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Dundon Hill Hillfort 
Plan of the siteLocation: Compton Dundon, Somerset, England Coordinates: 51°05′13″N 2°44′13″W / 51.08694°N 2.73694°WCoordinates: 51°05′13″N 2°44′13″W / 51.08694°N 2.73694°W Built: Iron Age Scheduled monument Designated: 1996[1] Reference #: 22076[2] 
Location of Dundon Hill Hillfort in SomersetDundon Hill Hillfort is an Iron Age hillfort in Compton Dundon, Somerset, England. It has been designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[2] South east of the site is a Bronze Age bowl barrow which was later modified as a Norman Motte, known as Dundon Beacon.[3]
The 5 hectares (12 acres) site is guarded by a single bank ranging from .5 metres (1.6 ft) to 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) high, however parts of the site have been damaged by quarrying.[2] Flint flakes, Bronze Age pottery, and Iron Age pottery have also been found, which are now in the Somerset County Museum.[1]
Dundon Hill, also sometimes called Dundon Beacon, stands out prominently in the flat country of King's Sedgemoor, rising to a height of 270 feet. One writer on ancient earthworks notes that it "looks like a respectable mountain and is in fact a natural island fortress". The whole of the hilltop is enclosed by the single bank of stones and earth.[4]
See also
- List of hill forts and ancient settlements in Somerset
References
- ^ a b "Dundon Hill". Pastscape. English Heritage. http://www.pastscape.org/hob.aspx?hob_id=194013. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ a b c "Dundon Hillfort, Compton Dundon". Historic Environment Record. Somerset County Council. http://webapp1.somerset.gov.uk/her/details.asp?prn=53760. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
- ^ "Dundon Beacon". Pastscape. English Heritage. http://www.pastscape.org/hob.aspx?hob_id=193995. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ Edward J. Burrow, Ancient earthworks & camps of Somerset (1924), p. 84
Categories:- Hill forts in Somerset
- Scheduled Ancient Monuments in Somerset
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