Shatter’s Hill

Errr, hmm. The qype map is wrong. Worth Matravers is not in the north of Wareham, but twenty miles further south!
Shatter’s Hill is a road that leads up on to the North Walls of Wareham.
The walls are anglo saxon earthern mounds which were once supported by wooden poles, spiked ones I imagine. And I rather suspect that near the foot of Shatter’s Hill was a gate, from earliest times. The River Piddle, a couple of yards furthr north forms a natural, if not great, defence. So does the Frome, to the south.
Shatter’s Hill is a fair climb, and you can still make out the advantage given to what used to be a hamlet by the walls. The North Wall gives a view overlooking the water meadows and common land beyond the River Piddle for quite a view miles, and this is the direction any enemy would approach by on foot/​horse.
The views are really pretty and the walls remain quite visible until you get to the west side of the town.