Oblique aerial reconstruction showing the western entrance of Maiden Castle in the middle Iron Age (400 –120 BC), the banks and ditches were formidable obstacles to attackers, but they may have been built for the purposes of display too, symbolizing the dominance and power of the hillfort community

Date:
Jan 2017
Location:
Maiden Castle, Winterborne St. Martin, Dorset
Reference:
IC064/021
Type:
Drawing (Digital)
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Content

This is part of the Volume: IC064 Maiden Castle, Dorset; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Artist: Urmston, Peter

Keywords

Iron Age Hillfort