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wonterland.bsky.social
Plus, we still got some great views out of it, even if it was very windy and cold up at the top.

#maidencastle #hillfort #dorchester #dorset #walk #footpath #hills #fields #farmfields #trees #view #cloudy #overcast
February 2, 2026 at 4:18 PM
wonterland.bsky.social
Even if the weather wasn't the best, it was still nice to come back and walk around edge, which we did in reverse this time.

#maidencastle #hillfort #dorchester #dorset #walk #footpath #hills #fields #farmfields #trees #flooding #view #cloudy #overcast
February 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM
wonterland.bsky.social
A couple images from a morning walk around Maiden Castle on a very overcast day (but still better than the rain we've had lately).

#maidencastle #hillfort #dorchester #dorset #walk #footpath #hills #fields #farmfields #trees #view #flockofbirds #murmuration #kestrel #hovering #cloudy #overcast
February 2, 2026 at 4:14 PM
mikerose.co.uk
#MaidenCastle #Dorset #NYEve25
December 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
wonterland.bsky.social
Despite the overcast weather, it still a great walk to do.

#boxingday #bincombe #ridgeway #maidencastle #martinstown #dorchester #dorset #walk #hike #countryside #countrysidewalks #southwinterborne #stream #footpath #view #hills #fields #farmfields #trees #bushes #sheep #cloudy #overcast
December 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
wonterland.bsky.social
This one took us to the top of the nearby ridgeway once again, repeating a walk from back in October.

#boxingday #bincombe #ridgeway #maidencastle #dorchester #dorset #walk #hike #countryside #countrysidewalks #footpath #view #hills #fields #farmfields #trees #bushes #cows #cow #cloudy #overcast
December 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
tleec.bsky.social
Excavation of skeletons at #MaidenCastle, a large Iron Age hillfort in Dorset, England. The photograph, taken in 1936 during excavations led by #SirMortimerWheeler, captures a "nest of skeletons" that were part of a mass burial.
#death #archaeology #burial
December 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
curious-bronwen.bsky.social
Great day out in Dorchester celebrating #maidencastle 40 years on -catching up with some friends and colleagues old and new!

This guy wasn’t bad @durotrigesdig.bsky.social
Dr Miles Russell Stands in front of a screen showing the title slide of his talk, Beyond the ‘Castle’ Maiden Castle - 40 years on programme of abstracts from the day
November 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
curious-bronwen.bsky.social
Great day listening to the papers and what a wonderful display @nancesw.bsky.social - congrats to the organisers!!
#maidencastle #dorsetarchaeology #prehistoricarchaeology

@prehistoricsociety.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
wonterland.bsky.social
This walk was 11 miles long by the time we got home.

#winterbornecame #ridgeway #weymouth #portland #dorchester #dorset #walk #hike #countryside #countrysidewalks #view #hardymonument #maidencastle #fields #farmfields #footpath #southwestcoastpath #11miles #longwalk #bluesky #cloudy #overcast
October 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
wonterland.bsky.social
A little further on, we stopped for lunch with views of the surrounding area.

#winterbornecame #ridgeway #dorchester #dorset #walk #hike #countryside #countrysidewalks #view #a354 #weymouthreliefroad #railway #hardymonument #maidencastle #fields #lunchbreak #footpath #bluesky #cloudy #lovelyday
October 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
wonterland.bsky.social
Eventually made it to the top of the ridgeway at Came Down Golf Club.

#winterbornecame #camedowngolfclub #ridgeway #weymouth #portland #dorchester #dorset #walk #hike #countryside #view #a354 #weymouthreliefroad #railway #maidencastle #fields #farmfields #footpath #bluesky #cloudy #lovelyday
October 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
wonterland.bsky.social
Off on another walk in the countryside today, this time heading west out of Dorchester.

