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Name:Iron Age hillfort on Pilsdon Pen, Pilsdon
Type of Record:Monument
HER Number:MDO2018
Last edited:Nov 25 2024 12:24PM

Location:Pilsdon; Dorset
Grid Reference:ST 412 013

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 1019394: Pilsdon Pen hillfort and associated remains

Sources and Further Reading

<1>SWX1197 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1:2500 scale. 1:2500. 1889.
<2>SDO11594 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1900. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two. paper. 1:2500. OS 25" 1902.
<3>SDO97 - Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 179-180.
<4>SWX1169 - Unpublished document: Swatridge, G C. Various. Field Investigators Comments GCS. F1 GCS 04-MAR-55.
<5>SDO64 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1965. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1964. 86. 102.
<6>SDO65 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1966. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1965. 87. 90.
<7>SDO66 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1967. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1966. 88. 106-107.
<8>SDO67 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1968. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1967. 89. 123-125.
<9>SWX1540 - Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1968.
<10>SDO68 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1969. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1968. 90. 166-167.
<11>SDO69 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1970. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1969. 91. 177-178.
<12>SDO17119 - Serial: 2017. Current Archaeology. 323. 78-81 2 1969-1970.
<13>SDO70 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1971. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1970. 92. 126-127.
<14>SDO71 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1972. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1971. 93. 133-134.
<15>SDO17330 - Serial: Prehistoric Society. 1977. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 43. 43. p. 263-86 Vol. 43 1977 (P S Gelling).
<16>SWX1070 - Monograph: Cunliffe, Barry (ed ). 1978. Lowland Iron Age communities in Europe: papers presented to a conference of the Department for External Studies held at Oxford, October 1977. S48. 34-37 48 (W Rodwell).
<17>SDO17414 - Monograph: Hogg, A H A. 1979. British hillforts: an index. 200 62.
<18>SDO83 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1983. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1983. 105. 139.
<19>SDO82 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1983. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1982. 104. 178-179.
<20>SDO17130 - Digital archive: Lock, G, and Ralston, I. 2017. Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland [ONLINE]. EN3603.
<21>SDO14566 - Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 08-MAY-1996. OS/96569 V 122-3.
<22>SDO14567 - Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 16-FEB-2005. NMR ST 4101/27-34 (NMR 23816/21-28).
<23>SDO13314 - Aerial Photograph: Dorset County Council. XX-XXX-2009. Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile. ST4101.ecw.
<26>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. AA71/03963.
<27>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. 1007323.
<28>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. 1007324.
<29>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. 1007325.
<30>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. 1007326.
<31>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. 1007327.
<32>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. 1007328.
<33>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. 882569.
<34>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. AA71/03962.
<35>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. AA71/03964.
<36>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. AA71/03965.
<37>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. AA71/03966.
<38>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. AF1007320.
<39>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. BB71/06871.
<40>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. CC74/00413.
<41>SDO17245 - Scheduling record: English Heritage. Scheduling Amendment. 29-JAN-2001.
<42>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. P11754 1.
<43>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. P11755 1.
<44>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. P11756 1.
<45>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. RCH01/088.
<46>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. AA71/03961.
<47>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. APs (CUC AX 82 HW 40).
<48>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. P11753 1.

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