The Celtic Durotriges tribe settled in the area now known as Dorset in southwest England. The name translates to fort dwellers of which they had many fortified hill forts including ones on Ham Hill and Maiden Castle. They issued their own coinage before the Roman conquest which featured horses and gemoetric patterns.

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