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Maiden Castle, Dorset

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Iris Fernandez

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Scott Vanderbilt

Last modified Apr 06, 2017 03:27 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.

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Base map by Ryan M. Horne for Pleiades and the Ancient World Mapping Center (ancient terrain after the Barrington Atlas). Map interaction design and implementation by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, and Tom Elliott for Pleiades.

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

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
50.6974512, -2.4717747

Locations:

OSM location of Maiden Castle (800 BC - AD 100)

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, tower

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Related:

GeoNames 2643187

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Iris Fernandez, Jeffrey Becker, and Scott Vanderbilt, 'Maiden Castle, Dorset: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2017 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/232755444> [accessed: 03 August 2020]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/232755444 |title=Places: 232755444 (Maiden Castle, Dorset) |author=Fernandez, I. |accessdate=August 3, 2020 1:40 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Maiden Castle, Dorset