Western end of Dorset Cursus

Open accesson open access land, where the right to roam applies

Earthworks onlybanks, ditches and platforms — read the ground, not walls

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Western end of Dorset Cursus is one of three cursus monuments the Albion Guide lists in Dorset. It sits inside Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape. The nearest other cursus monument is Knowlton Church and Earthworks, 6.1 km to the east. For arrivals by rail, Tisbury Station is 16.8 km to the north.

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