Dungeon Hill
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  Dungeon Hill Shown within Dorset | |
| Location | Near Buckland Newton, Dorset |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 50°51′55″N 2°26′30″W / 50.86528°N 2.44167°W |
| OS grid reference | ST 690 074 |
| Type | Hillfort |
| Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
| History | |
| Periods | Iron Age Roman |
| Designated | 26 October 1934 |
| Reference no. | 1016895 |
| Identifiers | |
| Atlas of Hillforts | 3591 |
Dungeon Hill is an Iron Age hillfort, about 1+1⁄4 miles (2 kilometres) north of the village of Buckland Newton in Dorset, England.[1] It is a scheduled monument.[2]
The fort is on a low hill, height 600 feet (180 m); it has a single bank in a roughly oval shape, enclosing an area of about 9 acres (3.6 hectares). The rampart is 7 metres (23 feet) wide and about 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) above the interior. It has an external ditch of width 13 m (43 ft) and depth 2 m (6 ft 7 in). The height of the rampart above the base of the ditch is up to 6 m (20 ft). There are traces af an outer bank on the east side.[2][3][4]
There is an original causeway entrance of width about 3 m (10 ft) in the south; there are modern entrances in the north on both sides.[2][3][4]
On the east facing slope of the hill there are four lynchets, suggesting cultivation in the medieval period.[2][4]