Category
Hill forts
Iron Age hill forts ringing the chalk downs and Welsh borders — Maiden Castle, Old Oswestry, Tre'r Ceiri, the Iron Age stamped into the contour lines.
978 places in this category.
Hill forts by region
- 134 hill forts in South East England
- 103 hill forts in North Wales
- 97 hill forts in Scottish Lowlands
- 95 hill forts in South West England
- 91 hill forts in Scottish Highlands
- 81 hill forts in Central Scotland
- 81 hill forts in South Wales
- 61 hill forts in West Midlands
- 43 hill forts in Mid Wales
- 40 hill forts in Scottish Islands
Highlights
Flagship📷 10Hill forts · South East England
Castrum Anderitum
Castrum Anderitum — 3rd century Roman fort in the province of Britannia.
Flagship📷 10Hill forts · South East England
Maiden Castle
Maiden Castle — Iron Age hill fort in Dorset, England, UK.
Flagship📷 10Castles · South East England
Old Wardour Castle
Old Wardour Castle — Grade I listed castle in Wardour, Wiltshire, England, UK.
Flagship📷 10Hill forts · South East England
Portus Adurni
Portus Adurni is a hill fort in the United Kingdom.
Flagship📷 10Hill forts · South East England
Richborough Roman Fort
Richborough Roman Fort — Roman fort at Richborough, Ash, United Kingdom.
Flagship📷 10UNESCO World Heritage · South East England
Stonehenge
Stonehenge — Neolithic henge monument in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, UK.
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Ankerwycke Priory
Ankerwycke Priory — Benedictine nunnery with associated moat and fishponds.
📷 5Hill forts · London
Bartlow Hills
Bartlow Hills — Roman tumuli cemetery in Bartlow (Cambridgeshire, UK).
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Bedford Castle
Bedford Castle — castle in Bedfordshire, England, UK.
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📷 5Hill forts · London
Beech Bottom Dyke
Beech Bottom Dyke — Iron Age ditch in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
📷 5Castles · London
Bletchingley Castle
Bletchingley Castle — castle in Surrey, England, UK.
📷 5Hill forts · London
Braughing Roman Town
Braughing Roman Town — archaeological site in Braughing, East Hertfordshire, England, UK.
📷 5Hill forts · London
Burwell Castle
Burwell Castle — 12th-century castle in England.
📷 5Hill forts · London
Cainhoe Castle
Cainhoe Castle — 11th century Norman castle in England.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
Crowland Abbey
Crowland Abbey — parish church of Church of England in Crowland, Lincolnshire, England, UK.
📷 5Hill forts · London
Deserted village (site of)
Deserted village (site of) — archaeological site in Hamerton and Steeple Gidding, Huntingdonshire, England, UK.
📷 5Hill forts · London
Durobrivae
Durobrivae — Roman fortified garrison town at Water Newton in Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
📷 5Hill forts · London
Elsyng Palace
Elsyng Palace — archaeological site in London Borough of Enfield, Greater London, England, UK.
📷 5Castles · London
Eynsford Castle
Eynsford Castle — castle, now ruinous, in Eynsford, Kent, England, UK.
📷 5Hill forts · London
Flag Fen
Flag Fen — archaeological open-air museum in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
📷 5Hill forts · London
Fleam Dyke
Fleam Dyke — linear earthwork and Site of Special Scientific Interest.
📷 5Hill forts · London
Fotheringhay Castle
Fotheringhay Castle — ruined castle in Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England, UK.
📷 5Palaces · London
Kings Langley Palace
Kings Langley Palace — former 13th-century Royal Palace in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
📷 5Hill forts · London
Length of Car Dyke between Green End and Top Moor
Length of Car Dyke between Green End and Top Moor — archaeological site in Cottenham, South Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
📷 5Museums · London
London Mithraeum
London Mithraeum — mithraeum discovered at Walbrook, London, United Kingdom.
📷 5Castles · London
Luton Castle
Luton Castle — UK archaeological site.
📷 5Museums · London
Medway megaliths
Medway megaliths — group of long barrows in Kent, England.
📷 3Hill forts · London
Mucking excavation
Mucking excavation — Archaeological site in Essex, England.
★ Iconic📷 5Museums · London
Old Royal Naval College
Old Royal Naval College — architectural landmark in Greenwich, London and UNESCO World Heritage Site.
📷 5Hill forts · London
Oldbury rock shelters
Oldbury rock shelters — Palaeolithic rock shelters.
📷 5Castles · London
Peterborough Castle
Peterborough Castle is a castle in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Hill forts · London
Roman Baths, Strand Lane
Roman Baths, Strand Lane — archaeological site in Westminster, London, England, UK.
