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Lambert's Castle is an Iron Age hillfort situated in Dorset, approximately 425 metres west of Nash Farm. The fortification consists of a substantial univallate earthwork with an associated bowl barrow, demonstrating occupation and use across multiple periods of antiquity. The site later served pragmatic functions in the post-medieval era, hosting a fair and accommodating a telegraph station, illustrating its continued strategic importance into the modern period. The hillfort's defensive ramparts and internal features provide material evidence of Iron Age settlement patterns in the county.
Lambert's Castle: an Iron Age hillfort 425m west of Nash Farm, with a bowl barrow, and the sites of a post-medieval fair and a telegraph station is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017035. View the official record →
Lambert's Castle is an Iron Age hillfort situated in Dorset, approximately 425 metres west of Nash Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017035.
Lambert's Castle: an Iron Age hillfort 425m west of Nash Farm, with a bowl barrow, and the sites of a post-medieval fair and a telegraph station 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 1017035.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Small multivallate hillfort with outworks called Coney's Castle (1.5 km), Marshwood Castle (3.6 km), Holditch Court Tower (4.1 km).
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Lambert's Castle: an Iron Age hillfort 425m west of Nash Farm, with a bowl barrow, and the sites of a post-medieval fair and a telegraph station stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.