Broadmayne features [2]
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Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 2 Jun 2022
An information board about the history of the village. Broadmayne is a village in Dorset, some 3 miles southeast of Dorchester. The village is astride the A352 road from Dorchester to Wareham. There is evidence of settlement from the Stone Age onwards. In addition to agricultural activities, there was a brickworks to the north of the village. At the approach of D-Day in 1944, the area around the village was covered with Nissen huts and tents as assembly area D5 for the invasion.