Holiday Cottages in Dorchester
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The county town of Dorchester is a market town with a rich and varied history. The Casterbridge of Thomas Hardy novels, Dorchester has many places of interest to visit, including museums, attractions and the nearby hill-top earthworks at Maiden Castle.
Dorchester is home to the Dorset County Museum which has fine displays of local history; The Dinosaur Museum; Teddy Bear House and The Tutankhamun Exhibition.
At the top of town you will find the impressive 'Keep', built in 1879 it now houses the Dorset Military Museum.
Dorchester has it's roots deep in Roman history with many exhibits to be seen in the County Museum, but to get a feel for the real thing take a walk around Maumbury Rings, the town's Roman Ampitheatre or a look at the well preserved excavations of a Roman Town House in the grounds of County Hall. Just out of town en route for Weymouth you'll find the famous Iron Age Hill Fort, Maiden Castle a great place for a bracing afternoon stroll.