Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Dorchester (/ ˈ d ɔːr tʃ ɛ s t ər / DOR-ches-tər) is the county town of Dorset, England.It is situated between Poole and Bridport on the A35 trunk route. A historic market town, Dorchester is on the banks of the River Frome to the south of the Dorset Downs and north of the South Dorset Ridgeway that separates the area from Weymouth, 7 miles (11 km) to the south.
This page was last edited on 31 January 2019, at 17:06 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
The Roman Town House in Dorchester is a Roman ruin within Colliton Park, Dorchester, Dorset, England. Dorset County Council acquired Colliton Park in 1933 as the site for the construction of County Hall. The Town House was discovered in 1937/38 during an archaeological investigation carried out by the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological ...
Maumbury Rings is a roughly circular henge situated close to the centre of Dorchester. [1] It has an internal diameter of around 50 metres. [2] The bank has an average width of 4 metres, and is around 5.6 metres high internally and 4.0 metres high externally. [2]
Dorset Museum is on High West Street in Dorchester, Dorset. Built from Portland stone in approximately 1881, it was designed by architects G. R. Crickmay and Son from Weymouth. The building is two storeys high with a slate roof, it has two stringcourses on the gently sloped walls, with hood moulds over the windows and a crenellated parapet.
The Dorchester Historical Society was "founded in 1843 and incorporated in 1891." [ 2 ] The Historical Society is headquartered in the William Clapp House and also operates several other historic house museums in Dorchester, including the James Blake House (c.1661), and Captain Lemuel Clap House ( Clapp Houses ) which are open for tours on ...
Dorchester Shores Reservation is a Massachusetts state park consisting of three non-contiguous areas totaling 44 acres (18 ha) along the eastern edge of the Dorchester section of Boston. The area is composed of beaches and a park along the extended mouth of the Neponset River : Savin Hill/Malibu Beach, Tenean Beach, and Victory Road Park.
Tourist attractions in Dorchester, Boston (1 C, 4 P) Tourist attractions in Financial District, Boston (1 C, 1 P) Tourist attractions in Roxbury, Boston (1 C, 1 P)