Badbury Rings
Badbury Rings is an Iron Age hill fort and Scheduled Monument in east Dorset, England. It was in the territory of the Durotriges. In the Roman era a temple was located immediately west of the fort, and there was a Romano-British town known as Vindocladia a short distance to the south-west.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Email: kingstonlacy@nationaltrust.org.uk
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Iron Age hill fort in east Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Badbury Camp”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Philae obelisk and Kingston Lacy.
Philae obelisk
Obelisk
Photo: Eugene Birchall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Philae obelisk is one of a pair of twin obelisks erected at Philae in Upper Egypt in the second century BC. It was discovered by William John Bankes in 1815, who had it brought to Kingston Lacy in Dorset, England, where it still stands today. Philae obelisk is situated 1½ miles southeast of Badbury Rings.
Kingston Lacy
Manor estate
Photo: Vauxford, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kingston Lacy is a country house and estate near Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England. It was for many years the family seat of the Bankes family who lived nearby at Corfe Castle until its destruction in the English Civil War after its incumbent owners, Sir John Bankes and Dame Mary, had remained loyal to Charles I. Kingston Lacy is situated 1½ miles southeast of Badbury Rings.
Church of St Mary the Virgin
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary the Virgin is situated 2 miles southwest of Badbury Rings.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hinton Parva and Tarrant Rushton.
Hinton Parva
Village
Photo: Toby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hinton Parva is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the civil parish of Hinton, in east Dorset, England, three miles north of Wimborne Minster. The parish had a population of 56 in 2001 and included the nearby village of Stanbridge. Hinton Parva is situated 2 miles northeast of Badbury Rings.
Tarrant Rushton
Village
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tarrant Rushton is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. The village is situated in the Tarrant Valley about three miles east of Blandford Forum. Tarrant Rushton is situated 2½ miles northwest of Badbury Rings.
Witchampton
Village
Photo: Colin Foot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Witchampton is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated on the River Allen 5 miles north of Wimborne Minster. The 2011 census recorded a population of 398. Witchampton is situated 2½ miles northeast of Badbury Rings.
Badbury Rings
- Categories: contour fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Shapwick, East Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.82638° or 50° 49′ 35″ northLongitude
-2.05234° or 2° 3′ 8″ westOpen location code
9C2VRWGX+H3OpenStreetMap ID
way 1301857308OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q798831
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Latin—“Badbury Rings” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Badbury Rings”
- French: “Badbury Rings”
- German: “Badbury Rings”
- Latin: “Badbury Rings”
- Latin: “Vindocladia”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Badbury Rings and Locust Clump.
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