Some articles on hillforts, hillfort:
Cornovii (Midlands) - Pre-Roman History
... territory in 47 AD the most significant Cornovian hillforts known were those at Titterstone Clee near Bitterley, being the only one excavated to date, Chesterton Walls near Romsley and Bury Walls near Weston-under-Redcas ... Other hillforts of Iron Age Cornovii include the Wrekin hillfort near Wellington, Caynham Camp near Poughnhill and Old Oswestry ... there was another significant settlement at the Breiddin hillfort in Powys ...
... territory in 47 AD the most significant Cornovian hillforts known were those at Titterstone Clee near Bitterley, being the only one excavated to date, Chesterton Walls near Romsley and Bury Walls near Weston-under-Redcas ... Other hillforts of Iron Age Cornovii include the Wrekin hillfort near Wellington, Caynham Camp near Poughnhill and Old Oswestry ... there was another significant settlement at the Breiddin hillfort in Powys ...
Great And Little Kimble - Prehistoric Hillfort On Pulpit Hill
... This hillfort is in Pulpit Wood on the summit of Pulpit Hill in Great Kimble, about 3/4 of a mile south-east of the church ... Hillforts are usually attributed to the Iron Age, but there are a series of hillforts at intervals along the Chiltern ridge and that at Ivinghoe Beacon, which is not ... There is also evidence that hillforts were used for ritual activities, possibly for religious purposes connected with agriculture ...
... This hillfort is in Pulpit Wood on the summit of Pulpit Hill in Great Kimble, about 3/4 of a mile south-east of the church ... Hillforts are usually attributed to the Iron Age, but there are a series of hillforts at intervals along the Chiltern ridge and that at Ivinghoe Beacon, which is not ... There is also evidence that hillforts were used for ritual activities, possibly for religious purposes connected with agriculture ...
Hillforts In Britain - Iron Age Hillforts - Purpose - Defensive Usage
... It has been traditionally assumed that hillforts were constructed for defensive purposes in the Iron Age ... of the prehistoric societies of the British Isles." It was in this context, he believed, that hillforts were constructed as defensive positions ... Clark commented that hillforts' "defensive character cannot be stressed too often." Another archaeologist to hold a similar viewpoint, Barry Cunliffe, a specialist in the Iron Age ...
... It has been traditionally assumed that hillforts were constructed for defensive purposes in the Iron Age ... of the prehistoric societies of the British Isles." It was in this context, he believed, that hillforts were constructed as defensive positions ... Clark commented that hillforts' "defensive character cannot be stressed too often." Another archaeologist to hold a similar viewpoint, Barry Cunliffe, a specialist in the Iron Age ...
History Of Galicia - Antiquity - The Gallaeci (Celts)
... in fortified villages that receive the name of Castrus (hillforts), ranging its size from small villages with less than a hectare (more common in the north), and great hillforts with more ... This mode of inhabiting the territory – through hillforts – was common throughout Europe during the Bronze and Iron Age, having received in the northwest of the Iberian ... However, even after the Rome's fall, the Gallaeci-Romans continued living in hillforts until the 8th century A.C ...
... in fortified villages that receive the name of Castrus (hillforts), ranging its size from small villages with less than a hectare (more common in the north), and great hillforts with more ... This mode of inhabiting the territory – through hillforts – was common throughout Europe during the Bronze and Iron Age, having received in the northwest of the Iberian ... However, even after the Rome's fall, the Gallaeci-Romans continued living in hillforts until the 8th century A.C ...
Gallaeci - Archaeology
... especially by fortified settlements that are know in Latin language as "castrum" (hillforts), being able to vary its size from a small village of less than one ... This mode of inhabiting the territory-by hillforts was common throughout Europe during the Bronze Age and Iron, getting in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, the name of 'Castro ... However, a important quantity of Gallaecian hillforts continued to be inhabited until the 8th century BC ...
... especially by fortified settlements that are know in Latin language as "castrum" (hillforts), being able to vary its size from a small village of less than one ... This mode of inhabiting the territory-by hillforts was common throughout Europe during the Bronze Age and Iron, getting in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, the name of 'Castro ... However, a important quantity of Gallaecian hillforts continued to be inhabited until the 8th century BC ...
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