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Poundbury Camp is a hillfort located near Dorchester in Dorset, England. The site comprises an Iron Age defensive earthwork consisting of multiple concentric ramparts and ditches that enclose an area of approximately 24 acres, representing a significant settlement and fortified centre during the later Iron Age period. Associated monuments within the scheduled area include scattered archaeological features and remains of Roman infrastructure, notably a section of Roman aqueduct that post-dates the hillfort's primary occupation phase and reflects the site's continued strategic importance during the Roman period. The camp's earthworks remain substantially visible today, demonstrating the scale and engineering sophistication of Iron Age fortification in southern Britain.
Poundbury Camp, associated monuments and section of Roman aqueduct. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013337. View the official record →
Poundbury Camp is a hillfort located near Dorchester in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013337.
Poundbury Camp, associated monuments and section of Roman aqueduct. 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 1013337.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of barrows E of Northdown Barn (7.4 km), Barrow 200yds (180m) N of the White Horse (7.5 km), Multi-period archaeological landscape centred on and including a slight univallate hillfort called Chalbury, two bowl barrows, part of a Bronze Age urnfield and a series of medieval strip fields (7.5 km).
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