Poundbury Hillfort - Added to Castles and Fortifications in West Dorset, South West

I have just added this to the map of places to fly your drone at Drone Scene:

Pre Roman Hillfort - Inline with Maiden Castle earthworks 2km to south , next to King Charles - new town Poundbury (London-in-Dorset).
Parking available roadside pull ins ..
Fly over Poundbury - (Respectably - avoid Poundbury - cemetery other side of road)…
Easy flying over hills , only dog walkers maybe sheep or cows , along top of ridge Roman aquaduct , semi circular earthworks fortifications ..
WW1 & WW2 , camping areas along train tracks , firing range , this area was used as a ww2 - pre DDay build up area , to the USA army , for embarkation for overlord, to Omaha beach , other side of hill , towards Dorchester , was the countries largest WW2 , prisoner of war camp.
To the east across meadows, is the village of charminster …
Below . And under part of fort is Great western railway - Weymouth to Bristol + …
The bridge across river Frome and tunnel were designed by Brunel …

The originator declared that this location was not inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 18/05/2026. 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.

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