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Dist:0.3km<br/>The more central of Tarrant Monkton's two postboces, this one is close to where the post office used to be; it closed down on 26 June 1989.

©Chris Downer

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©Brian Ironside

Dist:0.3km<br/>Two WWI war graves, with four to "Unknown German Soldiers"; here because of nearby Blandford Camp.

©Mike Faherty

Dist:0.3km<br/>Perhaps best known for its well known hostelry, the Langton Arms, this village lies in the Tarrant valley - www.thelangtonarms.co.uk/

©Nigel Freeman

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©Chris Downer

Dist:0.3km<br/>George V reign post box on the High Street.

©Trish Steel

Dist:0.3km<br/>The Sanctuary viewed the from the priest's door.

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Dist:0.3km<br/>The octagonal pulpit dates from the late 17th century.

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Dist:0.3km<br/>All Saints', dating from the C15 http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=103712&mode=quick

©Mike Faherty

Dist:0.3km<br/>The east window, of three lancets dates from the 18th century. For a wider view of the east end of the church [[450952]]

©Trish Steel

Dist:0.3km<br/>The altar has a beautiful embroidered altar cloth.

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Dist:0.3km<br/>The Ordnance Survey bench mark is on the northwest face of the building. For a wider view of the building [[450927]] and for further information on the cut mark and others in the area http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm39791

The church walls are covered in many types of lichens.

Lichens do not have roots, but absorb water and gases through their upper surface, and are therefore sensitive to atmospheric pollution. For this reason they are rarely found around cities and grow best on the wetter west side of the British Isles. Those on trees thrive best on the sunny, south-west aspects of trunks and branches. Disappearance of lichen species can be used to detect rising levels of air pollution.

There are three main types. The encrusting forms, including the bright orange/dark yellow 'Xanthoria' grow on roofs, walls, gravestones, signs and tree trunks. Leaf-like species develop flat lobes spreading over bark or stones, and shrubby forms which grow vertically from the ground or hang from trees. Few have common names.

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Dist:0.3km<br/>All Saints Church, Tarrant Monkton; these wooden crosses mark the burial place of four unknown German soldiers who died in World War 1. The church has no records; neither the War Graves Commission nor the German authorities have any knowledge.They lie next to the graves of British soldiers.

©Peter Barr

Dist:0.3km<br/>In the churchyard at All Saints Church.

©Trish Steel

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