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Hod Hill This is the largest hillfort in Dorset. The ramparts of the Iron Age fort were reused by the Roman army as a military camp. This can be seen on the north-west corner on the left hand side of the photograph The Roman fort had three gates, two of which can be clearly seen in the photo. Each gate had a watchtower and there was a fourth tower in the south-east corner. Excavations of the barrack blocks revealed that a legion of 600 men and a cavalry unit of 250 were garrisoned here. Inside the Iron Age hillfort, and mainly on the south-east corner which has never been ploughed, circular hollows and ridges can still be detected.
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These are the remains of buildings and boundaries of the Iron Age village. Photo taken in November 1995 from the west. FR 181/22
[Source: The National Trust - Archaeological sites in Dorset - 2000]
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