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The hillfort we regularly walk at is 'under new management'.
This year the usual grazing access doesn't seem to have been granted to the farmer that used to have sheep up here for a few weeks by now, so the bluebells are far more numerous, and the grass is getting longer than it did before.
Perhaps, like my own wild areas of garden, there will be interesting new arrivals now they've been given the time to develop instead of being nibbled.
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Imagining of Dun da Lamh, a Pictish hillfort in Strathspey, Scotland (Bob Marshall)
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The Sakaini #hillfort in #Latvia. Digital Terrain Model (DTM) created using public Latvian Airborne Laser Scanning data and produced by our team with a drone in 2024. #HillfortsWednesday
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Traprain Law, a whaleback volcanic lump rising to 724ft in East Lothian. It was occupied from the Bronze Age and is said to have been home to King Loth of the Gododdin, who gave Lothian its name. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/eastlinton/traprainlaw/index.html
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Scientists Have Uncovered Evidence Of #Ireland's Largest #Prehistoric #Hillfort Settlement
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https://phys.org/news/2025-12-scientists-uncovered-evidence-ireland-largest.html
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“In a recent study [(link above), the authors] identified more than 600 suspected house platforms in the Brusselstown Ring hillfort [Ireland], making it the largest nucleated settlement ever discovered in the entirety of prehistoric Britain and Ireland thus far. Subsequent test excavations revealed evidence of Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age occupation as well as a potential water cistern, which may be the very first of its kind in an Irish hillfort…”
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #LiDAR #survey ##bronzeage #prehistoric #irishhistory #irishmythology #wicklow #irelandsancienteast #heritageireland #mountains #monument #microtopographical #houseplatforms #culture #settlement #village #EarlyIronAge #BrusselstownRing #bronzeage #Neolithic #testpit #sampling #archaeology #excavation #cistern #monuments #Wicklow #investigation #reconstruction #irish #history
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Scientists Have Uncovered Evidence Of #Ireland's Largest #Prehistoric #Hillfort Settlement
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https://phys.org/news/2025-12-scientists-uncovered-evidence-ireland-largest.html
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“In a recent study [(link above), the authors] identified more than 600 suspected house platforms in the Brusselstown Ring hillfort [Ireland], making it the largest nucleated settlement ever discovered in the entirety of prehistoric Britain and Ireland thus far. Subsequent test excavations revealed evidence of Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age occupation as well as a potential water cistern, which may be the very first of its kind in an Irish hillfort…”
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #LiDAR #survey ##bronzeage #prehistoric #irishhistory #irishmythology #wicklow #irelandsancienteast #heritageireland #mountains #monument #microtopographical #houseplatforms #culture #settlement #village #EarlyIronAge #BrusselstownRing #bronzeage #Neolithic #testpit #sampling #archaeology #excavation #cistern #monuments #Wicklow #investigation #reconstruction #irish #history
@MonumentalIreland -
Scientists Have Uncovered Evidence Of #Ireland's Largest #Prehistoric #Hillfort Settlement
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https://phys.org/news/2025-12-scientists-uncovered-evidence-ireland-largest.html
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“In a recent study [(link above), the authors] identified more than 600 suspected house platforms in the Brusselstown Ring hillfort [Ireland], making it the largest nucleated settlement ever discovered in the entirety of prehistoric Britain and Ireland thus far. Subsequent test excavations revealed evidence of Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age occupation as well as a potential water cistern, which may be the very first of its kind in an Irish hillfort…”
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #LiDAR #survey ##bronzeage #prehistoric #irishhistory #irishmythology #wicklow #irelandsancienteast #heritageireland #mountains #monument #microtopographical #houseplatforms #culture #settlement #village #EarlyIronAge #BrusselstownRing #bronzeage #Neolithic #testpit #sampling #archaeology #excavation #cistern #monuments #Wicklow #investigation #reconstruction #irish #history
@MonumentalIreland -
Scientists Have Uncovered Evidence Of #Ireland's Largest #Prehistoric #Hillfort Settlement
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https://phys.org/news/2025-12-scientists-uncovered-evidence-ireland-largest.html
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“In a recent study [(link above), the authors] identified more than 600 suspected house platforms in the Brusselstown Ring hillfort [Ireland], making it the largest nucleated settlement ever discovered in the entirety of prehistoric Britain and Ireland thus far. Subsequent test excavations revealed evidence of Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age occupation as well as a potential water cistern, which may be the very first of its kind in an Irish hillfort…”
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #LiDAR #survey ##bronzeage #prehistoric #irishhistory #irishmythology #wicklow #irelandsancienteast #heritageireland #mountains #monument #microtopographical #houseplatforms #culture #settlement #village #EarlyIronAge #BrusselstownRing #bronzeage #Neolithic #testpit #sampling #archaeology #excavation #cistern #monuments #Wicklow #investigation #reconstruction #irish #history
@MonumentalIreland -
Scientists Have Uncovered Evidence Of #Ireland's Largest #Prehistoric #Hillfort Settlement
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https://phys.org/news/2025-12-scientists-uncovered-evidence-ireland-largest.html
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“In a recent study [(link above), the authors] identified more than 600 suspected house platforms in the Brusselstown Ring hillfort [Ireland], making it the largest nucleated settlement ever discovered in the entirety of prehistoric Britain and Ireland thus far. Subsequent test excavations revealed evidence of Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age occupation as well as a potential water cistern, which may be the very first of its kind in an Irish hillfort…”
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #LiDAR #survey ##bronzeage #prehistoric #irishhistory #irishmythology #wicklow #irelandsancienteast #heritageireland #mountains #monument #microtopographical #houseplatforms #culture #settlement #village #EarlyIronAge #BrusselstownRing #bronzeage #Neolithic #testpit #sampling #archaeology #excavation #cistern #monuments #Wicklow #investigation #reconstruction #irish #history
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Here is my latest video. Created with many thanks to Cathy McIver, the project manager at Stroanfreggan Dig. Also thanks to AOC Archaeology Group, who Cathy works for, and Carsphairn Heritage Initiative.
