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Hengistbury Head is a sandstone headland attached to Southbourne, which is a suburb of the town of Bournemouth to the west; the nearest major settlement is Christchurch to the north. It is the most easterly part of the Borough of Bournemouth , and marks the most easterly point of Poole Bay .
Warren Hill is the elevated part of Hengistbury Head in Dorset, England, overlooking Christchurch to the North and dominating Poole Bay to the West. With finds stretching back over 10,000 years, [1] it is a site of international importance in terms of its archaeology and is scheduled both as an Ancient Monument, [2] and a Local Nature Reserve.
Christchurch Rowing Club is situated on the Quomps above Christchurch Quay. Hengistbury Head Activities Centre is situated on the South Shore of the Harbour. There are more than 1,400 small boat moorings in the harbour and rivers. [20] Sailing, rowing, canoeing, windsurfing and kite surfing are all practised in the harbour.
From St Ann's Head around Marloes peninsula and St Bride's Bay to St David's Head: St Ann's Head* Little Castle Point; Short Point; Long Point; Iron Point; Great Castle Head; Hooper's Point; Pitting Gales Point; Wooltack Point* Haven Point; High Point; Tower Point; The Nab Head; Castle Head; Ticklas Point; Borough Head; The Point; Black Point ...
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Part of Hengistbury Head Local Nature Reserve and the Christchurch Harbour Site of Special Scientific Interest, [1] the wood has developed immediately north of the archaeologically and environmentally [2] significant Warren Hill, sheltered from the sea breezes coming from the south and west over Poole Bay.
The Druitt family also left a property in the High Street to be used as a library together with all the books and papers they had collected and extensive gardens. James Druitt (five times mayor 1850, 1859, 1867, 1888, 1896) was instrumental in putting a stop to the ironstone mining at Hengistbury Head (see below). [50]
Julius Caesar invaded south-eastern England briefly in 55 and again in 54 BCE, but he never reached Hampshire. Notable sites from this period include Hengistbury Head (now in Dorset), which was a major port. [17] [22]