Excavating a 2,500-year-old Iron Age hill fort
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Archaeology, Defence Training Estate (DTE), Lulworth Training Area, Operation Nightingale
A team of archaeologists and volunteers has just finished excavating part of a 2,500-year-old Iron Age hillfort on Lulworth Training Area. The impressively sited Flower’s Barrow hillfort is sadly being lost to the sea due to coastal erosion due to its …
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