Dolbury

Dolbury
Martin Bodman · CC BY-SA 2.0

Dolbury is an Iron Age hillfort within the grounds of Killerton Park in Devon, England, dating to around 600 BC. Situated on a 120-metre hilltop overlooking the River Culm, it features an irregular oval plan enclosing approximately 2.2 hectares. The defences utilise the natural slope of the hill, strengthened by a rampart and ditch on the western side. A smaller, well-defended enclosure was added to the west after the main fort's completion. Now a Scheduled Monument owned by the National Trust, recent geophysical surveys identified Iron Age and Bronze Age deposits.

TypeFortress/citadel
Period1500 - 500 BC
CountryEngland
Coordinates50.7941° N, 3.4641° W

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