Posts Tagged ‘hillfort’

Own Your Own Piece of Ancient History – Buy an Iron Age Hillfort!

Incredible as that may sound, it’s no less than the truth. What’s on offer for a guide price of £100,000 ($138,000) is a freehold on Hembury Fort Cross, a multivallate Iron Age hillfort with 38.8 acres (0.16 km2) of woodland thrown in, in the English county of Devon. A ‘multivallate’ hillfort is a well-defended settlement […]

Hidden Hillfort Revealed in Scotland on Summit of Arthur’s Seat

Archaeologists excavating on the legendary Arthur’s Seat summit in Scotland’s capital city have discovered the foundations of an ancient Edinburgh hillfort. The discovery was made on the north face of Arthur’s Seat above St Margaret’s Loch near the ruined 15th-century Saint Anthony’s chapel. Until now, the ruined chapel was the only significant ancient structure on […]

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