Charminster old Dorchester road.
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Charminster old Dorchester road.
Image: © Nigel Mykura Taken: 2 May 2008
This used to be the main road from Charminster to Dorchester when the main roads kept to higher ground to avoid marshy land on the flood plain of the River Frome. A new road was built centuries ago on a raised causeway across the meadows and it became the A37 running south of the village. This is now the C12 to Sherborne, straight , fast and notorious for road deaths.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.72847
Longitude
-2.44724