Ashmore
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Ashmore is a small village in north east Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase five miles south east of Shaftesbury. The village has a population of 162 (Census 2001). The village consists of a church and 83 old stone cottages and farms, many with thatched roofs. The village is situated on Chalk rock which is permeable and therefore dry, and the village is built around a clay lined dew pond which provided water before pipes were installed. At over 700 feet above sea level the village is the highest in Dorset.
The village is situated on the Roman road from Bath to Badbury Rings, and the pond may have been significant in Roman times. It is probable that there was a settlement at Ashmore in Roman times, though the village name is Saxon and there is little Roman archaeology in the village.
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- Pitt-Rivers, Michael, 1968. Dorset. London: Faber & Faber.
- Taylor, Christopher, 1970. The Making of the Dorset Landscape. London: Hodder & Stoughton.
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