Rawlsbury Camp is a small strategically important Iron Age Hillfort sited on an imposing spur of Bulbarrow Hill in North west Dorset, commanding spectacular views. Rawlsbury is a sub rounded/oval multivallate hillfort (although, it's believed to have developed from an earlier univallate hillfort) of double ramparts and ditches with additional elaborate rampart and ditch defences around its entrance, the area contained is about 1.6 hectares. I don't believe it's ever been excavated, well, I can find no reference anyway. Set in Hardy country, when you sit on its grassy ramparts, you really do feel far from the madding crowd. It's one of those places where you can escape the noise of modernity, and soak in the silence. Well, not silence really, there's still the sounds of nature, but you know what I mean. Worth a visit.
No comments:
Post a Comment