Maiden Castle, Dorset

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Iris Fernandez

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Maxime Guénette, Scott Vanderbilt

Last modified Dec 22, 2024 03:01 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.

500 km

Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/232755444

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
50.6946674109, -2.4700923579

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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, hillfort

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Iris Fernandez, Jeffrey Becker, Maxime Guénette, and Scott Vanderbilt, 'Maiden Castle, Dorset: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/232755444> [accessed: 26 March 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/232755444 |title=Places: 232755444 (Maiden Castle, Dorset) |author=Fernandez, I. |accessdate=March 26, 2025 12:58 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}