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Poundbury Camp is a late Iron Age hillfort situated near Dorchester in Dorset, England, constructed during the first century BC. The fortification comprises a single substantial rampart with external ditch, enclosing an area of approximately eight acres on a naturally elevated position. The site demonstrates characteristic Iron Age defensive design and was likely occupied until the Roman conquest of Britain in the first century AD. Associated Roman features, including sections of an aqueduct system, indicate continued utilisation and infrastructure development following the establishment of Roman control in the region.
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 late Iron Age hillfort situated near Dorchester in Dorset, England, constructed during the first century BC. 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Poundbury Camp, associated monuments and section of Roman aqueduct.'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.
Poundbury Camp, associated monuments and section of Roman aqueduct. stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.