📷 5Hill forts · London
Roman Theatre of Verulamium
Roman Theatre of Verulamium — ancient Roman theatre in St Albans, England.
📷 5Hill forts · London
Saffron Walden Castle
Saffron Walden Castle — former medieval castle in Essex, England, UK.
📷 5Hill forts · London
Shornemead Fort
Shornemead Fort — fort in Shorne, Kent, England, UK.
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Six Hills
Six Hills — collection of Roman barrows in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
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Smythe's Megalith
Smythe's Megalith — neolithic monument in Kent, England.
📷 5Hill forts · London
Swavesey Priory
Swavesey Priory — priory in Swavesey, South Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
📷 5Hill forts · London
Trumpington bed burial
Trumpington bed burial — early Anglo-Saxon burial of a young woman.
📷 5Hill forts · London
Verulamium
Verulamium — ancient town in Roman Britain in St. Albans.
📷 5Hill forts · London
Wandlebury Hill Fort
Wandlebury Hill Fort — hillfort in Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
📷 5Hill forts · London
Waulud's Bank
Waulud's Bank — archaeological site in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK.
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White Horse Stone
White Horse Stone — Two megaliths near Aylesford, Kent, England.
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Wandlebury Ring (Iron Age Hill Fort)
Wandlebury Ring (Iron Age Hill Fort) — a hill fort in england-london, United Kingdom.
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Galley Hill Iron Age hillfort
Galley Hill Iron Age hillfort — a hill fort in england-london, United Kingdom.
Flagship📷 10UNESCO World Heritage · South East England
Stonehenge Cursus
Stonehenge Cursus — Neolithic cursus monument.
📷 5Hill forts · South East England
All Cannings Cross
All Cannings Cross — archaeological site in All Cannings, Wiltshire, England, UK.
📷 5Hill forts · South East England
Aquae Sulis
Aquae Sulis — town in Roman Britain on the site of Bath, England.
📷 3Hill forts · South East England
Ashleys Copse
Ashleys Copse — Iron Age hillfort in Hampshire, England.
📷 5Hill forts · South East England
Aston Valley Barrow Cemetery
Aston Valley Barrow Cemetery — group of Bronze Age burial mounds in England.
📷 5Hill forts · South East England
Avebury
Avebury — Neolithic henge monument in Wiltshire, England, UK.
📷 5Hill forts · South East England
Badbury Rings
Badbury Rings — Iron Age hill fort in east Dorset, England, UK.
📷 5Hill forts · South East England
Barbury Castle
Barbury Castle — hill fort in England.
📷 5Hill forts · South East England
Battlesbury Camp
Battlesbury Camp — site of an Iron Age bivallate hillfort on Battlesbury Hill in Wiltshire, England, UK.
📷 5Hill forts · South East England
Bincknoll Castle
Bincknoll Castle — site of a possible Iron Age univallate hillfort located in Wiltshire, England, UK.
📷 5Hill forts · South East England
Blewburton Hill
Blewburton Hill — hillfort in Oxfordshire, England, UK.
📷 5Hill forts · South East England
Bluestonehenge
Bluestonehenge — Neolithic henge monument.
📷 5Hill forts · South East England
Bokerley Dyke
Bokerley Dyke — Romano-British defensive dyke.
📷 5Hill forts · South East England
Bouldnor Cliff
Bouldnor Cliff — archaeological site in Bouldnor, Isle of Wight, England, UK.
📷 5Hill forts · South East England
Bramber Castle
Bramber Castle — Norman castle in Bamber, West Sussex, England, UK.
📷 5Hill forts · South East England
Bratton Castle
Bratton Castle — bivallate Iron Age hillfort on Bratton Down in Wiltshire, England.
📷 5Hill forts · South East England
Buckland Anglo-Saxon cemetery
Buckland Anglo-Saxon cemetery — archaeological site in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Hill forts · South East England
Buckland Rings
Buckland Rings — hillfort in Hampshire, England, UK.
📷 5Hill forts · South East England
Bucknowle Farm
Bucknowle Farm — Iron Age and Roman settlement in Dorset, England, UK.
📷 3Hill forts · South East England
Bury Camp
Bury Camp — site of an Iron Age multivallate hillfort located in Wiltshire, England, UK.
📷 5Hill forts · South East England
Bussock Camp
Bussock Camp — hillfort in West Berkshire, England, UK.
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Frequently asked questions
- How many hill forts are in this guide?
- We currently list 978 hill forts across the United Kingdom — every entry sourced from Wikipedia, Wikidata or OpenStreetMap and validated against our schema.
- Are these places free to visit?
- Many places in the guide are free to enter — almost every national museum, every public park and garden, every parish church and cathedral. Castles, historic houses and theme parks usually charge admission; National Trust and English Heritage members visit those properties free.
- Where does the data come from?
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