Buzbury Rings
Buzbury Rings is an Iron Age hillfort about east of Blandford Forum and northwest of the village of Tarrant Keyneston, in Dorset, England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Description The site is on a hill on Keynston Down. There is an inner enclosure, area about , bounded by a single bank of width and height . Surrounding this is an outer enclosure, not concentric with the inner enclosure, of area about . It is bounded in the north and west by a single bank, width and height ; an outer ditch, now buried, has been revealed by partial excavation. In the south there is a double bank; the banks are up to wide, and the ditch between is about wide. There are traces of additional earthworks to the south."Tarrant Keyneston", ...
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Blandford Forum
Blandford Forum ( ), commonly Blandford, is a market town in Dorset, England, sited by the River Stour, Dorset, River Stour about northwest of Poole. It was the administrative headquarters of North Dorset District until April 2019, when this was abolished and its area incorporated into the new Dorset (unitary authority), Dorset unitary authority. Blandford is notable for its Georgian architecture, the result of rebuilding after the majority of the town was destroyed by a fire in 1731. The rebuilding work was assisted by an Act of Parliament and a donation by George II of Great Britain, George II, and the rebuilt town centre—to designs by local architects Bastard brothers, John and William Bastard—has survived to the present day largely intact. Blandford Camp, a military base, is sited on the hills north-east of the town. It is the base of the Royal Corps of Signals, the communications wing of the British Army, and the site of the Royal Signals Museum. Dorset County Coun ...
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