Dorset in the south of England; a county with scenic countryside and a wonderful wild coastline. Go inland for charming English villages with their wealth of historical monuments.  This is where the Black death is presumed to have started, carried by rats onboard a boat in Melcombe Regis. Dorset beaches are good places to look for fossils.  These can be found on the beaches when released from the cliffs by erosion.  Interesting pebbles with a hole through them, called Hag pebbles can be found on Chesil beach, where there is also a Chesil Beach Centre with interactive displays about the geology of the region.  

Evidence of prehistoric man can be seen on many hilltops in the form of burial mounds.  Find the remains of the Iron Age, Normans and Romans. 

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