Coney’s Castle lies south-east of Lamberth’s Castle on the western edge of Dorset and has never been excavated.. Both hillforts lie on the boundary between the ancient tribes of the Durotriges, in Dorset, and the Dumnonii in Somerset. It is not sure where Coney’s Castle was used as border post or a defended enclosure for keeping cattle and sheep safe from wild animals and/or unfriendly raiding parties. The hillfort is cut by the modern road and its southern part is separated from the main fort by the steep ramparts and huge ditches, which surround the fort, making it into a separate enclosure.

Photo taken from the north in December 1990. FR 51/9 [Source: The National Trust - Archaeological sites in Dorset - 2000]