Ringmoor

Ringmoor is an Iron Age/Romano-British farming settlement in Dorset, to the north of Turnworth. The site comprises of the 'Ring' - a fortified central farmstead, although it could be described as a minor hill fort - together with extensive remnants of the associated field boundaries and roads. Ringmoor would have been controlled by the Durotriges, a confederation of British tribes who also built well known pre-Roman hill forts such as Maiden Castle, Eggardon Hill, Hod Hill, Hambledon Hill, Lamberts Castle, Badbury Rings and Pilsdon Pen. Following Roman domination, their main towns became the modern Dorchester (in Latin, Durnovaria) and the modern Ilcheste (in Latin, Lindinis). A Scheduled Ancient Monument, Ringmoor is currently owned by the National Trust.