Thanks to Jo at the CatStrand too for putting me in touch with Cathy.
The dig was funded by Historic Environment Scotland and Carsphairn Renewable Energy Fund.#SCOTLAND #galloway
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Dumpdon Great Camp: An Iron Age hillfort located on a detached hill at the southern end of a steep-sided ridge of Upper Greensand between the River Otter and the Luppitt Brook. The flat topped and triangular shaped #hillfort of 2.6 hectares was defended by two substantial ramparts and ditches on the northern side, controlling the only easy line of approach, and by single ramparts on the east and west sides. 📷 Bladup #HillfortsWednesday #Devon #archaeology #IronAge More:
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Checked that the wonky hawthorn tree was still standing on our walk at the hillfort earlier.
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Bjomdalskollen: This #hillfort was constructed on a remote plateau in Telemark, #Norway. It has an inner 30m stone wall along a cliff with large stones at a possible gate, and a fragmented outer wall 80m to the SW. Other features include a bog, a stone structure for projectiles and a ravine with a cairn. It is reachable by a steep ravine path or 2km unmarked hike from the NE and offers superb views and ambience amid nearby barrow cemeteries and rock art. 📷 kenntha88 More:
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28/09/2025 - Evening walk up Tap o' Noth in Aberdeenshire. We had tea near the top. Dark on the way down. Starting to get chilly on the hills now.
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Trencrom Hill, Cornwall, on the St Micheal’s Way footpath. A Neolithic tor enclosure reused as an Iron Age hill fort. Earth and stone bank can still be seen along with signs of hut circles. According to folk lore, the giant Trecrobben, the giant of Trencrom, killed the wife of Cormoran by throwing a hammer over to St Micheal’s Mount. Site donated to the National Trust by Lt-col Tyringham as a memorial to those killed in WW1 & WW2. #neolithic #ironage #hillfort #history #folklore
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Out for a walk at Wychbury hillfort, it's been a while since I did this. Today seemed to be about tree roots, and the hills Ents watched stoically as I took their pictures. A Butterfly even posed for me, quite beautifully.
#hillfort #wood #woods #nature #photo #photography #naturephotography #walk #hiking #england #english #getoutside
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Camelot.
Cadbury Castle - long associated with the 'Arthurian' era. An iron-age hillfort, re-fortified in the 6th century.
#photography #Camelot #CadburyCastle #Arthur #hillfort -
#AncientSiteSunday with Hod Hill at dawn with the mist swirling around the Dorset landscape down bellow
we have a new episode out on the hillforts of Dorset >>>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR_I4f3UABM -
#AncientSiteSunday & the early morning mist covering the Dorset landscape beneath Hambledon Hill
We have a new series starting on hillforts, beginning with an exploration of Dorset which you can catch here >>>
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It seems I have found a #hillfort that was previously unknown (it is not included on the official map of archaeological monuments of the Polish National Heritage Board). #archaeology #Poland 🏺
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It's been a busy week for visits. These are from a very recent visit to the Iron Age hill fort at Titterstone Clee. The hill rises to a height of 533m, and the view is definitely worth the climb!
The hill was originally a lot bigger, but has been quarried in two areas. The quarry buildings can still be seen, but should you visit please be careful as there are no safety provisions of any kind!
