Historic sites in Dorset, United Kingdom

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Corfe Castle

Corfe Castle, Dorset

The dramatic ruin of a royal castle on a steep hill in a gap in the Purbeck Hills, above a village of grey stone cottages.

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Kingston Lacy

Sturminster Marshall, Dorset

A grand country house in the style of an Italian palazzo, built for the Bankes family after they lost Corfe Castle in the Civil War.