Old Nicks ground

Behind The Pinnacles and Old Harry, lies Old Nick’s Ground on which fortifications used to stand guard. During the Medieval period, Studland Castle, a Henrican fortification, stood facing foreign foes. Built during the same period as Portland and Brownsea, Studland Castle was long ago, back in 1770, claimed by the sea.  Later during the Second World War a observation bunker watched allied troops train for invasion, as Typhoon fighters loosed rockets from above on targets scattered across the down beyond.  It too is now gone, destroyed, post war.  Now a scene of tranquillity, one would pass never thinking such beauty had ever been the scene of such intense military activity.