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  2. History of Dorset - Wikipedia

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    The Romans record the name of the native British tribe that lived in Dorset as the Durotriges, who were also the tribe of much of Somerset and possibly the New Forest. Sometimes translated as "water dwellers", this name could mean that they were seafarers, but is more likely a reference to the marshy valley of the River Frome which they would ...

  3. Hinton St Mary Mosaic - Wikipedia

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    On 2 August 2019, Hinton St Mary villagers and the Chair of the Dorset Unitary Authority [17] were told at a closed-door meeting with the British Museum that the mosaic would be partially returned to the Dorset County Museum. However, the head of Christ would not be returned, as the original would be "loaned to museums worldwide".

  4. Durotriges - Wikipedia

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    The Durotriges were one of the Celtic tribes living in Britain prior to the Roman invasion.The tribe lived in modern Dorset, south Wiltshire, south Somerset and Devon east of the River Axe and the discovery of an Iron Age hoard in 2009 at Shalfleet, Isle of Wight gives evidence that they may also have lived in the western half of the island.

  5. Badbury Rings - Wikipedia

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    Badbury Rings is an Iron Age hill fort and Scheduled Monument in east Dorset, England.It was in the territory of the Durotriges.In the Roman era a temple was located immediately west of the fort, and there was a Romano-British town known as Vindocladia a short distance to the south-west.

  6. Jordan Hill Roman Temple - Wikipedia

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    Jordan Hill Roman Temple is a Romano-Celtic temple and Roman ruin situated on Jordan Hill above Bowleaze Cove in the eastern suburbs of Weymouth in Dorset, England.Original amateur archaeological excavations on the site were carried out by J. Medhurst in 1843-6.

  7. Category:History of Dorset - Wikipedia

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    Military history of Dorset (7 C, 13 P) Monasteries in Dorset (27 P) P. Parliamentary constituencies in Dorset (historic) (11 P) W. History of Weymouth, Dorset (2 C, 17 P)

  8. Romans 8 - Wikipedia

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    Romans 8 is the eighth chapter of the Epistle to the Romans in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It was authored by Paul the Apostle, while he was in Corinth in the mid-50s AD, [1] with the help of an amanuensis (secretary), Tertius, who added his own greeting in Romans 16:22. [2] Chapter 8 concerns "the Christian's spiritual life".

  9. Waddon Hill - Wikipedia

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    Waddon Hill is a hill and the site of a short-lived Roman fort near Beaminster, in the English county of Dorset. The name Waddon is from the Old English, meaning wheat hill. The Wessex Ridgeway passes to the north of the hill summit and Roman fort. The B3162 road passes close to the western end of the hill.