A hillfort is a type of fortified refuge or defended settlement located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typical of the...
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Hillforts in Britain refers to the various hillforts within the island of Great Britain. Although the earliest such constructs fitting this description...
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Kernavė Mounds (redirect from Kernavė Hillforts)
The Kernavė hillforts (Lithuanian: Kernavės piliakalniai, Kernavė hillforts) are five hillforts at the southern edge of Kernavė (Širvintos District, Aukštaitija...
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The Ąžuolpamūšė hillfort, also known as the Dabužiai hillfort, is an archaeological site in Pasvalys district municipality, Lithuania near the village...
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This is a list of hillforts of Monmouthshire that have been registered with Cadw as historical monuments. Welsh names are in brackets. List of hill forts...
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Hillfort at Rathgall, Co. Wicklow, near Tullow, Co. Carlow". Cultural Heritage Ireland. Retrieved 8 November 2014. Raftery, Barry. "Rathgall Hillfort"...
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June 2023, Bradeliškės hillfort was added to the national register as a protected area of national significance. List of hillforts in Lithuania "Karmazinų...
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Mountfortescue Hillfort is a National Monument consisting of a hillfort with tumuli located in County Meath, Ireland. Mountfortescue Hillfort is located about...
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Woolsbarrow Hillfort is a hillfort on Bloxworth Heath in the district of Purbeck in the county of Dorset, England. It dates to the period from the Late...
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Old Oswestry (redirect from Old Oswestry hillfort)
Oswestry Hillfort". Historic England. Jones, Erin Lloyd; Gale, Fiona (25 June 2020). "2". In Malim, Tim; Nash, George (eds.). Old Oswestry Hillfort and its...
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Aukštupėnai mound or Kupiškis mound (Lithuanian: Aukštupėnų piliakalnis) is a hill fort in Kupiškis, Lithuania. List of hillforts in Lithuania v t e...
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Castle Hill, Huddersfield (redirect from Almondbury hillfort)
late-Bronze Age or early Iron Age univallate hillfort with a single raised bank, a later Iron Age multivallate hillfort, a 12th-century motte-and-bailey castle...
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of the hillfort, about 0.3 km northeast of the village, about 0.2 km northeast of the right bank of the Neris, in the forest. List of hillforts in Lithuania...
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Castle Law (redirect from Castlelaw hillfort)
Castle Law The Hillfort of Castlelaw Highest point Elevation 1,601 ft (488 m) Geography Castle Law Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Parent range Pentland...
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Below it the list of hillforts in Lithuania. The first three volumes of the atlas of Lithuanian hillforts (Lietuvos piliakalniai. Atlasas, eds. Z. Baubonis...
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21.678056°E / 56.246389; 21.678056 The Apuolė hillfort (Lithuanian: Apuolės piliakalnis) is a hillfort in Lithuania located by Apuolė, a historic village...
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Mynydd Carningli (redirect from Carningli hillfort)
large and prominent archeological site; one of the largest hillforts in west Wales. This hillfort, generally dated to the Iron Age and assumed to be from...
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Badbury Rings (redirect from Badbury Hillfort)
the site. The site now belongs to the National Trust. A survey of the hillfort by the RCHME was begun in 1993. The summit area was cleared of undergrowth...
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Kartena Hillfort, also called the Castle, Swede or Lūžtis Mountain, is located on the other side of the river from Kartena Town in Lithuania. The town...
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Hillforts in Latvia offered not only military and administrative functions but they were also cultural and economic centres of some regions. The Latvian...
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Grabbist Hillfort is an Iron Age oval hillfort or defended enclosure, west of Dunster in Somerset, England. The site is 885.8 feet (270.0 m) long and...
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Liskeard (redirect from Liskeard Hillfort Primary School)
St Martin's Church of England (Voluntary Aided) School in Lake Lane and Hillfort Primary School on Old Road. The latter was opened in September 2006 following...
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The Broxmouth hillfort is an Iron Age hillfort consisting of multiple roundhouses, a series of fortifications, and a cemetery. Broxmouth is located in...
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200m 220yds CAERAU HILLFORT Caerau Hillfort (Welsh: Bryngaer Caerau) is a large triangular multivallate Iron Age hillfort, built on a previously occupied...
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Khotiv hillfort is a hillfort of early Iron Age (Scythian times, 6 century BC) in the village of Khotiv, Ukraine. The hillfort adjoins the southern part...
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44722°N 2.24278°W / 52.44722; -2.24278 Kinver Edge Hillfort, is a univallate Iron Age hillfort with a massive rampart and outer ditch along the south-west...
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Straževica (archaeological site) (redirect from Prehistoric hillfort Strazevica)
Straževica Prahistorijska gradina Straževica Prehistoric hillfort Straževica Straževica Shown within Republika Srpska Show map of Republika Srpska Straževica...
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Hillforts in Scotland are earthworks, sometimes with wooden or stone enclosures, built on higher ground, which usually include a significant settlement...
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King's Castle, Wiveliscombe (redirect from King's Castle Hillfort)
King's Castle is an Iron Age Hillfort 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) east of Wiveliscombe in Somerset, England. It is surrounded by two banks with a ditch between...
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sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Hillfort of Otzenhausen" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January...
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