[5] Recently owned by Mr and Mrs Anthony Boyden (from 1962 to 2020)[6] the Grade I-listed Queen Anne style house and its 296-acre (120 ha) property were sold in 2020.

[8] To the east and south of the parish church and west of the Devil's Brook there are earthworks, the remains of a former settlement.

In 1971 a full excavation began of the site; by 1973, 24 rooms of the villa, including a bath suite, had been revealed.

[10] In February 2021 it was announced that a mosaic from the Roman villa, discovered in 1974, showing a leopard attacking an antelope, would be displayed in the Dorset County Museum at Dorchester, after £150,000 was raised to buy it.

[12] [13] In the 19th century the remains of two prehistoric mammoths, dating from about one million years BC, were found in the hillside above the village; two of the tusks were taken to the county museum at Dorchester.