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Name:Iron Age hillfort on Pilsdon Pen, Pilsdon
Type of Record:Monument
HER Number:MDO2018
Last edited:Apr 20 2021 11:57AM

Location:Pilsdon; Dorset
Grid Reference:ST 412 013
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Monument Type(s):


Summary

A hillfort enclosing the southern end of Pilsdon Pen . The earthworks form an irregular oval enclosure consisting of two banks and ditches, and enclose an area of around 7¾ acres. Where the slope is less steep or absent there is an interval between the inner and the outer systems. There appear to have been three original entrances to the hillfort. A square earthwork in the centre is a pillow mound.

Protected Status

  • Scheduled Monument 23A
  • Scheduled Monument DO23: Pilsdon Pen Camp

Sources and Further Reading

---SDO17130 - Digital archive: Lock, G, and Ralston, I. 2017. Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland [ONLINE]. EN3603.
<1>SDO97 - Bibliographic reference: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset. Volume One (West). 179-180.
<2>SDO64 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1965. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1964. 86. 102.
<3>SDO65 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1966. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1965. 87. 90.
<4>SDO66 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1967. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1966. 88. 106-107.
<5>SDO67 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1968. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1967. 89. 123-125.
<6>SDO68 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1969. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1968. 90. 166-167.
<7>SDO69 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1970. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1969. 91. 177-178.
<8>SDO70 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1971. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1970. 92. 126-127.
<9>SDO71 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1972. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1971. 93. 133-134.
<10>SDO82 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1983. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1982. 104. 178-179.
<11>SDO14566 - Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 08-MAY-1996. OS/96569 V 122-3.
<12>SDO14567 - Aerial Photograph: NMR. 16-FEB-2005. ST 4101/27-34 (NMR 23816/21-28).
<13>SDO13314 - Aerial Photograph: Dorset County Council. XX-XXX-2009. Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile. ST4101.ecw.

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