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Hod Hill

Near Blandford, Dorset

A Roman fort built inside an Iron Age hillfort the Romans had stormed.

Hod Hill was a huge Iron Age hillfort. During the Roman invasion it was captured, perhaps after a bombardment with bolts from Roman catapults, aimed at the chief's hut.

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When
AD 43–51
Where
50.8900, -2.2100
Group
Roman Britain

Visiting

National Trust, free, with paths from Stourpaine.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
Read the full story in the book

The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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