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United Kingdom

533 places in the atlas, 30 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.

Kinds found here

Megaliths366
Chambered cairns99
Ancient villages67
Archaeological wonders64
Earthworks56
Stone circles42
Hillforts32
Chambered tombs16
Henges16
Long barrows16
Settlements16
Dolmens15

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Verified501
Accepted22
Contested3
Hypothetical5
Pseudo2

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Orkney, Scotland156
Cornwall, England34
Orkney15
Somerset, South West England11
Wiltshire, England11
Kilmartin Glen, Argyll and Bute, Scotland7

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Verified501 Widely accepted22 Contested

Pembrokeshire, Wales

Aberdeenshire, Scotland5

Anglesey, Wales5

County Down, Northern Ireland5

Orkney Islands, Scotland5

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Excavation

Partially excavated295 Excavated188 Excavation ongoing26 Unexcavated12 Not applicable7 Submerged5

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hillfort

Carn Brea Inner Rampart

Iron Age (600–100 BCE) · Iron Age

Carn Brea Inner Rampart in Cornwall, Carn Brea, United Kingdom is a Iron Age (600–100 BCE) hillfort attributed to Iron Age.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork

Hembury Hillfort Devon

Neolithic to Iron Age · Devon Neolithic

Hembury Hillfort Devon at Devon, United Kingdom is a Neolithic to Iron Age earthwork of the Devon Neolithic tradition, built c. 4000 BCE for causewayed enclosure + iron age hillfort.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork

Traprain Law Hillfort

Bronze Age to Medieval · Votadini

Traprain Law Hillfort at East Lothian, United Kingdom is a Bronze Age to Medieval earthwork of the Votadini tradition, built c. 1000 BCE for phonolite plug hillfort with roman hoard.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork

Cadbury Castle Somerset Camelot

Iron Age · British Iron Age

Cadbury Castle Somerset Camelot at Somerset, United Kingdom is a Iron Age earthwork of the British Iron Age tradition, built c. 1000 BCE for camelot-identified hillfort 4 ramparts.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork

Danebury Hillfort Hampshire

Iron Age · British Iron Age

Danebury Hillfort Hampshire at Hampshire, United Kingdom is a Iron Age earthwork of the British Iron Age tradition, built c. 550 BCE for type-site hillfort dense occupation.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork

Maiden Castle Hillfort Dorset

Iron Age · Durotriges

Maiden Castle Hillfort Dorset at Dorset, United Kingdom is a Iron Age earthwork of the Durotriges tradition, built c. 600 BCE for 47 acre bivallate hillfort.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Fortress

Maiden Castle — Inner Rampart East Gate

Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) · Iron Age fortified culture

Maiden Castle — Inner Rampart East Gate in England, Dorset, Dorchester, United Kingdom is a Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) fortress attributed to I…