Bigbury Camp

A univallate Iron Age hillfort in the parish of Harbledown and Rough Common, Kent, the only confirmed Iron Age hillfort in east Kent. First occupied around 350 BC, with ditch-and-rampart defenses built in the 2nd century BC, the fort covers 10.7 hectares including a 3.2-hectare northern annex likely used as a cattle enclosure. It is believed to be the British stronghold stormed by Caesar's Seventh Legion in 54 BC, where defenders barricaded entrances with felled trees. Finds include fire-dogs, horse-harness fittings, ploughshares, and diverse tools indicating a prosperous agricultural community.