AN ARTISTIC initiative has been set up along the coastline commemorating the history of west Dorset and its most influential residents and events. Each parish boundary along the Dorset coast path from Ware, on the Dorset/Devon boundary, all the way to Abbotsbury now has a boundary marker in place to let the walker know they have passed from one parish to the next. Each marker, of which there are 11 in total, has been designed to both be aesthetically pleasing and to represent the history of the area. Among the historical events and people remembered through this project are groundbreaking 19th century palaeontologist, Mary Anning, the believed landing of Danish Vikings on Charmouth Beach in 836 and the Wildcats of Bridport , a group of female net makers who went on strike and marched in protest of a pay cut.