Maiden Castle is a mystery — but that was intentional, as part of a defensive strategy. An attacker would have had no idea what lay in store on the further side of the ridge on which the great ...

A new study by archaeologists at Bournemouth University has revealed that bodies recovered from a "war-cemetery," previously attributed to the Roman Conquest of Britain at Maiden Castle Iron Age ...

The newly discovered information has archaeologists questioning decades of work. A new study published by archaeologists at Bournemouth University (published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology) has ...

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The Roman invasion of Dorset included 30 battles, the conquest of two great tribes and the capture of 20 fortresses.In Iron Age Dorset, a tribe called the Durotriges sited their capital at Maiden ...

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You are in: Dorset > History > Local History > Maiden Castle in pictures The 'War' Cemetery - bodies of 38 Iron Age warriors were uncovered during an excavation in the 20th century. This is evidence ...

Game of Thrones-like barons in England were responsible for the brutal massacre of dozens of people 2,000 years ago, research has revealed. The 62 skeletons, found with skulls “smashed to oblivion”, ...