Maiden Castle - Dorchester, Dorset - Largest Iron Age hill fort in England (Made with DJI)
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Maiden ('Mai Dun' in Celtic
Maiden ('Mai Dun' in Celtic meaning great hill/fort) Castle hill fort encompasses an impressive 47 acres just two miles south of Dorchester town centre located just off the A345.
Maiden Castle stands alone as the largest and most impressive hill fort in Britain, originally constructed around 600 BC but was not nearly as large or impressive back then only about 16 acres in size with a single, simple ditch and bank reaching a height of around 9 feet. This was later expanded in around 450 BC to encompass an area of 47 acres with new defences rising to 11 feet and several new ditches in excess of 23 feet.
The population fluctuated but remained primarily agricultural in nature during this time, but the site of Maiden Castle started to establish itself as a very important iron producer in Southern Britain in the late Iron Age. Although the local area lacked few natural resources to create their own metal, it is thought that there was a great deal of trade amongst the forts and towns of the area.
By the time of the Roman occupation, about 43AD, the population of Maiden Castle had dwindled and was focused mainly in the eastern section of the hill top area. A small cemetery on the site indicates that there were at least some inhabitants over the next few hundred years, but the population did not grow by any great number. Around 367 AD a Romano-Celtic temple was erected.
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Maiden Castle stands alone as the largest and most impressive hill fort in Britain, originally constructed around 600 BC but was not nearly as large or impressive back then only about 16 acres in size with a single, simple ditch and bank reaching a height of around 9 feet. This was later expanded in around 450 BC to encompass an area of 47 acres with new defences rising to 11 feet and several new ditches in excess of 23 feet.
The population fluctuated but remained primarily agricultural in nature during this time, but the site of Maiden Castle started to establish itself as a very important iron producer in Southern Britain in the late Iron Age. Although the local area lacked few natural resources to create their own metal, it is thought that there was a great deal of trade amongst the forts and towns of the area.
By the time of the Roman occupation, about 43AD, the population of Maiden Castle had dwindled and was focused mainly in the eastern section of the hill top area. A small cemetery on the site indicates that there were at least some inhabitants over the next few hundred years, but the population did not grow by any great number. Around 367 AD a Romano-Celtic temple was erected.
Made with DJI, Black Magic and Apple
Checkout my playlist on Ancient Monuments of Great Britain :
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Checkout my playlist on Natural Beauty of Great Briton :
Natural Beauty of Great Britain
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