| On the long, steep scarp between the iron age hillfort above and ploughed fields below are white signs carved into the turf. |
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| The naturally defensible site may even have been a prehistoric hillfort, and was certainly a stronghold of the Welsh princes. |
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| How is it that we can be so enthralled by a timber circle, a hillfort, a medieval watermill, an ancient wood? |
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| Concentric metre-high banks with shallow ditches between mark the perimeter of a small hillfort. |
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| The rising sun casts a golden glow above the dark ramparts of the ancient hillfort, but the rest of the sky is still a deep blue-black. |
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| Afterwards, head up to the nearby Iron Age hillfort at Bolt Tail for spectacular sunsets and the chance to spot dolphins and porpoises. |
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| The largest iron age hillfort in Europe, Maiden Castle dominates the skyline in these parts and once protected hundreds of residents. |
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| The second main phase of use began immediately after the Norman conquest when William I constructed a motte and bailey castle in the middle of the earlier hillfort. |
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| Other hillforts of Iron Age Cornovii include the Wrekin hillfort near Wellington, Caynham Camp near Poughnhill and Old Oswestry. |
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| The earliest of these structures is Maendy Camp, a hillfort whose remains are situated between Ton Pentre and Cwmparc. |
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| All of these camps are in the county of Shropshire but there was another significant settlement at the Breiddin hillfort in Powys. |
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| The Romans also built a watchtower on the top of Holyhead Mountain inside Mynydd y Twr, a prehistoric hillfort. |
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| Notable is the massive Iron Age hillfort Vespasian's Camp built alongside the Avenue near the Avon. |
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| Craig Phadraig, once an ancient Gaelic and Pictish hillfort is a 240 m hill which offers hikes on a clear pathway through the wooded terrain. |
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| Walk its top and you walk the foundations of an iron age hillfort. |
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| Dorset and The New Forest has a wonderful selection of castles, ranging from ancient hillfort fortresses to more modern buildings still used as homes. |
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| Although the first had been built about 1500 BC, hillfort building peaked during the later Iron Age. |
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| Remains from the iron age are no less present, with the imposing Dun Skeig, a Celtic hillfort, located at the northern edge of Kintyre. |
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| The hillfort itself is an outlier of a Jurassic ridge which dominates the eastern part of the study area, with light calcareous soils on an Inferior Oolite cap over sandstone. |
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| The hillfort of Dunadd is believed to have been its capital. |
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| The Caledonians, like many Celtic tribes in Britain, were hillfort builders and farmers who defeated and were defeated by the Romans on several occasions. |
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| Nevertheless, a substantial force dug themselves into a powerful hillfort. |
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| Claims that the British hillfort was called Sorviodunum result from misinterpretation of the Roman road network and Sorbiodoni in the Antonine Itinerary. |
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| Examples include Maiden Castle on Bickerton Hill, Helsby Hillfort and Woodhouse Hillfort at Frodsham. |
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