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Bulbury Camp is a Iron Age hillfort located in Dorset, England, situated on elevated terrain that commands views across the surrounding landscape. The fort is defined by substantial earthwork defences comprising banks and ditches that enclose an irregular polygonal enclosure, characteristic of hillfort construction in southern Britain during the Iron Age period. Its strategic position and defensive architecture reflect the settlement patterns and territorial considerations of Iron Age communities in Dorset, forming part of the broader network of hillforts that dominated the region during the late pre-Roman Iron Age. The site represents an important archaeological resource for understanding the political organisation and settlement hierarchy of Iron Age Dorset.
Hillfort at Bulbury Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016725. View the official record →
Bulbury Camp is a Iron Age hillfort located in Dorset, England, situated on elevated terrain that commands views across the surrounding landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016725.
Hillfort at Bulbury Camp is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1016725.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Three bowl barrows in Holme Lane Plantation, 200m south west of Squirrel's Cottages (9.2 km), Bell barrow on Stoborough Heath 380m NNE of Hill View (9.4 km), Bowl barrow on Stoborough Heath 240m NNE of Hill View (9.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hillfort at Bulbury Camp's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Hillfort at Bulbury Camp stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.