Maiden Castle, Dorset

fort · 800 BC – 2100 AD

One of the largest and most complex Iron Age hillforts in Europe, Maiden Castle, in Dorset, was occupied from the Neolithic period through to the fourth century A.D.

Coordinates

50.69467, -2.47009

Also known as

Dunium (grc), Maiden Castle (en), Δοὺνιον (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Historic England — National Heritage List for England · OGL v3.0
  Historic England, National Heritage List for England (OGL v3.0). Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right.
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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