What is recorded here
Penbury Hill Fort is a castle, fort or tower in Dorset, England. Perhaps people climbed the hill to watch weather or danger arrive. Maybe the fort still holds that old purpose of seeing far. Imagine standing there at dusk, asking what the view warned people to protect.
A named place photographed at this map point in Dorset.
Places near here
Church of St RumboldListed building · 405 yd
Pentridge DownNature reserve · 535 yd
Penbury Knoll camp on Pentridge HillScheduled monument · 646 yd
Penbury Hill Fort RampartCastle, fort or tower · 663 yd
Trig station at Penbury KnollHeritage place · 1089 yd
Long barrow on Bokerley DownAncient burial place · 1547 yd
Blackbush PlantationWood · 1685 yd
Blackbush DownMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Blagdon HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Round barrows on Handley Hill, close to the Ackling DykeMountain or hill · 1.5 mi
BoveridgeVisitor information · 2.2 mi
Milestone near PentridgeMonument or public art · 1584 ydOther information
Photo: Clive Perrin · CC BY-SA 2.0