#ironage #hillfort #photo #photography #abandoned #history #hiking #england #english
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I took a trip to Titterstone Clee Hillfort today. Titterstone Clee is an Iron Age hillfort with a summit that's 533m above sea level.
It's been subject to quarrying, and there is evidence that the top of the fort was used for rituals in the Bronze Age.
#hillfort #photo #photography #ironage #history #england #hiking #walking
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Camelot.
Well, Cadbury Castle has been associated with Arthurian legend since Tudor times (possibly because of the nearby River Camel).
But it was an iron-age hillfort, refortified at the time of the 6thC - so it's Artherish.
#photography #Camelot #CadburyCastle #hillfort #IronAge #Saxons #Arthur #Somerset -
Aerial view of Caer Caradoc in Shropshire (UK), a large multivallate #hillfort built around 2500 years ago.
Caer Caradoc measures approximately 450m by 160m, enclosing an area of around 3ha. Unusually, it also has an ‘engineered terrace’ or causeway leading to the hillfort on the eastern side.
Caer Caradoc is named for a semi-legendary British (Welsh/Cornish/Breton) prince, who may have held the site as part of his territory.
Photo © Heritage Innovation
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A defended enclosure, which probably dates to the Iron Age, on the south east facing slopes of a rounded hill towards the head of the Afon Glan-rhyd, Pembrokeshire. It consists of a circular enclosure with a concentric annexe. #HillFortsWednesday #Hillfort #Wales More...
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Traprain Law, a whaleback volcanic lump rising to 724ft in East Lothian. It was occupied from the Bronze Age and is said to have been home to King Loth of the Gododdin, who gave Lothian its name. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/eastlinton/traprainlaw/index.html
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Was droning in Spycimierz today. #lidar #hillfort #archaeology
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A veritable puff pastry of history was created on this hill above Bloke plateau, Slovenia.
From the Iron Age, the Romans, the Migration period, the Middle Ages, the Ottoman incursions, and on to the present day: the church of St Urh on Nadliški hill is just the top of so many layers of history ...https://kapjasa.si/en/layers-of-history/
#kiteaerialphotography #kite #KAP #aerial #history #archaeology #church #hillfort #Romans #castle #fort #bloškaplanota #nadliškivrh #bloke #Slovenia
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A veritable puff pastry of history was created on this hill above Bloke plateau, Slovenia.
From the Iron Age, the Romans, the Migration period, the Middle Ages, the Ottoman incursions, and on to the present day: the church of St Urh on Nadliški hill is just the top of so many layers of history ...https://kapjasa.si/en/layers-of-history/
#kiteaerialphotography #kite #KAP #aerial #history #archaeology #church #hillfort #Romans #castle #fort #bloškaplanota #nadliškivrh #bloke #Slovenia
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A veritable puff pastry of history was created on this hill above Bloke plateau, Slovenia.
From the Iron Age, the Romans, the Migration period, the Middle Ages, the Ottoman incursions, and on to the present day: the church of St Urh on Nadliški hill is just the top of so many layers of history ...https://kapjasa.si/en/layers-of-history/
#kiteaerialphotography #kite #KAP #aerial #history #archaeology #church #hillfort #Romans #castle #fort #bloškaplanota #nadliškivrh #bloke #Slovenia
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A veritable puff pastry of history was created on this hill above Bloke plateau, Slovenia.
From the Iron Age, the Romans, the Migration period, the Middle Ages, the Ottoman incursions, and on to the present day: the church of St Urh on Nadliški hill is just the top of so many layers of history ...https://kapjasa.si/en/layers-of-history/
#kiteaerialphotography #kite #KAP #aerial #history #archaeology #church #hillfort #Romans #castle #fort #bloškaplanota #nadliškivrh #bloke #Slovenia
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A veritable puff pastry of history was created on this hill above Bloke plateau, Slovenia.
