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A37 near Poundbury, with re-surfacing requiring single-lane traffic.

Although the aqueduct followed the course of the River Frome, it had to follow an almost level course (rising at 275ft and arriving in Dorchester at 260ft) and so had to run into the smaller "spur" valleys of the Frome. Here at Fordington Bottom the aqueduct does just that and runs up the spur valley for almost half a mile before making a "U" turn and heading back down the other side of the spur.

This picture was taken from the Poundbury Road bridge over the A37. You are looking South West up (excuse me) Fordington Bottom. You can see the course of the Roman aqueduct as it goes along the hedge-line half way up the grassy bank on the right of the road. it would have crossed the valley floor at a point a little beyond the bend in the road and run back down Fordington Bottom on the left of the road about half way up the bank on the right, maintaining a height above sea level of around 265ft all the way around.

A development called Poundbury, named after Poundbury Farm, which survives in the middle. The farm in turn was named after the ancient fort, some way behind the camera.

Whitfield Rural Activities Centre, offering work placements and support for people with mental health problems, organised by the National Care Farms Initiative. Scroll down to Farm Placement Scheme at http://www.farmradio.org.uk/programs_edition42.htm

A greenhouse fronting an area of market garden; also on the site is, according to a notice,a rural activities centre.On Roman Road, between Dorchester and Bradford Peverell.

This George VI-reign postbox is emptied at 11 o'clock each weekday and Saturday morning.

Looking NW along the course of the Roman aqueduct which carried water to the settlement at Dorchester (Dvrnovaria). The River Frome valley is on the right of the picture and the A37 bypass which cuts diagonally across this grid square is well hidden in a cutting.