Wimborne, Dorset - Avenue by Badbury Rings - Frith postcard c.1960s

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^{Badbury Rings is an Iron Age hill fort in east Dorset, England. It was in the territory of the Durotriges. In the Roman era a temple was located immediately west of the fort, and there was a Romano-British town known as Vindocladia a short distance to the south-west.}

^{Badbury Rings sits 327 feet (100 m) above sea level. There are two main phases of construction; the first covered 7.3 hectares (18 acres) and was defended by multiple ditches, while the second was more than twice the size, covering 16.6 ha (41 acres) and defended by a single ditch and rampart.[1] Bronze Age round barrows in the vicinity demonstrate an earlier use of the area.}

^{Until 1983 Badbury Rings was privately owned as part of the Kingston Lacy estate, and the owners discouraged investigation of the site.[2] The site now belongs to the National Trust.[2] A survey of the hillfort by the RCHME was begun in 1993.[1] The summit area was cleared of undergrowth by the National Trust in 1997 and the conifer plantation was thinned out.[1] This allowed the RCHME to complete the survey in 1998, which recorded 28 potential hut sites within the ramparts,[3] although some depressions are probably caused by uprooted trees.[1] The first excavations, led by Martin Papworth, took place in 2004, when three evaluation trenches were dug.[3] Almost all of the pottery found was dated to the Late Iron Age.[4] The current evidence does not suggest that the hillfort was a principal settlement in the Early Iron Age.[4] It seems likely that the hillfort became depopulated towards the end of the Late Iron Age, perhaps as the Vindocladia settlement near Shapwick developed.[5]}

^{Badbury Rings is the fifth in a series of Iron Age earthworks,[6] starting from Hambledon Hill, and also including Hod Hill, Spetisbury Rings, Buzbury Rings, Badbury Rings and Dudsbury Camp. The Iron Age port at Hengistbury Head forms a final Iron Age monument in this small chain of sites.}