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EGGERTON (Higher), a hamlet in Litton-Cheney parish, Dorset; 4¼ miles ENE of Bridport. Eggerton hill here, but partly within two other parishes, is crowned by a Roman camp of 47½ acres, 1, 386 feet by 749, of oval outline; the area, studded with tumuli, and commanding a fine view: the N and E sides doubly ditched: the W side triply ditched; the two entrances, on the NW and SE, skilfully made by overlapping banks.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Dorset Ancient County |
| Place names: | EGGERTON | EGGERTON HIGHER | HIGHER EGGERTON |
| Place: | Higher Eggerton |
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