Shapwick

Places of Interest

Badbury Rings

Archaeological site

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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.

Philae obelisk

Obelisk

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The Philae obelisk is one of a pair of twin obelisks erected at Philae in Upper Egypt in the second century BC. It was discovered by William John Bankes in 1815, who had it brought to Kingston Lacy in Dorset, England, where it still stands today. Philae obelisk is situated 2½ miles east of Shapwick.

All Saints’ Church, Tarrant Keyneston

Church

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All Saints' Church is a Church of England parish church in Tarrant Keyneston, Dorset, England. Most of the church dates to a rebuild of 1852–53, but the tower is 15th-century. The church is a Grade II* listed building.

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Spetisbury

Village

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Spetisbury is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour and the A350, four miles southeast of Blandford Forum. According to the Domesday Book of 1086, the village had 30 households.

Tarrant Rushton

Village

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Tarrant Rushton is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. The village is situated in the Tarrant Valley about three miles east of Blandford Forum. Tarrant Rushton is situated 2 miles north of Shapwick.

Charlton Marshall

Village

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Charlton Marshall is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It lies within the Dorset administrative district, on the A350 road 2 miles south of the market town of Blandford Forum. Charlton Marshall is situated 3 miles west of Shapwick.

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