hillfort
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Scientists examined goat bones recovered from Haughey's Fort in Co Armagh, a hillfort dating to roughly 1100-900 BCE, as well as remains from the medieval town of Carrickfergus in Co Antrim.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 26, 2026
It added rangers had carried out extensive work to protect and preserve the hillfort at Mam Tor, which is a "scheduled monument and is of great archaeological importance".
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2025
Finds and dating samples from Eildon Hill North could help rewrite history by proving knights from King Arthur's era were still calling the hillfort their home.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2022
Using radiocarbon dating, we plan to determine the age of these shellfish remains—and thus, the time when people first established this hillfort.
From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2016
There is strong evidence linking the profound societal changes that occurred at the start of Fiji’s hillfort period to climate change.
From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2016
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