Maiden Castle

American  

noun

1. an ancient fortification in Dorsetshire, England, first erected c250 b.c. over the remains of Neolithic and Bronze Age settlements of c2000–c1500 b.c.

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Example Sentences

For Houghton, it is a special return home to the north-east with City drawn against Championship side Durham at Maiden Castle.

From BBC

This is in contrast to the "developed" hillforts found in southern England, such as Danebury and Maiden Castle, where there is evidence of settlement.

From BBC

It has its basis in the large earthworks at Maiden Castle in Dorset, he now believes, and is best known to readers in the shape of the contours of the atmospheric Barrow-downs in Lord of the Rings.

From The Guardian

In the year before Tolkien wrote this passage, major excavations in Maiden Castle had been chronicled in a newspaper column of archaeological highlights written by his friend REM Wheeler.

From The Guardian

It is far from clear that “hillforts” were all primarily military: some, like Maiden Castle in Dorset, are too large and may also have been places of congregation and prestige.

From The Guardian