Poundbury Hill Fort
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Poundbury Hill Fort by Nigel Mykura as part of the Geograph project.
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Poundbury Hill Fort
Image: © Nigel Mykura Taken: 20 May 2008
This is the southern ramparts looking west of the rectangular shaped earth-built structure which dates from the middle bronze age c 1500BC. The northern side was badly damaged by the Romans building an aqueduct for Dorchester.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.718643
Longitude
-2.453521