This is another picture form yesterday’s walk. Going over the milenium bridge that covers the gap between Priddy’s Hard where the Explosion Museum sits and Weevil Lane next to Clarence Yard. Took this picture, and when I looked at on the big screen I thought “Elephant’s tusks”. These are the arms that support the bridge when it is raised. I’d like to see that – I think they post opening times (which I believe isn’t very often). I’ll have to look into that.
I’m not fully sure who the Durotriges were; a collective group of tribes that lived in Dorset and else where in this part of the world (including, I believe, The Isle of Wight as has been recently discovered). There’s the Durotriges Project being run by Bournemouth University I’m following them on Twitter, and haven’t got the scope of it yet. I’ll find out a bit more about it.
The Beakers were a Bronze Age culture that left their mark by including in graves their characteristic bell beaker, properly known as the bell beaker culture, evidence of their presence in Dorset has been found in the hill fort Maiden Castle, near Dorchester.
Lots of interesting stuff here.
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