hillfort
Britishnoun
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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
The largest hillfort in Wales is a little-known ancient monument, Garn Goch, on a hill above the Tywi Valley in Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, also known as the Brecon Beacons.
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2023
Experts believed the settlement dubbed "Trelai Enclosure" could provide the missing link between the late Iron Age and early Roman period, showing what happened to people once they had moved on from the hillfort.
From BBC • Jul. 13, 2022
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
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
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