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Dorset
	Agglestone
		According to legend, the mound under the Agglestone contains the grave of a British chieftain who died fighting the Romans.
	Badbury Rings nr. Wimborne Minster
		The Romans captured the Iron Age hill fort and built a road running west towards the river Stour through nearby modern Shapwick.
	Child Okeford
		The Romans captured the Iron Age hill fort overlooking the river Stour at nearby Hod Hill and built a small fort within it.
	Dorchester
		The Romans established a fortified town here in AD 43, shortly after their conquest of nearby Maiden Castle. It became their chief town in the south west.
		Maiden Castle
			The Romans captured Maiden Castle, the last stronghold of the Britons in Dorset, in AD 43 and estalished the fortified town of Dorchester nearby.
	Hengistbury Head
		The Iron Age port and settlement may have been occupied during the Roman occupation and possibly known as "Dunium".
	Poole
		Poole Harbour
			The discovery of huge Iron Age masonry quays indicate that Poole was the primary British port for trade with Europe and must have been well known by Roman traders. This may be the reason why they chose it as their main port of supply for the invasion of AD 43 for which they established their headquarters at nearby Wimborne Minster.
	Shaftesbury
		King Alfred the Great (c.871-c.901) founded Shaftesbury Abbey on the site of a Roman temple.
	Wimborne Minster
		The Romans set up their headquarters for the invasion on the opposite side of the river Stour to modern Wimborne Minster, perhaps because of its proximity to Poole Harbour. The station was dismantled after the invasion was completed.
	The Dorset Coast
		The Romans supplied their invading force through Poole Harbour which was the principal Iron Age port in Britain. Roman coins have been found on Chesil Beach from the many shipwrecks in the English Channel.

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