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A lesser Known Hillfort, Dorset: Phoxx 1V2 Tent Camp
Late April 2025
I visited this unknown hillfort as a recommendation. it is a quiet spot that felt like somewhere mostly known to locals – the kind of place where people walk their dogs.
It’s easy to get to to reach, and the site itself is a small hill topped with a woodland. The trees hide the Iron Age hillfort and an old folly which is an interesting feature.
Sheep roam the surrounding fields and even into the woodland that contains both the hillfort and the folly.
I had plenty of time to have good look around and explored possible areas to camp. There are inner and outer ramparts – raised mounds with bushes and plenty of tree cover. The centre of the site is densely wooded, with uneven ground and a lot of sheep dung.
Although the weather had been dry, it had rained a few days earlier, and as evening approached, the biting beasties came out. I found a semi-flat spot on top of the inner rampart, on the edge of the tree line, but ended up abandoning it due to the bugs.
Instead, I chose a spot on the outer section – less dark and damp, and facing into the oncoming wind, which helped keep the beasties away.
A main A-road is not far away, so there was some background road noise, along with a few sheep wandered by during the night.
There was good phone and internet signal.
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