#Hill fort

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Salota fort, Maharashtra, India,

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Gwalior Fort, Hill fort, Gwalior, India: The Gwalior Fort, commonly known as the Gwāliiyar Qila, is a hill fort near Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. The fort has existed at least since the 10th century, and the inscriptions and monuments found within what is now the fort campus indicate that it may have existed as early as the beginning of the 6th century. Wikipedia

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Hill-forts of Kernavė

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Schloss Werenwag by Waldemar Fotler

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The Great Wall of INDIA

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Why did Celts of the British Isles build over 4000 hill forts during the Iron Age? The answer may have something to do with the conflict between those Bronze Age cowboys who maintained traditional pastoralist transhumance lifestyles, and those in the forts who depended more on arable farming. This can also explain why British Celts were the most lactose tolerant people on Earth at that time. In this documentary I visited Barbury Castle in Wiltshire, Castle an Dinas in Cornwall and several other magnificent Iron Age hill forts.

[thesilicontribesman]

Howick Iron Age Hillfort, Howick, nr. Alnwick, Northumberland

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Castro Culture Oppida: the Castro culture of ancient Iberia was literally the 'culture of the hill forts', covering the north-western regions of the peninsula, including northern Portugal and northern Spain.

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Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire - Ron Lightfoot, November 2020

The ancient banks and ditches of the Iron Age hillfort, which later surrounded the first location of Salisbury (1070-1220).

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1st Feb 2023

Chûn Castle, situated not far from Chûn Quoit, is an Iron Age Hill fort near Pendeen in Cornwall. The same as Chûn Quoit, it's name means 'The House on the Downs' from the Cornish Chy Woon. The hillfort is roughly 2,000 years younger than the quoit just down the slope, which is quite humbling to think about.

Cornovia by Craig Weatherhill provides some more information on it's lay out - the fort has 2 concentric walls which are incredibly thick (almost 5 meters in places!), with two huge gateposts as it's entrance. It has an outer ditch as additional fortification, and has evidence of two occupations (iron age & then dark age). Excavation found a giant smelting furnace! Within the walls is the Chûn Castle Holy Well - which I missed on my trip.

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Porto l Portugal (2) (3) by Ma Jacob

Via Flickr:

(1) Castro de São Paio (3) Aldeia | village     

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Maiden Castle, Dorset. #castle #dorset #dorchester #ironage #hillfort #m...

[ukdamo]

Today's photo with the most hits: wheat fields from Roundway Iron Age Hill Fort.

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Lochside - Kirstie Dedman , 2022.

British , b. 1974 -

Linocut , 30. x 20 cm. Ed. 16