Excavating a 2,500-year-old Iron Age hill fort
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![Two men kneel on the ground next to a shallow trench. One, wearing a light red hoodie, is placing an item into a bucket. The background is foggy.](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2022/08/20220823-Participants-in-the-Op-Nightingale-excavation-of-Flowers-Barrow-on-Lulworth-Training-Area-2-Copyright-1024x683.jpg)
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 …