Maiden Castle, Dorset

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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1. What is the earliest identified human activity?Neolithic causewayed enclosure and bank barrow
2. What is the primary hill fort construction phase?Initiated circa 600 BC
3. What is Maiden Castle in Dorset?Maiden Castle is Britain's biggest Iron Age hill fort. It was built thousands of years ago and has huge walls that look like a giant ancient playground.
4. When was Maiden Castle built and how big did it become?It started around 600 BC with a simple wall. Around 450 BC it grew to about 19 hectares, making it the largest hill fort in Britain.

Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure: An ancient enclosure from the New Stone Age, characterized by ditches and banks, often with multiple entrances.
Bank Barrow: A long, artificial mound of earth, typically dating from the Neolithic or Bronze Age, often containing burials.
Roman Conquest of Britain: The military invasion and occupation of Great Britain by the Roman Empire, beginning in 43 AD.
Scheduled Monument: A nationally important archaeological site or historic building that is legally protected from unauthorized alteration.