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Hillforts in Britain are known from the Bronze Age, but the great period of hillfort construction was during the Celtic Iron Age, between 700 BC and the Roman conquest of Britain in 43 AD. The Romans occupied some forts, such as the military garrison at Hod Hill , and the temple at Brean Down , but others were destroyed and abandoned.
There are 1,224 hill forts in England. [1] Although some originate in the Bronze Age, the majority of hill forts in Britain were constructed during the Iron Age (about 8th century BC to the Roman conquest of Britain). There was a trend in the 2nd century BC for hill forts to fall out of use. [2]
Pen Dinas Iron Age hillfort, David M. Browne, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (Published: 10 May 2004) Welsh Border Hill-Forts by S. C. Stanford: published in The Iron Age in the Irish Sea Province: C.B.A. Research Report 9 (1972) page 35; Royal Commission for the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales record
Kelsborrow Castle is an Iron Age hill fort in Cheshire, northern England. Hill forts were fortified hill-top settlements constructed across Britain during the Iron Age. It is one of only seven hill forts in the county of Cheshire and was probably in use for only a short time. In the 19th century, a bronze palstave was recovered from the site. [1]
It hasn't been excavated but it is considered to be an integral part of the Bronze Age landscape of Harthill Moor. [9] Fin Cop: Near Ashford in the Water. Derbyshire: An Iron Age hillfort in Monsal Dale, constructed between 440BC and 390BC. [10] Mam Tor: Near Castleton. Derbyshire: A univallate fort on the summit of the hill. About 400m by 300m.
The fort's centre was probably used for shrines while houses were mainly built close to the ramparts. [26] A new series of earthworks was created beyond the already existing ring, turning Danebury into a complex multivallate (more than one series of earthworks) fort. These earthworks added 5.3 ha (13 acres) to the fort and were probably used to ...
Hillforts are fortified settlements that were built across Europe in the Bronze Age, Iron Age, and, to a lesser extent, the Early Middle Ages. The following pages are lists of hillforts: Great Britain List of hillforts in Wales. List of hillforts in Monmouthshire; List of hillforts on the Isle of Man; List of hillforts in Northern Ireland
Bury Ditches is often rated as a spectacular example of a surviving hill fort as it forms a neat oval or elliptical shape and is situated on the crown of a hill called Sunnyhill and comprises up to four multi-vallate ditches [2] and rampart banks as part of its defensive earthworks and two well preserved entrance ways.