Hill forts · South West England
Iron Age hill forts of Britain
Maiden Castle, Old Oswestry, Tre'r Ceiri — the great earthwork fortifications.
Britain has around 4,000 Iron Age hill forts: ramparts and ditches enclosing 1–50 acres of hilltop. The largest, Maiden Castle, is essentially an Iron Age city. The most spectacular high-altitude examples are in north Wales (Tre'r Ceiri) and the Scottish borders. All are walking destinations rather than visitor attractions, but the views and the engineering still impress.
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Flagship📷 10Hill forts · South East England
Maiden Castle
Maiden Castle — Iron Age hill fort in Dorset, England, UK.
📷 5Hill forts · North Wales
Old Oswestry
Old Oswestry — hillfort in Shropshire, England, UK.
📷 5Castles · South East England
Old Sarum
Old Sarum — site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury in England.
📷 5Hill forts · South East England
Danebury Hill Fort
Danebury Hill Fort — a hill fort in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
📷 5Mountains & hills · South East England
Hambledon Hill
Hambledon Hill — Named summit at 190 m.
📷 5Hill forts · South East England
Uffington Castle
Uffington Castle — hillfort in Oxfordshire, England, UK.
📷 5Mountains & hills · South East England
Ditchling Beacon
Ditchling Beacon — Named summit at 249 m.
📷 4Mountains & hills · Central Scotland
Traprain Law
Traprain Law — Named summit at 221 m.
2 additional places are mentioned in this guide but not yet in our main database.