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A festival celebrating archaeology set to take place across Dorset, offering a wide range of unique events and activities.
An outdoor waterpark near Corfe Castle has been named among the best to visit in the UK. Dorset Adventure Park, which has an inflatable outdoor waterpark, was named alongside spots like The Wave in ...
Eggardon Hill is an Iron Age hill fort ... Yeah, exactly. ♪♪ -Look here's Corfe castle. -Oh, my. This is the setting for "Five on a Treasure Island," where they discover a treasure map ...
Visitors can now explore the King's Tower at Corfe Castle in Dorset ... The tower stands 70 feet high over the chalk hill and was built with gleaming white Purbeck limestone, making it visible ...
Visitors look out from the Kings View Platform at Corfe Castle. National Trust / Richard Gregory Perched on a 180-foot-tall hill, Henry’s tower dominates the countryside’s skyline. The ...
Credit: Richard Gregory/National Trust Images/Cover Images For the first time since 1646 when Corfe Castle was destroyed ... positioned atop a 55-metre-high hill, and could be seen from miles ...
King Henry I's Corfe Castle Tower Opens To Visitors For First Time Since English Civil War. For the first time since 1646 when Corfe Castle was destroyed in the English Civil War, the public will be ...
Visitors to Corfe Castle can now view a tower built for King ... positioned on top of a 180ft (55m) hill, and could be seen from miles around, but was destroyed by parliamentarian troops in ...
FOR the first time since 1646, the public will be able to access a tower at Corfe Castle that was built for ... positioned atop a 55-metre-high hill, and could be seen from miles around.
Corfe Castle, which commands the ... William’s son King Henry I developed the castle further. He erected a 70-foot keep atop the chalky hill and turned it into a luxurious royal residence ...
The Keep, known as the King's Tower at Corfe Castle in Dorset, was built in the 11th Century for King Henry I. Five hundred years later, it was nearly destroyed in the English Civil War.