Tout Quarry, Portland
This abandoned quarry has been turned into an amazing sculpture park, with lots of carvings hidden around it, including a fish, a Viking boat and the famous "falling man" by Antony Gormley.
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The grade II-listed gardens are set around a large Georgian English country house (now an agricultural college) and tended with help from students on horticultural courses.
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Built by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1594 and the stately home of the Digby family since 1617, Sherborne Castle captures 400 years of English history.
Read MoreMaiden Castle
Among the largest and most complex of Iron Age hillforts in Europe, Maiden Castle’s huge multiple ramparts enclose an area the size of 50 football pitches and once protected hundreds of residents.
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