I have just added this to the map of places to fly your drone at Drone Scene:
Perched on the limestone ramparts of the Mendip Hills in Somerset, Dolebury Warren is a formidable Iron Age hillfort. Constructed between the 7th and 3rd centuries BC, its massive double ramparts—visible in the photo as the striking, light-colored stony ridges—enclose roughly 20 acres. While primarily an Iron Age settlement, archaeological finds ranging from Palaeolithic flints to Roman coins suggest thousands of years of human activity.
The photo highlights the site's unique "double life." The stony perimeter shows the original defensive banks, while the interior's undulating green mounds are likely "pillow mounds"—artificial rabbit warrens built during the medieval and post-medieval periods when the fort was repurposed for meat and fur production.
Today, the site is a National Trust-owned SSSI, where the thin limestone soils support rare wildflowers and butterflies. The low-angled sunlight in the photo highlights the single and double earth banks, showing why this is still one of the best-preserved hillforts in South West England.
Playing around with AI as part of the research to find locations such as these, the tool I was using (in this case, Google’s Gemini AI) mocked up what this specific photo would have looked like if taken back in the day – have added it as an additional piece of media.
The whole hillside is NT land so TOAL was from a parallel ridge
The originator declared that this location was not inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 14/02/2026. It remains the responsibility of any pilot to check for any changes before flying at the same location. Landowner permission may be required before taking off.