From the Iron Age, the Romans, the Migration period, the Middle Ages, the Ottoman incursions, and on to the present day: the church of St Urh on Nadliški hill is just the top of so many layers of history ...https://kapjasa.si/en/layers-of-history/
#kiteaerialphotography #kite #KAP #aerial #history #archaeology #church #hillfort #Romans #castle #fort #bloškaplanota #nadliškivrh #bloke #Slovenia
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Archaeoethnologica: Hillforts, Poleis & villages in Thessaly / Castros, Poleis e aldeias na Tessália
+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2024/07/castros-poleis-e-aldeias-na-tessalia.html
#Archaeology #AncientHistory #Polys #Greece #ClassicalArchaeology #landscape #protohistory #IronAge #Hallstatt #settlement #city #ArchaicGreece #politics #politicstructure #oppidum #Thessaly #settlement #agregationsites #fortifications #hillfort #celts #greeks #comparatism #Antiquity
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Archaeoethnologica: Hillforts, Poleis & villages in Thessaly / Castros, Poleis e aldeias na Tessália
+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2024/07/castros-poleis-e-aldeias-na-tessalia.html
#Archaeology #AncientHistory #Polys #Greece #ClassicalArchaeology #landscape #protohistory #IronAge #Hallstatt #settlement #city #ArchaicGreece #politics #politicstructure #oppidum #Thessaly #settlement #agregationsites #fortifications #hillfort #celts #greeks #comparatism #Antiquity
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Archaeoethnologica: Hillforts, Poleis & villages in Thessaly / Castros, Poleis e aldeias na Tessália
+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2024/07/castros-poleis-e-aldeias-na-tessalia.html
#Archaeology #AncientHistory #Polys #Greece #ClassicalArchaeology #landscape #protohistory #IronAge #Hallstatt #settlement #city #ArchaicGreece #politics #politicstructure #oppidum #Thessaly #settlement #agregationsites #fortifications #hillfort #celts #greeks #comparatism #Antiquity
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Archaeologists Reveal Hundreds Of Ancient Monuments Using LiDAR [Ireland]
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https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/04/archaeologists-reveal-hundreds-of-ancient-monuments-using-lidar/151775 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.39 <-- shared paper
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[the first photo is Queen Maeve's Cairn, on the top of Knocknarea, near Sligo - so not in the study area, but one I have had the pleasure of hiking up to see]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #LiDAR #remotesensing #Ireland #earthobservation #archaeology #Antiquity #Baltinglass #CountyWicklow #hillfort #Neolithic #bronzeage #ancienthistory #prehistory #model #modeling #3dmodeling #elevation #cairns #monuments #cursus #worship #ritual #form #ceremony #morphology #geomorphometry -
#Celtic #TempleThursday: One of the Dagda’s many children was Áed Minbhrec, who was killed in a jealous rage by a man named Corgenn. Despite his power, the Dagda could not revive his beloved son, but he put a sacred vow on Corgenn, forcing him to carry his victim’s body on his back until he found a stone the exact size and weight of the deceased. Only then could Corgenn rest. Thus the man hauled the body around #Ireland until he found a place for it: the ancient #hillfort of #GrianánAileach.
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Reconnecting with Deep Time and stillness, at the remaining earthworks of an Iron Age hill fort at Pulpit Hill, in the Chiltern hills of Buckinghamshire. When the white noise & demands on attention become too much, feeling the passing of time over earth that was once so urgent and strategic, now overgrown with beech trees and carpets of leaves and moss, can help me come back to life again.
#ironage #ancienthistory #prehistory #earthworks #hillfort #ancientbritain #chilterns #ironagebritain
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Today's photo with the most hits: wheat fields from Roundway Iron Age Hill Fort.
#roundway #HillFort #IronAge
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A nice stop off in beautiful #Herefordshire on my way home today; Frith Hill, a lovely wooded ridge above Ledbury, plus a bonus hillfort (Kilbury Camp) with terrific views of the Malvern Hills.
Only my second hill (and first HuMP) of 2023, but great to be back out in the hills.
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For those who were interested in our aerial image of Nordy Bank HillFort we recently shared.
We also made a '3d Model', again using OpenDroneMap, and from that, produced a 'flyby video'#drone #DroneMapping #Photogrammetry ##AerialMapping #3dModel #HillFort #Shropshire #UK #IronAge #OpenDroneMap
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Nordy Bank is a univallate hillfort on the flanks of Brown Clee Hill, the highest hill in Shropshire.
Here's a composite of some 540+ drone photos, mostly from a P4Pro, but some from a Mavic Pro, all stitched together using OpenDroneMap of the hillfort and it's environs.
OpenDroneMap handled the 2 sets of images from 2 different drones effortlessly!
#HillFortWednesday #Shropshire #Drone #DroneMapping #uk #CleeHills #AerialMapping #DronePhotograhy #HillFort #OpenDroneMap -
Blyth Hill, #Peeblesshire - a #hillfort caught in winter light
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Good morning, fellow humans. 🌅
Here’s a recent picture of a distant #Yetholm that I took from atop Green Humbleton; an #IronAge #Hillfort with a double wall that sits in the #Halterburn valley. The #PennineWay passes the base of this small hill.
You can see the outer wall of the #fort in the foreground of this picture.
The hill opposite is #Staerough, which looms over Yetholm.
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For #HillfortsWednesday here is Humberton Hillfort near Wooler in Northumberland. Within the ramparts are hut circle remains and a 17th century cairn. Great views over the Cheviot Hills.
