Arne

<body background="http://theprioryhotel.users8.donhost.co.uk/shared/images/bgr.jpg" bgcolor="#ffffcc" text="#000000" link="#0000ff" alink="#ffff00" vlink="#000066"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" summary=""> <tr><td bgcolor="#66ffcc" align="center"><a href="http://theprioryhotel.users8.donhost.co.uk/" Title="Home Page."><img src="http://theprioryhotel.users8.donhost.co.uk/shared/images/newlogo.gif" alt="Home Page." width="85" vspace="5" height="99" border="0"></a> <td rowspan="2" valign="top"><p align="center"> <div class="main"> <h1>Arne</h1> <p> In 1268 the peninsula was already called by its modern name. It probably meant <em>The house</em> or <em>Building</em> but it could be the plural form of <em>Rock</em> or <em>Heap of stones</em> - there are two tumuli on the hill. </p><p><table align="right" cellpadding="5"><tr><td align="center"> <img src="images/arne.jpg" alt="The view from Swineham point" width="381" height="318"><br>The view from Swineham point, Arne.<br></td></tr></table> There were salt pans here in the 11<sup>th</sup> century. Like others at Studland they probably processed seawater and may have done so for a very long period. It is possible that the Romans made salt on Purbeck 900 years earlier. </p><p> Arne's simple church is dedicated to St. Nicholas of Myra, the patron saint of sailors. Many of the sons of Arne preferred to plough the ocean wave rather than the barren soils of their native peninsula. </p><p> For many years Arne was a transshipment point for the clay industry but nowadays it is most famous for the RSPB centre and nature reserve. </p><p> <a href="http://theprioryhotel.users8.donhost.co.uk/hotel/rooms/index.html">Stay at The Priory Hotel when you visit Arne</a> <br><a href="bindon.html">Next: Bindon</a> <br><a href="sources.html">Sources.</a> </p></div> <br clear=all><hr> <div class="foot"> <p align=right><small>The Priory Hotel, Church Green, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 4ND, UK<br> tel: +44 (0) 1929 551666<br> fax: +44 (0) 1929 554519<br> Email: <a href="mailto:reservations@theprioryhotel.co.uk">reservations@theprioryhotel.co.uk</a><br> WWW: <a href="http://theprioryhotel.users8.donhost.co.uk/">http://theprioryhotel.users8.donhost.co.uk/</a> </small> </p><p class="date"><small><a href="../shared/index.html">Last modified: Mon, 07 Apr 2003</a></small> </p></div> </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#66ffcc" valign="top"> <p><a href="../../hotel/index.html" title="Hotel Services"><img src="../../shared/buttons/hotels.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Hotel Services" border="none"></a><br> <a href="../index.html" title="Tourist Information"><img src="../../shared/buttons/touinf.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Tourist Info" border="none"></a><br> <a href="index.html" title="The Isle of Purbeck"><img src="../../shared/buttons/purb.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Purbeck" border="none"></a><br> <a href="aldh.html" title="St. Aldhelm's Head"><img src="../../shared/buttons/stald.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="St. Aldhelm's" border="none"></a><br> <a href="arne.html" title="The Arne Peninsula"><img src="../../shared/buttons/arne.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Arne" border="none"></a><br> <a href="bindon.html" title="Bindon, The Abbey"><img src="../../shared/buttons/bind.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Bindon" border="none"></a><br> <a href="bsea.html" title="Brownsea Island."><img src="../../shared/buttons/brown.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Brownsea" border="none"></a><br> <a href="corfe.html" title="Corfe and The Castle"><img src="../../shared/buttons/corfe.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Corfe" border="none"></a><br> <a href="ddoor.html" title="Durdle Door"><img src="../../shared/buttons/durdle.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Durdle Door" border="none"></a><br> <a href="dston.html" title="Durleston"><img src="../../shared/buttons/durl.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Durlston" border="none"></a><br> <a href="enc.html" title="Encombe"><img src="../../shared/buttons/enc.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Encombe" border="none"></a><br> <a href="furzeb.html" title="Furzebrook"><img src="../../shared/buttons/furze.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Furzebrook" border="none"></a><br> <a href="kimm.html" title="Kimmeridge Bay"><img src="../../shared/buttons/kimm.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Kimmeridge" border="none"></a><br> <a href="lulw.html" title="Lulworth"><img src="../../shared/buttons/lulw.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Lulworth" border="none"></a><br> <a href="redc.html" title="Redcliffe"><img src="../../shared/buttons/redc.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Redcliffe" border="none"></a><br> <a href="steeple.html" title="Steeple and it's remarkable connections."><img src="../../shared/buttons/steep.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Steeple" border="none"></a><br> <a href="tham.html" title="Tyneham, the empty village"><img src="../../shared/buttons/tynh.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Tyneham" border="none"></a><br> <a href="sources.html" title="Sources and suggestions for further reading."><img src="../../shared/buttons/source.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Sources" border="none"></a><br> <a href="http://theprioryhotel.users8.donhost.co.uk/smap.html" title="Site Map"><img src="http://theprioryhotel.users8.donhost.co.uk/shared/buttons/smap.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Site Map" border="none"></a><br> <a href="http://theprioryhotel.users8.donhost.co.uk/" title="Home Page"><img src="http://theprioryhotel.users8.donhost.co.uk/shared/buttons/home.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Home" border="none"></a> </p> </td></tr></table> </body>