#martinstown #maidencastle #hardymonument #dorchester #dorset #walk #hike #countryside #countrysidewalks #farm #fields #farmfields #footpath #view #bluesky #cloudy #lovelyday
September 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
wonterland.bsky.social
The weather certainly wasn't the best for this, but could you imagine walking up here in the searing heat that it was yesterday?

#maidencastle #englishheritage #dorchester #dorset #morning #walk #hillfort #footpath #fields #sheep #grazing #temple #hardymonument #cloudy #overcast #warm #humid
August 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
wonterland.bsky.social
Highlights from a walk to Maiden Castle this morning, which took us past the Sunflower Trail and around the edge of the hillfort.

#maidencastle #englishheritage #dorchester #dorset #morning #walk #sunflowertrail #maidencastlefarm #hillfort #footpath #fields #farmfield #cloudy #overcast #warm #humid
August 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
trimontiumtrust.bsky.social
🌄 #MaidenCastle, #Dorset — One of Britain’s largest #hillforts. Home to the Durotriges during the #Roman invasion.

Finds: slingstones, weapons & human remains with battle wounds—evidence of fierce resistance.

This Thurs: talk by Niall Sharples on The Hillforts of #Wessex
➡️ zurl.co/Pgciw

#IronAge
Aerial view of Maiden Castle, very green
July 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
only1invisibleman.bsky.social
Female Banded Agrion Damselfly seen on my walk into Durham with daughter Julie the other day. I was pleased to see it.
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#nature #lovenature #closeup #macro #MacroPhotography #ukpotd #Damselfly #maidencastle #durhamriverside #riverwear #durhamcity
June 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
archaeologynews.bsky.social
New study debunks Roman massacre myth at Maiden Castle, Britain’s iconic ‘war cemetery’

More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/05/stud...

#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #romanbritain #romanempire #maidencastle
June 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
jemojd.bsky.social
Sorry not sorry but #maidencastle is the superior hill fort - Dorset wins for the Celtic world end of story. (No, I’m just autistic) 😭😂
May 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
jemojd.bsky.social
I highly recommend the new research published from Bournemouth university in regards to #maidencastle and #durotriges
May 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
dark-history-tours.bsky.social
Mortimer-Wheelers interpretation of the "Battle Cemetery" at Maiden Castle has been proven to be incorrect after a re-analysis of the skeletal material: www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2518005... #MaidenCastle #MortimerWheeler #Archaeology
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk
May 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
emmatollefsen.bsky.social
Take a deep-dive into the demographic and skeletal analysis of this fascinating assemblage of violence-related injuries by reading the full article HERE:

👉🏻 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#IronAge #MaidenCastle #WarCemetery #Dorset #Britain #Bioarchaeology #ResearchArticle
FRAUGHT WITH HIGH TRAGEDY: A CONTEXTUAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL RECONSIDERATION OF THE MAIDEN CASTLE IRON AGE ‘WAR CEMETERY’ (ENGLAND)
The Iron Age ‘war cemetery’ of Maiden Castle hillfort, Dorset, England, is one of the most internationally celebrated of British archaeological discoveries, levels of trauma recorded on skeletons fou...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
wonterland.bsky.social
What a beautiful day for a little walk in the countryside, located to the south of my hometown, Dorchester.

#dorchester #dorset #maidencastle #hill #rollinghills #walk #countrysidewalk #cows #farmland #view #fields #bluesky #lovelyday #beautifulday
April 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
bridgesvictoria.bsky.social
The steep-sided ditches and western entryway to Maiden Castle - the largest Iron Age hillfort in Europe… Or the world?

#StandingStoneSunday
#hillfort #MaidenCastle
April 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
wonterland.bsky.social
We also saw plenty of sheep while we were up here, including one that was all on it's own at one point.

#maidencastle #englishheritage #dorchester #dorset #walk #hike #hillfort #hometown #fields #views #hardymonument #sheep #lonesheep #lamb #bluesky #lovelyday
April 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM