hillfort

British  

/ ˈhɪlˌfɔːt /

noun

1. archaeol a hilltop fortified with ramparts and ditches, dating from the second millennium _bc

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Example Sentences

Margam Country Park is owned and run by the local council and was already an important historical site, with an Iron Age hillfort, the remains of a 12th Century abbey and an impressive Victorian castle as just some of its attractions.

From BBC

The study states: "Given its exceptional size, density of occupation and architectural complexity, Brusselstown Ring represents a unique case within both the Baltinglass hillfort cluster and more widely within the Atlantic Archipelago."

From BBC

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

At the western end of the Dhekelia area this occupation is represented in a significant archaeological landscape comprising a large Bronze Age defended hilltop settlement at Kokkinokremnos and an adjacent Iron Age hillfort at Vikla, both sitting above the Roman harbour town of Koutsopetria: all these protected sites are subject to recent research excavations.

From Science Daily

A team of archaeologists from the Cambridge Archaeological Unit hoped to establish what activities took place in the hillfort, which is near Wells-next-the-Sea.

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