Maiden Castle, Dorset

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Iris Fernandez

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Scott Vanderbilt

Last modified Mar 01, 2023 01:58 PM — History

One of the largest and most complex Iron Age hillforts in Europe, Maiden Castle, in Dorset, was occupied from the Neolithic period through to the fourth century A.D.

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Canonical URI for this page:
http://3.22.44.247/places/232755444

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
50.6974512, -2.4717747

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Maiden Castle (800 BC - AD 100) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Less than certain: Δοὺνιον (Dunium: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Maiden Castle (English, modern)

Maiden Castle, Dorset makes connections with:

Maiden Castle, Dorset connection Durno(no)varia (unspecified date range)

Maiden Castle, Dorset receives connections from:

None

Place type:
fort, fort, tower (deprecated)

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Related:

GeoNames 2643187

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Iris Fernandez, Jeffrey Becker, and Scott Vanderbilt, 'Maiden Castle, Dorset: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <http://3.22.44.247/places/232755444> [accessed: 04 July 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=http://3.22.44.247/places/232755444 |title=Places: 232755444 (Maiden Castle, Dorset) |author=Fernandez, I. |accessdate=July 4, 2025 7:35 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}