The multiple ditch and bank defences at the western entrance to Maiden Castle near Dorchester
A view of the multiple ditch and bank defences at the western entrance to Maiden Castle near Dorchester: one of the finest, largest and most complex Iron Age hillforts in Britain. Originally a Neolithic causewayed camp, it was extended in the Iron Age and eventually occupied by the Romans. Late evening light
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Location: Maiden Castle, Dorchester, Dorset, England, UK
Photo credit: © Jean Williamson / Alamy / Afripics
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