Tricky to photograph from ground level, the mighty Maiden Castle close to Dorchester. The hilltop site is dominated by a vast Iron Age hillfort. The hillfort was begun in around 600 BCE, although it was expanded and changed over the centuries. The enclosed area was expanded in…

Aerial view of Dieva kalns #hillfort in Lielvārde #Latvia . We are currently working on the photogrammetry of the cross section of the hillfort exposed by erosion caused by the Daugava river.
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It's #HillfortsWednesday yes it is!

Here's the NW inner gate of Tre'r Ceiri Hillfort, Llŷn Peninsula #Gwynedd

THEN: in a reconstruction by A.Smith Archaeoleg Gwynedd Archaeology from Internet Archaeology intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue4…

and NOW: Dr Toby Driver © CBHC / RCAHMW TGD001/01 coflein.gov.uk/en/site/95292/

Join me this Sunday on Channel 5 as I look the incredible technology that's helping us to read the LOST SCROLLS OF POMPEII!

Mae bryngaer Llanymynech yn lloc pen bryn, amlglawdd i'r gogledd a'r gogledd-ddwyrain; gydag un rhagfur i'r gorllewin lle mae'r llinell yn cael ei defnyddio gan glawdd Offa. Mae'r de-ddwyrain wedi'i gwarchod gan glogwyni serth.
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For #HillfortsWednesday we have this lovely aerial photograph of Warton Crag in #Lancashire . Read our survey report to find out if we think it really is an Iron Age hillfort or not!😉 historicengland.org.uk/research/resul…

Outer ramparts at Chesters Iron Age Hill-fort in East Lothian (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up over Kevin Wilbraham image with Berwick Law and the top of Bass Rock Isle just in view. #ChestersHillFort #ScottishHillForts

It’s always gives me a buzz when you are able to put your hand into the prints of the maker of pottery 1900 years ago. This is fragment of amphora which probably came from southern Spain #pottery #archaeology #Vindolanda

#Hillfortswednesday Pretty sure that the tree-lined area in the centre is Bury Hill Fort, just South of Winterbourne in #Gloucestershire ; the photo was taken (on Sunday 5th May) looking East from Hambrook Common. The houses on the right are the hamlet of Moorend (I think).

#hillfort sWednesday A beautiful hillfort! Arxeriz #hillfort ( #OSaviñao #Galicia ) #galaicos Ecomuseo Pazo de Arxeriz

#hillfort sWednesday Replica of a Gallaecian house of the Arxeriz #hillfort ( #OSaviñao #Galicia ) #Galaicos Ecomuseo Pazo de Arxeriz

A post for #HillfortsWednesday

The univallate Iron Age hillfort of the Trundle sits atop St Roche’s Hill in the The Goodwood Estate #WestSussex

The ramparts survive to nearly 2m and from the top there are epic views across Chichester, the coastal plain and South Downs National Park

It's simply magnificent

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A very damp and cloudy ⁦Ruberslaw Wild Woods Camping⁩
The #Hillfort on Rubers Law was in the clouds.
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This week we've been up St Roche’s Hill #WestSussex looking at the Iron Age hillfort and Early Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure of *the Trundle*, here both looking utterly glorious in an air photo © David R Abram 🤩

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We are still dealing with Slaidenu #hillfort in #Latvia trying to finish our research beside all the obstacles which you can find on yesterday's X.
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Dominic Barker Durotriges Project I took the photo at Maiden Castle on Sunday, I was definitely there! 😃

Durotriges Project #Wednesdayhillforts A beautiful hillfort! Arxeriz #hillfort ( #OSaviñao #Galicia ) #galaicos Ecomuseo Pazo de Arxeriz

#HillfortsWednesday with Bratton camp, and ...how can you not love Bratton Camp? top tier

It’s another happy #hillfortswednesday for us thanks to this review of Excavations at Tlachtga, Hill of Ward, Co. Meath, Ireland in the latest issue of Current Archaeology!