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Compton Dundon

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Template:GBthumb Compton Dundon is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated beside King's Sedge Moor and the Polden Hills,[1] five miles south of Glastonbury and four miles north of Somerton in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 710.[2]

Earthworks at Dundon Hill

Just outside the village is Dundon Hill (or Dundon Camp), an Iron Age hill fort, with 2 m metre (6.5 ft) ramparts. An excavation in 1916 found pottery and flints here, but the fort has been damaged by quarrying[3]

References

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey, Collins-Bartholemew. Maps of Compton Dundon
  2. ^ Somerset County Council, 2002. Population estimates.
  3. ^ South Somerset Museums and Heritage Services, n.d. Dundon Hill Fort.


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