I was working at Southampton and had to go to Bridgewater, so I thought I would take the scenic rout via Dorchester and have a look at the biggest Iron age fort in the UK
Main entrance
Top of wall 3 looking out of main entrance
Looking north to Dorchester
The top plain
Ditch between wall 2 and 3, very steep
Lines in the ditch walls made by generations of sheep cropping the grass
Bottom of ditch between wall 2 and 3
Top of wall 2 looking at wall 3
Ditch between wall 1 and 2
Top of wall 1, you cannot even see wall 3 over wall 2
Dorchester to the North
The castle looking south from the access road
4 comments:
I've never been there and your photos give a great sense of how massive the site is - it looks like it could easily be defended now! Oswestry is pretty well intact but a fraction of the size of that monster. Glad to see you're getting your work/wargames balance right!
Looks like some of the sites Mary and I visited on the Somme.
The walls were so steep, I wouldn't have liked to assault them in heavy armour, carrying a shield and taking fire from above.
I must sort out some ancient siege rule as this was one of the castle's that Vespasian and the 2nd assaulted on their drive west (marching with the eagles)
Deb & I stayed about 1/4 mile away in 2012, we visited the castle a few times during our week and really enjoyed the atmosphere of the place. It's bloody massive for sure!
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