Walking in Dorset's Past

Sam Ferguson

Sam has had an interest in the outdoors throughout his life starting off in his hometown deep in the North Pennies, he was soon travelling the world to partake in a huge range of activities. Sam's exploration of the world was held up slightly when he became a student at Bournemouth University. Having now graduated with an honours degree in field archaeology Sam thought what better way to share his passion for the outdoors and the archaeology of Dorset than to write this book. Having lived in Dorset for seven years Sam has actively explored all areas of Dorset both as a working archaeologist, an outdoor enthusiast and as a tourist. The walks in this book are written from those explorative days to give you an insight into the past of Dorset and all its well preserved archaeological monuments and countryside. Some of the monuments are not too well known others very familiar; all an amazing sight.

Having worked as an archaeologist based in Dorset, Sam has had the chance to see most of the monuments visited in this book in much more detail than most of us, having dug up or surveyed a good proportion of them, alongside that nothing is more important to the archaeologist than local knowledge, this book is mainly written from knowledge gained off local people and local archaeologists.

Over the past few years Sam has developed his writing skills by writing small (and sometimes large!) articles for many international outdoor magazines, all of these skills coming together to create this book which combines his passions for writing, walking and archaeology.