East Man - Worth Matravers, Dorset
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Dragontree
N 50° 35.912 W 002° 02.146
30U E 568241 N 5605625
This area of National Trust land is known as East Man.
Waymark Code: WM7AW4
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/28/2009
Views: 8
East and West Man are grassy strip lynchets formed in the 14th century. They were used to grow corn to feed Worth village which originally had a large population until the plague took hold in 1348. Nowadays the lynchets are used for grazing land.
The coastline here is part of the world heritage Jurassic coast.
The address of property, including Postcode.:
Worth Matravers
Dorset
BH19 3LF
The charges to visitors and opening hours.:
Free land with public footpaths
Web page: [Web Link]
References:
http://www.worthmatraversparishcouncil.org/
National Trust member: yes
Parking place (optional): Not Listed
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