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in the town of Worth Matravers, in the county of Dorset

About St. Aldhelm's Head & Chapel

One of the oldest churches in England, set on a 300ft cliff top in an area that is designated a Special Area of Conservation under the European Union's Habitat Directive. The church is thought to have been built at the beginning of the twelfth century or before

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