Hills in Dorset, England

A couple of hills in Dorset

Dorset is just full of places of historic importance like Eggarton Hill.  On the hill is a hillfort that predates the invasion of the Romans.  Somehow this one was never taken over by them.  The hill commands such a magnificent landscape - one can the countryside all the way around - that it is clear why it was a strategically good choice for a fort.

Pieter and Kevin on Eggarton Hill

Thank goodness one can drive up here.

A patchwork landscape from Eggarton hill

Except for Eggarton hill we also visited the Hardy Monument which was built in honour of Thomas Hardy who once fought at the Battle Trafalgar under Lord Nelson - not the novelist.

Here too one can see for miles around.