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Dowsborough hillfort

Open accesson open access land, where the right to roam applies

Earthworks onlybanks, ditches and platforms — read the ground, not walls

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Dowsborough hillfort is a hillfort in Somerset. The Albion Guide lists 29 hillforts in the county; this is one of them. It sits within the Quantock Hills National Landscape.

Plainsfield Camp and Trendle Ring are among the hillforts within 4.1 km. The closest station is Bishop's Lydeard, 10.1 km to the south.

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