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Pilsdon Pen is a univallate Iron Age hillfort located in west Dorset near the village of Pilsdon. The site comprises a single defensive ditch and bank enclosing approximately 1.8 hectares on a prominent hilltop at some 277 metres elevation, with evidence of internal occupation features including postholes and storage pits. Archaeological investigation and surface survey have confirmed Iron Age date and use, though the precise chronology within the Iron Age remains to be fully established. The hillfort's strategic position on high ground within the broader landscape of Dorset's fortified settlements reflects the defensive and possibly territorial significance of the site during the pre-Roman Iron Age period.
Pilsdon Pen hillfort and associated remains is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019394. View the official record →
Pilsdon Pen is a univallate Iron Age hillfort located in west Dorset near the village of Pilsdon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019394.
Pilsdon Pen hillfort and associated remains 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 1019394.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lewesdon hillfort, 525m north east of Brimbley Coombe Farm (2.5 km), Marshwood Castle (3.7 km), 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 (4.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Pilsdon Pen hillfort and associated remains'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.
Pilsdon Pen hillfort and associated remains stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.