List of hillforts in England
There are 1,224 hill forts in England.[ 1] Bronze Age , the majority of hill forts in Britain were constructed during the Iron Age (about 8th century BC to the Roman conquest of Britain ). There was a trend in the 2nd century BC for hill forts to fall out of use.[ 2]
Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Bristol
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
Cleveland
Cornwall
Allabury ,[ 18] St Agnes Beacon ,[ 19] St Allen ,[ 19] Ash Bury ,[ 19] Bury Castle ,[ 19] Bury Down, Lanreath ,[ 19] Blacketon Rings ,[ 19] Bosigran ,[ 19] Cadson Bury ,[ 19] Caer Bran , Caer Dane ,[ 19] Carn Brea ,[ 19] Castallack Round , Castle Dore , Castle Goff , Castle an Dinas, St. Columb Major , Castle Killibury Camp (also known as Kelly Rounds),[ 19] Castle Pencaire (Breage) ,[ 19] Chûn Castle , Crane Castle ,[ 19] St Cuby's Church ,[ 18] Dean Point ,[ 19] Demelza Castle ,[ 19] St Dennis Hill Fort ,[ 18] Dingerein Castle ,[ 19] Dodman Point , St Dominick Hillfort ,[ 19] Dunmere fort ,[ 19] Dunterton Hillfort ,[ 19] Faughan ,[ 19] Gear fort ,[ 19] Giant's Castle , Golden Camp ,[ 19] Gurnard's Head ,Hall Rings ,[ 19] Helbury Castle ,[ 19] Hilton Wood Castle ,[ 19] Kelsey Head ,[ 18] [ 19] Kenidjack Castle ,[ 19] Kenwyn Hillfort ,[ 19] Kestle Rings ,[ 19] Ladock Hillfort ,[ 19] Largin Castle ,[ 19] Lescudjack Hill Fort , Lesingey Round ,[ 18] Liveloe ,[ 19] Maen Castle ,[ 19] Nattlebury [ 19] St Newlyn East ,[ 19] St Newlyn East (Fiddlers Green) ,[ 19] Padderbury ,[ 19] Pencarrow Rounds ,[ 19] Penhargard Castle ,[ 19] Polyphant Hillfort ,[ 19] Prideaux Castle , Prospidnick Hill ,[ 19] Rame Head , Redcliff Castle ,[ 19] Resugga Castle ,[ 19] Rough Tor ,[ 19] Round Wood ,[ 19] The Rumps ,Stowe's Pound ,[ 18] St Stephens Beacon ,[ 19] Tregarrick Tor ,[ 18] Trereen Dinas ,[ 19] Tregeare Rounds ,[ 18] [ 19] Trelaske hillfort ,[ 19] Trencrom Hill ,[ 18] Treryn Dinas , Tresawsen (Perranzabuloe) ,[ 19] Trevelgue Head , Trewinnion ,[ 19] Trewardreva ,[ 19] Treyarnon fort ,[ 19] Warbstow Bury ,Yearle's Wood [ 19]
County Durham
Cumbria
Allen Knott (Troutbeck) ,[ 20] Black Castle Hill ,[ 20] Carrock Fell ,[ 20] Castle Crag (Borrowdale) ,[ 20] Castle Crag (Haweswater) ,[ 20] Castle Crag (Thirlmere) ,[ 20] Castle Head hillfort ,[ 20] Castle How Hillfort ,[ 20] Castle Howe ,[ 21] Castlesteads (Askham) ,[ 20] Castlesteads (Natland) ,[ 20] Croglam Castle ,[ 20] Dunmallard Hillfort ,[ 20] Dyke House fort ,[ 20] Kingmoor ,[ 20] Knipe Scar, Thrimby ,[ 20] Recastle Crag ,[ 20] Stainton Hillfort ,[ 20] Swarthy Hill, Crosscanonby ,[ 20]
Derbyshire
Devon
