Magna tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Fontmell Magna

  

Best Fontmell Magna places to visit

Fontmell Magna has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Fontmell Magna’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Fontmell Magna’s information audio spots:

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here Fontmell Magna has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Fontmell Magna plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Fontmell Magna using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Fontmell Magna plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.