<< Our Photo Pages >> Maiden Castle (Dorset) - Hillfort in England in Dorset
Submitted by Baz on Friday, 20 October 2017 Page Views: 35940
Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Maiden Castle (Dorset)Country: England County: Dorset Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Dorchester Nearest Village: Winterborne Monkton
Map Ref: SY66908846 Landranger Map Number: 194
Latitude: 50.694837N Longitude: 2.469998W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
Internal Links:
External Links:
I have visited· I would like to visit
SumDoood would like to visit
RedKite1985 visited on 21st Apr 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
achiersnakes visited on 2nd Jun 2016 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Amazing Iron Age hill fort. Car park next to site with a well-gravelled footpath leading up to the centre of the fort. The fort is huge and took about an hour to walk around the outside of it at a steady pace. Atmosphere is amazing and lots of ruins on top, as well as information boards and markers. Definitely one for the bucket-list!
FrothNinja visited on 1st Aug 2013 - their rating: Amb: 4
graemefield visited on 5th Feb 2013 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 2
SolarMegalith visited on 22nd Oct 2011 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4
PAB visited on 12th Oct 2011 To help us enjoy both an evening visit and be close enough to just walk up for a dawn attempt at the sunrise/moonset double, we used the Camping & Caravan site just at the foot of Maiden Castle itself.
This meant a fairly easy & short walk up to the western entrance - what a delight to have somewhere to leave the campervan & just walk up to such a magnificent location..
For information, the sunrise was about 7.30, with the moon not setting until just after 9am - not often you can catch 2 such lovely times with such a short interval between them. Checking the great Photographers Ephemeris website helps to make me decide whether it might be worth putting an early alarm on - highly recommend it as a source of timing information..
dubnicos visited on 1st Jun 2010 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5
ForestDaughter visited on 23rd Sep 2008 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4
DrewParsons maddy AngieLake MikeGreen Andy B JimChampion TimPrevett sirius_b mdensham have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.67 Ambience: 4.71 Access: 3.83
Official Maiden Castle Audio Tour now available, see the comments below
Note: Sara Perry from the University of York has found archive evidence of the world’s first English-language archaeology TV shows - broadcast by the BBC in 1937 (yes that's 1937!) - more details in the comment on our page
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.
These are just the first 25 photos of Maiden Castle (Dorset). If you log in with a free user account you will be able to see our entire collection.
Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site
Nearby sites
Click here to view sites on an interactive OS mapKey: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed
Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)
To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.
Turn off the page maps and other distractions
Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
36m NE 56° Maiden Castle Causewayed Enclosure* Causewayed Enclosure (SY66938848)
45m NNE 26° Maiden Castle Bank Barrow* Long Barrow (SY66928850)
510m NW 310° Maiden Castle Long Barrow 1 Long Barrow (SY66518879)
571m NNW 349° Maiden Castle Linear Earthwork Misc. Earthwork (SY66798902)
781m NNW 341° Lanceborough Enclosure Misc. Earthwork (SY66658920)
798m NNW 338° Maiden Castle Barrow Cemetery* Barrow Cemetery (SY666892)
977m NNW 340° Maiden Castle Long Barrow 2 Long Barrow (SY66578938)
1.4km WNW 293° Clandon Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SY65638900)
1.5km SSW 212° Ashton Farm Bowl Barrows Barrow Cemetery (SY66088717)
1.6km E 91° Herringston Bowl Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SY68478842)
1.6km E 90° Herringston Long Barrow* Long Barrow (SY68548844)
1.9km WSW 255° Four Barrow Hill* Round Barrow(s) (SY651880)
2.0km SSW 198° Upwey Ridgeway* Barrow Cemetery (SY66298659)
2.3km WSW 247° Eweleaze Barn* Barrow Cemetery (SY648876)
2.6km NE 55° Maumbury Rings* Henge (SY69018992)
2.7km S 173° Ridgeway Hill* Barrow Cemetery (SY672858)
2.7km SSE 156° Winterborne Came 18b (Bincombe) Cairn (SY680860)
2.7km NW 312° Bridport Road Barrow Cemetery Barrow Cemetery (SY649903)
2.7km SW 230° Ridge Hill* Barrow Cemetery (SY648867)
2.8km SE 140° Came Down* Barrow Cemetery (SY687863)
2.8km E 81° Conygar Hill Barrows* Barrow Cemetery (SY697889)
2.9km SSE 160° Bincombe Down* Barrow Cemetery (SY679857)
3.0km NNE 25° Poundbury* Hillfort (SY68199113)
3.1km NE 44° Dorset County Museum* Museum (SY691907)
3.2km NE 48° Dorchester, Tudor Arcade* Timber Circle (SY693906)
View more nearby sites and additional images