Beacon Castle , Belbury Castle , Berry Castle, Black Dog , Berry Castle, Weare Giffard , Berry Head , Berry camp , Berry's Wood , Blackbury Camp , Blackdown Rings , Bolt Tail , Boringdon Camp , Bremridge Wood , Brent Hill , Brent Tor , Burley Wood , Burridge Fort Cadbury Castle, Devon , Capton , Castle Close , Castle Dyke, Little Haldon , Castle Head, Devon , Castle Hill, Torrington , Clovelly Dykes , Cotley Castle , Cranbrook Castle , Cranmore Castle , Cunnilear Camp Denbury Hill , Dewerstone , Dolbury , Dumpdon Hill , Embury Beacon Halwell Camp , Hawkesdown Hill , Hembury , Hembury Castle, Tythecott , High Peak, Devon , Hillsborough, Devon , Holbury, Holbeton , Holne Chase Castle , Huntsham castle Kentisbury Down , Killerton , Knowle Hill Castle ,Lee Wood Membury Castle , Milber Down , Mockham Down , Musbury Castle , Myrtlebury Newberry Castle , Noss, Dartmouth ,Peppercombe Castle , Posbury , Prestonbury castle Raddon Top , Roborough Castle ,Seaton Down , Shoulsbury castle , Sidbury Castle , Slapton Castle , Smythapark , Stanborough , Stockland Castle , Stoke Hill Voley Castle ,Wasteberry Camp , Wind Hill , Windbury Head , Woodbury Castle , Woodbury, Dartmouth , Wooston Castle ,Yarrowbury , Yellowberries Copse
Dorset
Abbotsbury Castle , Allington, Dorset ,Badbury Rings , Banbury Hill , Bindon Hill , Buzbury Rings Chalbury Hillfort , Coney's Castle ,Dungeon Hill ,Eggardon Hill ,Flower's Barrow ,Hambledon Hill , Hod Hill ,Lambert's Castle , Lewesdon Hill ,Maiden Castle ,Pilsdon Pen , Poundbury Hill Rawlsbury Camp [ 24] Woodbury Hill , Woolsbarrow Hillfort
East Sussex
Essex
Gloucestershire
Greater Manchester
Hampshire
Hillforts in Hampshire, England
Ashleys Copse [ 25] Balksbury ,[ 26] Beacon Hill ,[ 27] Bevisbury ,[ 28] Buckland Rings ,[ 29] Bullsdown Camp ,[ 30] Bury Hill [ 31] Caesar's Camp ,[ 32] Castle Hill ,[ 33] Chilworth Ring [ 34] Danebury ,[ 35] Dunwood Camp [ 36] Frankenbury Camp ,[ 37] The Frith [ 38] Gorley Hill [ 39] Hamble Common Camp [ 40] Knoll Camp [ 41] Ladle Hill ,[ 42] Lockerley Camp [ 43] Merdon Castle [ 44] Norsebury Ring [ 45] Old Winchester Hill ,[ 46] Oliver's Battery ,[ 47] Oram's Arbour [ 48] Quarley Hill [ 49] St. Catherine's Hill [ 50] Tidbury Ring ,[ 51] Toothill Fort ,[ 52] Tourner Bury [ 53] Whitsbury Castle ,[ 54] Winklebury ,[ 55] Woolbury [ 56]
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
Kent
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Norfolk
North Yorkshire
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
Oxfordshire
Alfred's Castle (part of Berkshire until 1974),Badbury Hill (part of Berkshire until 1974),Blewburton Hill (part of Berkshire until 1974),Chastleton Barrow ,Cherbury Camp (part of Berkshire until 1974),Dyke Hills ,Knollbury ,Eynsham Hall Camp ,Hardwell Castle ,Ilbury ,Lyneham Camp , also called The Roundabout,Madmarston Hill ,Segsbury Camp (part of Berkshire until 1974),Tadmarton Heath ,Uffington Castle (part of Berkshire until 1974),Wittenham Clumps (part of Berkshire until 1974)
Shropshire
