Dorchester

The largest surviving hillfort in England. Dating from around 3000 BC, the site is of great historical significance and is maintained by English Heritage.

Brings over 200 years of justice and injustice to life. Walk in the footsteps of people whose lives were forever changed in the historic court at Dorchester’s Shire Hall. Famous for the trial of the Tolpuddle Martyrs in 1834.

A Roman ruin on the County Hall site, the Town House has two principal ranges of rooms. The South Range has flint and stone walls on the grass-covered site. The West Range was mosaic floored. This range has been re-excavated and covered with a steel and glass building with a stone tiled roof perched on the original foundations.

Thatched cottage where Thomas Hardy was born and penned some early novels, plus country garden.

Thomas Hardy's former townhouse, designed by him in 1885, with furnished rooms and a walled garden.

A giant figure carved into the side of a hill by removing turf to expose white chalk.

A large circular earthwork, 85 metres in diameter. During the Roman period, it was adapted for use as an amphitheatre. During the English Civil War, it was used as an artillery fort guarding the southern approach to Dorchester. It is now a public open space, and used for open-air concerts, festivals and re-enactments, and as a dog-walking park.

Replicas of Tutankhamun's tomb, its artefacts and mummies displayed with photos in an old church.