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Poundbury Camp is an Iron Age hillfort, situated on Poundbury Hill near Dorchester, Dorset. The hill has been the site of human settlement for over 4,000 years. It includes evidence of a Neolithic settlement of the 3rd millennium BC; a substantial Bronze Age occupation with hut plans, pits and field systems; the Iron Age hillfort along with other structures, enclosures and related burials of the late Iron Age. There is also a section of Roman aqueduct incorporated in the western and northern parts of the monument. On the eastern half of the hill is situated an earlier Romano-British farmstead; and an extensive later cemetery, possibly Christian, consisting of some c1450 burials. The site is within the council area of Dorset.
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1013337.

Place Type: Hillfort
Historic County: Dorset
Lat, Long: 50.719093,-2.4512161
Grid Reference: SY 6824 9114
Civil Parish: Dorchester CP
Council Area: Dorset CA
Police Area: Dorset PA

GBPN ID: 303949
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Poundbury_Camp,_Dorset_303949

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