List of hillforts in England

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There are 1,224 hill forts in England.[1] Although some originate in the 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]


Contents
Bedfordshire · Berkshire · Bristol · Buckinghamshire · Cambridgeshire · Cheshire · Cleveland · Cornwall · County Durham · Cumbria · Derbyshire · Devon · Dorset · East Sussex · Essex · Gloucestershire · Greater Manchester · Hampshire · Herefordshire · Hertfordshire · Kent · Lancashire · Leicestershire · Norfolk · Northamptonshire · Northumberland · North Yorkshire · Nottinghamshire · Oxfordshire · Shropshire · Somerset · South Yorkshire · Staffordshire · Surrey · West Midlands · West Sussex · West Yorkshire · Wiltshire · Worcestershire
See also · References

Bedfordshire[]

Berkshire[]

Bristol[]

Buckinghamshire[]

Cambridgeshire[]

Cheshire[]

Cleveland[]

Cornwall[]

County Durham[]

  • Maiden Castle

Cumbria[]

Derbyshire[]

  • ,[22] ,[22]
  • Castle Naze (Combs Moss), Castle Ring,[23] near Youlgreave. (Not associated with the fort of the same name in Staffordshire)
  • Fin Cop,[22]
  • Mam Tor,[22] ,[22] Mouselow Castle,[22]

Devon[]

Dorset[]

East Sussex[]

Essex[]

Gloucestershire[]

Greater Manchester[]

  • Mellor hill fort

Hampshire[]

List of hillforts in England is located in Hampshire
Ashleys Copse
Ashleys Copse
Balksbury
Balksbury
Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill
Bevisbury
Bevisbury
Buckland Rings
Buckland Rings
Bullsdown Camp
Bullsdown Camp
Danebury
Danebury
Frankenbury Camp
Frankenbury Camp
Gorley Hill
Gorley Hill
Ladle Hill
Ladle Hill
Merdon Castle
Merdon Castle
Old Winchester Hill
Old Winchester Hill
Tourner Bury
Tourner Bury
Winklebury
Winklebury
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Hillforts in Hampshire, England

Herefordshire[]

Hertfordshire[]

Kent[]

  • Bigbury Camp
  • Oldbury hillfort

Lancashire[]

Leicestershire[]

  • Beacon Hill
  • Burrough Hill

Norfolk[]

North Yorkshire[]

  • Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications
  • Sutton Bank
  • Ingleborough
  • Roulston Scar

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[]

Somerset[]

South Yorkshire[]

  • Carl Wark,
  • Wincobank (hill fort)

Staffordshire[]

Surrey[]

Warwickshire[]

West Midlands[]

West Sussex[]

  • Chanctonbury Ring
  • Cissbury Ring
  • Highdown
  • Thundersbarrow Hill
  • Torberry Hill
  • The Trundle, Chichester

West Yorkshire[]

  • Castle Hill, Huddersfield
  • Barwick-in-Elmet Castle

Wiltshire[]

Worcestershire[]

Walbury Hill, Berkshire
Bickerton Hill, Cheshire
Castle an Dinas, Cornwall
Castle Crag, Cumbria
Danebury Ring
Arbury Hill
The Wrekin
Cadbury Castle, Somerset
Chanctonbury Ring
Bredon Hill
Carl Wark, Peak District
Wychbury Hill
Old Sarum, by John Constable
Hembury Hillfort
Poundbury
Eston Nab, North Yorkshire
Beacon Hill, Hampshire
British Camp, Herefordshire
Bratton Camp and Cley Hill

See also[]

  • List of hill forts in Scotland
  • List of hill forts in Wales
  • Iron Age, British Iron Age, prehistory

References[]

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Bibliography
  • Cunliffe, Barry (1983). Danebury: Anatomy of an Iron Age Hillfort. Batsford Ltd. ISBN 0-7134-0998-3.

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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