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I.—Maumbury Rings, Dorchester: The Excavations of 1908–1913

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Richard Bradley
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Maumbury lies a third of a mile (500 m.) SSW. of the county town of Dorset alongside the Roman and modern road from the town to the harbour at Weymouth (SY 691899). The site is now a public park wedged between two railway lines. It lies just below the crest of a low chalk ridge at a height of 260 ft. (78 m.) and overlooks the lower ground to the north east towards the River Frome and areas of the present town (fig. 1).

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Archaeologia , Volume 105 , 1976 , pp. 1 - 97
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1976

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