Hillforts in Britain
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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 come from the Neolithic British Isles, with a fe
Eddisbury hill fort's development from univallate to bivallate
Maiden Castle in England is one of the largest hill forts in Europe. Photograph taken in 1935 by Major George Allen (1891–1940).
British Camp, a contour hillfort at Herefordshire Beacon
A lidar view of Camp Knowe Iron Age hillfort in Northumberland
Maiden Castle, Dorset
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Maiden Castle is an Iron Age hillfort 1.6 mi southwest of Dorchester, in the English county of Dorset. Hill forts were fortified hill-top settlements constructed across Britain during the Iron Age. Th
Hillforts in Britain
…primarily developed for military purposes. The exception to this trend began in the 1930s with a series of excavations undertaken by Mortimer Wheeler at Maiden Castle, Dorset. From 1960 onwards, archaeologists shifted their attention to the interior of hillforts, re-examining their function. Currently, post-processual…
Maiden Castle in 1934
3D view of the digital terrain model
Maiden Castle from the north