Abdon Burf [ 57] Bayston Hill ,The Berth, Baschurch ,Bury Ditches ,Bury Walls ,Burf Castle Caer Caradoc ,Caus Castle ,Clee Burf ,Caer Caradoc (Chapel Lawn) ,Caynham Camp [ 58] Ebury Hill ,Earl's Hill Middletown Hill Nesscliffe ,Nordy Bank Old Oswestry Titterstone Clee Hill [ 59] The Wrekin
Somerset
Backwell Hillfort ,[ 9] Banwell Camp ,[ 9] Bat's Castle , Bathampton Down , Berwick ,[ 9] Black Ball Camp , Blacker's Hill , Brean Down , Brent Knoll , Burgh Walls Camp ,[ 9] Burrington Camp ,[ 9] Burledge Hill , Bury Castle ,Cadbury Camp (Tickenham), Cadbury Castle (South Cadbury), Cadbury Hill (Congresbury), Cannington Camp , Castle Neroche , Clatworthy Camp , Cleeve Toot , Compton Dundon , Conygar Hillfort ,[ 9] Cow Castle ,Daw's Castle , Dinghurst fort ,[ 9] Dolebury Warren , Dowsborough ,[ 9] Elworthy Barrows , Elborough Hill ,[ 9] Ham Hill , Highbury Hill ,[ 9] Kenwalch's Castle , Kingsdown Camp ,Little Down ,[ 9] Maes Knoll , Maesbury Castle ,Norton Camp ,Plainsfield Camp ,Ruborough Camp ,Small Down Knoll , Stantonbury Camp ,[ 9] Sweetworthy ,Taps Combe Camp ,[ 9] Trendle Ring , Tunley Camp [ 9] Wain's Hill, Clevedon ,[ 9] Worlebury Camp [ 9]
South Yorkshire
Staffordshire
Surrey
Warwickshire
West Midlands
West Sussex
West Yorkshire
Wiltshire
Barbury Castle , Battlesbury Camp , Bincknoll Castle (unproven), Bratton Camp , Bury Camp Castle Ditches , Casterley Camp , Castle Rings , Chisbury , Chiselbury , Chisenbury Camp , Clearbury Ring , Cley Hill , Codford Circle (also known as Oldbury Camp, Wilsbury Ring, and Woldsbury)Ebsbury Fosbury Camp , Figsbury Ring (unproven)Grovely Castle ,[ 69] Knook Castle Liddington Castle , Little Woodbury Caer Bladon (modern Malmesbury )
Martinshill Fort , Membury Camp Ogbury Camp , Oldbury Camp (Cherhill Down), Old Sarum , Oliver's Castle [ 70] Park Hill Camp Ringsbury Camp , Rybury Roundway Down (or Oliver's Camp) Scratchbury Camp , Sidbury Hill Vespasian's Camp Whitesheet Castle , Winklebury Camp Yarnbury Castle
Worcestershire
Walbury Hill , BerkshireBickerton Hill , CheshireCastle an Dinas , CornwallCastle Crag , CumbriaDanebury RingArbury Hill The Wrekin Cadbury Castle , SomersetChanctonbury Ring Bredon Hill Carl Wark , Peak DistrictWychbury Hill Old Sarum , by John ConstableHembury HillfortPoundbury Eggardon Hill Eston Nab , North YorkshireBeacon Hill , HampshireBritish Camp , HerefordshireBratton Camp and Cley Hill
See also
References
Bibliography
Further reading
Forde-Johnston, James (1962). "The Iron Age Hillforts of Lancashire and Cheshire". Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society . 72 : 9–46. Forde-Johnston, James (1976). Hillforts of the Iron Age in England and Wales: a survey of the surface evidence . Liverpool University Press. ISBN 0-85323-381-0 Sutton, J. E. G. (1966). "Iron Age Hill-Forts and some other Earthworks in Oxfordshire". Oxoniensia . 31 : 28–42.
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