Neolithic site under Thomas Hardy’s Dorset home granted protection
The site, which is under the garden of Max Gate in Dorchester, could be one of the earliest identified archaeological sites in the county town.
The site, which is under the garden of Max Gate in Dorchester, could be one of the earliest identified archaeological sites in the county town.
Dorset History Centre has acquired a hand-written poem by the famous writer which is believed to have been kept in America for the past 20 years.
The Dorset History Centre in Dorchester has purchased items relating to the writer Thomas Hardy and Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy.
The appeal is to secure the final £5,000 of the £50,000 needed to ensure public ownership of important Thomas Hardy archives.