Maiden Castle, Dorset, late C4thAD pagan Romano-Celtic temple: central shrine surrounded by an ambulatory with entrances at the E.

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Maiden Castle late C4thAD pagan Romano-Celtic temple: central shrine surrounded by an ambulatory with entrances at the E. Built when the official Roman religion was Christianity & after the fort had been abandoned since Roman capture in the C1stAD. The E end of the fort seems to have served as a sacred precinct with a variety of shrines from the prehistoric Iron Age through to the late Roman period.

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Size: 5054px × 3676px
Location: Maiden Castle Hillfort Temple, Dorchester, Dorset, England, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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