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Compton Dundon hillfort with Dundon Beacon, east of Dundon

Scheduled monument

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The National Heritage List for England records Compton Dundon hillfort with Dundon Beacon, east of Dundon as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Compton Dundon hillfort with Dundon Beacon is a multi-period earthwork site including a hillfort and a later Iron Age or Roman beacon. It is not typically classified as a fairy fort (ringfort/rath), which are usually early-medieval Irish or Scottish in origin. No specific folklore linking it to fairies or similar traditions is recorded.

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