Maiden Castle

…Rings dates from pre-Roman times; Maiden Castle (2 miles [3 km] southwest), a vast earthwork encircled by entrenchments and ramparts and occupying more than 120 acres (50 hectares), was the site of important settlement from Neolithic times into the Iron Age.

Excavating at Maiden Castle in Dorset (1934–37), he found evidence of a settlement dating from the Neolithic Period, prior to 2000 bce. He conducted further excavations in Brittany and Normandy (1938–39).

…occupied throughout prehistoric times is Maiden Castle just outside Dorchester, the main town in Roman times. The area subsequently became part of the West Saxon kingdom, and as Wessex it has been immortalized in the writings of Thomas Hardy. In the early 19th century the county was the scene of…