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Visit Cerne Abbas village
Once you’ve had your fill of the Cerne Giant, follow the flat riverside path into the pretty village of Cerne Abbas which grew around a great Benedictine Abbey. Founded in AD 987 it thrived until the Dissolution in the 16th century. The remains of the Abbey are all that is left, but look for the Tudor houses which once housed the Abbey’s lay workers.
The late 15th-century Guest House of the Abbey at Cerne Abbas
- Credit: Edward Griffiths
St Mary’s Church, built by the abbey for the parish in the late 13th century, retains many original features including a face carved by the porch door which was once a chimney; when the fire was lit smoke poured out of its nose and mouth. See if you can spot the pirate’s grave amongst the headstones.