Badbury Rings

Badbury Rings is an Iron Age hill fort and Scheduled Monument in east Dorset [1]. It was in the territory of the Durotriges [1]. In the Roman era a temple was located immediately west of the fort [1]. Badbury Rings sits 327 feet above sea level [1]. There are two main phases of construction; the first covered 7.3 hectares and was defended by multiple ditches, while the second was more than twice the size, covering 16.6 ha and defended by a single ditch and rampart [1]. Bronze Age round barrows in the vicinity demonstrate an earlier use of the area [1]. During the Roman era, five Roman roads formed a complex junction on the north side of Badbury Rings [1]. The hillfort has been a scheduled ancient monument since 1924 [1].