@mark-walters.bsky.socialNow that I am safely back down out of the Rhinog mountains here are some more views of the Craig y Dinas hillfort. While considered to be Iron Age it reminded me a lot of small Early Medieval defended sites. The 2m wide wall is impressive as is the passage entrance. #HillfortsWednesday
@megalithic.bsky.socialOppidum de Moulay: Located on a naturally defended granite promontory at the confluence of the Mayenne and Aron rivers. #HillfortsWednesday With its exceptional size and planned internal layout, Moulay is the largest known oppidum in the Armorican Massif... More 1/
@druidtombraider.bsky.socialThe western ramparts of the Iron Age Hillfort on the summit of Earls Hill, near Oaks, Shropshire, courtesy of Jeremy Bolwell. #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge #Archaeology
@mark-walters.bsky.socialJust passing the Craig y Dinas hillfort snd settlement on it’s rocky outcrop in Dyffryn Ardudwy with Moelfre in shadow behind it #HillfortsWednesday
@rabensturmig.bsky.socialExotic #HillfortsWednesday
Mighty Walls of Kanazawa Castle
@trimontiumtrust.bsky.social⛰️ #HillfortsWednesday
Burnswark: (Dumfriesshire) hillfort surrounded by two Roman camps. One of the most remarkable concentrations of Roman fire power found at a native site in Britain. Lead sling bullets, ballista balls & bolts, & arrowheads tell the story of a Roman assault.
📷 ©TrimontiumTrust
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@surveylikeagirl.bsky.socialI recently surveyed the stunning Sheep Hill fort in Dumbartonshire. Complete with faced stone walls, rock cut entranceways, platforms galore. Easily one of my top 5 hillforts #HillfortsWednesday
📷 my own
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@aerialarchaeology.bsky.socialOh my 😍
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@drtobydriver.bsky.social#HillfortsWednesday High up on the mighty Ysgyryd fawr/Skirrid ridge hillfort yesterday with @archaedelle.bsky.social & Kate Churchill 🤩
The long ridge-top hillfort has remnants of surviving gateway stonework & commands unparalleled views across the hills & valleys of Monmouthshire
📷 My own
@durotrigesdig.bsky.socialA curious Celtic conundrum for #HillfortsWednesday
A male mustachioed head said to have been found at Maiden Castle hillfort in #Dorset
Is it Iron Age? 🤔
Part of the Rodney Legg collection
📷 © Trustees of the British Museum 2013.8017.106
Date unknown, importance unclear, investigation ongoing
@forestcollectiv.bsky.social#HillfortsWednesday & the curious case of Hardings Down 🏴
On the Gower Peninsular there's a hill which has 3 separate enclosures all within a few yards
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@kpw1453.bsky.socialThe approach to Ringses Hillfort on Doddington Moor in Northumberland. The fort is Iron Age in date. 📸 My own. #HillfortsWednesday #Prehistory #Northumberland
@jessstilllife.bsky.socialDefinitely not a British hillfort, part ll. The ancient mud brick ruins of Ayaz-Kala, built at the end of the 4th century BCE to protect Khorezm and the Silk Routes, now Uzbekistan.
#HillfortsWednesday
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@durotrigesdig.bsky.socialAnd great for #HillfortsWednesday too 👍
@druidtombraider.bsky.socialLooking up at the Iron Age Hillfort on Earl's Hill, Pontesbury, near Oaks, Shropshire; courtesy of Bill Harrison. #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge #Archaeology
@forestcollectiv.bsky.socialAlways nice to come back from a weekend & be spoiled for choice for #HillfortsWednesday
Had a fantastic time seeing more in Pembrokeshire & Gower 🏴
📷 Caer Aber Pwll
Building to the new Hillfort Series this autumn
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@johnnythin.bsky.socialDo oppida qualify for #HillfortsWednesday...?