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Dorset |
 | | Dorset borders Devon to the west, Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north-east and Hampshire to the east. |
 | | In the 12th century civil war, Dorset was fortified with the construction of the defensive castles at Corfe Castle, Powerstock, Wareham and Shaftesbury, and the strengthening of the monasteries such as at Abbotsbury. |
 | | Dorset is famed in literature for being the native county of author and poet Thomas Hardy. |
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