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Hilltops ringed with ramparts and ditches, built for defence and display.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Hillfort
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Howe Hillfort in Buriram Province, Thailand is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) hillfort attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇵🇱 Poland · Hillfort
Early Medieval (7th–1260 CE) · Polanian / Piast Poland
Strategic Piast stronghold nicknamed Custos Poloniae (Guard of Poland) at Warta–Noteć confluence isthmus, with massive 8-phase ramparts (7th–13th c) enclosing 0.8 ha hillfort plus 10 ha outer town,…
🇨🇱 Chile · Hillfort
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Tre-Fell Hillfort in Coquimbo, Chile is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) hillfort attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Hillfort
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Alignment Roxby Camp in Catamarca, Argentina is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) hillfort attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇨🇦 Canada · Hillfort
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Rig Ach Camp in British Columbia, Canada is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) hillfort attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇱🇻 Latvia · Hillfort
Iron Age to 1286 CE (Semigallian) · Semigallian
Zemgale's greatest Semigallian hillfort complex at Tērvete — three hillforts (Wooden Castle Hill 35 m, Swede Hill, Kloster Hill) plus 1000+ barrow cemetery.
🇨🇿 Czech Republic · Hillfort
Early Medieval (9th–995 CE) · Slavník / Přemyslid Bohemia
Great Slavník hillfort capital at Libice (Libice nad Cidlinou) on Elbe–Cidlina confluence (25 ha inner 10 ha) with triple ramparts (7 m high, 40 m base), stone church and palace hall.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Hillfort
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Negev Kite Enclosure West in Steppe, Kazakhstan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) hillfort attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Hillfort
Scythian (7th–4th century BCE, peak 500 BCE) · Scythian Forest-Steppe
Massive Scythian hillfort (205 ha) deep in Kholodnyi Yar oak forest near Chyhyryn, with massive earthen ramparts 8 m high enclosing sacred settlement and cemetery. Excavated by M.
🇦🇺 Australia · Hillfort
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Sahara Kite V-Shaped Wall West in Pilbara, Australia is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) hillfort attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇨🇿 Czech Republic · Hillfort
Early Medieval (c.882–955) · Přemyslid Bohemia (Great Moravian echo)
Earliest Přemyslid stronghold (Levý Hradec) on Vltava promontory at Roztoky 10 km north of Prague — circular rampart 100×80 m, wooden hall and the 884 St.
🇨🇿 Czech Republic · Hillfort
Early Medieval (9th–early 12th century) · Zličan / Přemyslid
Prominent Zličan tribal hillfort at Stará Kouřim (44 ha plateau with double ramparts, gate complex) above Kouřim valley 50 km east Prague, mentioned in Dalimil Chronicle.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hillfort
Neolithic tor enclosure (3700 BCE) and Iron Age hillfort (600 BCE) · Cornish Neolithic & Iron Age
Carn Brea Hillfort — Redruth in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Neolithic tor enclosure (3700 BCE) and Iron Age hillfort (600 BCE) hillfort attributed to Cornish Neolithic & Iron Age.
🇸🇰 Slovakia · Hillfort
Great Moravian (9th century, 830–907) · Great Moravian Slavic
Great Moravian hillfort on Kostolec hill (290 m) above Váh valley at Ducové, with double ramparts (6 m) enclosing 1.8 ha, stone rotunda church (discovered 1968) and magnate hall. Slovak-T.
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Nabataean–Roman–Byzantine (100 BCE–600 CE) highland · Nabataean desert frontier
Ashar? Actually Shaharut — Negev Highlands Fortlet in Southern District, Israel is a Nabataean–Roman–Byzantine (100 BCE–600 CE) highland fortress attributed to Nabataean desert frontier.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hillfort
Early Neolithic to Iron Age (3700 BCE–500 BCE) · Neolithic farmers / Iron Age
Crickley Hill in Gloucestershire, Cotswolds, United Kingdom is a Early Neolithic to Iron Age (3700 BCE–500 BCE) hillfort attributed to Neolithic farmers / Iron Age culture.
🇱🇻 Latvia · Hillfort
Late Iron Age to Medieval (900–1200 CE) · Livonian / Latgalian
Important Daugava port and hillfort at Daugmale (Daugava island) 12 km SE of Riga, with 3 ha hillfort (rampart 8 m high) plus 1st millennium trading place yielding 37,000 finds: Scandinavian…
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Fortress
Hephthalite to Ghaznavid (500–1000 CE) · Bamyan fortress town (Hephthalite)
Shahr-i Zohak — Bamiyan Fortress Extension in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan is a Hephthalite to Ghaznavid (500–1000 CE) fortress attributed to Bamyan fortress town (Hephthalite).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Early Neolithic (3700 BCE) to Iron Age · Neolithic causewayed / Hillfort
The Trundle in West Sussex, South Downs, United Kingdom is a Early Neolithic (3700 BCE) to Iron Age earthwork attributed to Neolithic causewayed / Hillfort culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hillfort
Iron Age (400–100 BCE) · Dumnonii
Trevelgue Head Cliff Castle — Newquay in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age (400–100 BCE) hillfort attributed to Dumnonii.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hillfort
Iron Age · Dumnonii
Black Head Cliff Castle — St Austell Bay in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age hillfort attributed to Dumnonii. Small univallate promontory fort with hut terraces, facing St Austell Bay.
🇷🇴 Romania · Ancient city
Iron Age Dacian (1st c. BCE – 106 CE, La Tène to Trajan) · Dacians (Decebalus, Burebista)
Costești-Blidaru Dacian Fortress in Hunedoara County, Orăștie Mountains, Costești village, Blidaru hill, Romania is a Iron Age Dacian (1st c.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hillfort
Iron Age (600–100 BCE) · Iron Age
Castell Henllys Inner Rampart in Pembrokeshire, Crymych, United Kingdom is a Iron Age (600–100 BCE) hillfort attributed to Iron Age.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Fortress
Migration Period → Viking Age 400–1100 Gotland fornborg · Gotlandic Iron Age Gutar → Viking Age
Torsburgen (Thors Burg) — largest Gotland hillfort (fornborg) Migration–Viking Age (c.400–1100) on Tors limestone plateau 71 m a.s.l., Kräklingbo, eastern Gotland.
