Shipton Hill Settlement
The Shipton Hill Settlement is an archaeological site, a defended settlement of the Iron Age, near Shipton Gorge in Dorset, England. It is a scheduled monument.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: hillfort in Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Earthwork on Shipton Hill” and “Shipton Hill”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parish Church of St Martin and Parish Church of St Michael.
Parish Church of St Martin
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parish Church of St Martin is situated 3,900 feet southwest of Shipton Hill Settlement.
Parish Church of St Michael
Church
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parish Church of St Michael is situated 1½ miles east of Shipton Hill Settlement.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 1½ miles west of Shipton Hill Settlement.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shipton Gorge and Uploders.
Shipton Gorge
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shipton Gorge is a village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, 3 miles east of Bridport. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of Shipton Gorge parish is 350.
Uploders
Hamlet
Photo: Stephen Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Uploders is a small village in Dorset, England. It consists mainly of houses, and has a pub, the Crown, a Grade II listed Methodist chapel and a playing field.
Askerswell
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Askerswell is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England. It is sited on the small River Asker. It lies 11 miles west of the county town Dorchester.
Shipton Hill Settlement
- Categories: earthworks, contour fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Shipton Gorge, West Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.72669° or 50° 43′ 36″ northLongitude
-2.69876° or 2° 41′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C2VP8G2+MFOpenStreetMap ID
node 12609751016OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q17645368
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Shipton Hill and Rookhams Copse.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Shipton Hill Settlement”. Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.