Dudsbury Camp

Nearest town:
Bournemouth (6km SSE)
OS reference:
SZ077979
OS sheet:
195
Latitude:
50° 46' 48.08 N
Longitude:
1° 53' 26.78 W
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Image of Dudsbury Camp (Hillfort) by juamei

Image Credit: Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015.

Image credit: Open Source Environment Agency LIDAR
juamei
juamei Mar 25, 2018
Image of Dudsbury Camp (Hillfort) by formicaant

The southern rampart looking down towards the river Stour.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 04/09/2007.
formicaant
formicaant Sep 4, 2007

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Dudsbury Camp

formicaant
formicaant Sep 4, 2007

This is a bit of a disapointment to visit, as the major northern pair of ditches and banks are fenced off on private property. Also it’s heavily wooded. However it is of significance in terms of it’s location on a prominence above a river, this is unusual in Dorset. It consists of two sets of ramparts and ditches on the north and west sides, the southern edge has only a small bank as the drop to the river Stour is very steep at this point. The interior of the hillfort now houses various buildings owned the girl guides, and used as a campsite.

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Dudsbury Camp
Hillfort
phil
phil Dec 30, 2003

Thedorsetpage.com

Dudsbury Camp, an ancient site overlooking the Stour, from which the Ancient Britons guarded the ford across the river.

Although Dudsbury was named after a Saxon called Dude, it was first fortified by men 150 years before the birth of Christ. Today it is still a camp, but for a more friendly people. Girl Guides fill its vast sward each summer with giggling girls singing around camp fires.

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