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hillfort

/ ˈɪˌɔː /

noun

  1. archaeol a hilltop fortified with ramparts and ditches, dating from the second millennium bc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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At the western end of the Dhekelia area this occupation is represented in a significant archaeological landscape comprising a large Bronze Age defended hilltop settlement at Kokkinokremnos and an adjacent Iron Age hillfort at Vikla, both sitting above the Roman harbour town of Koutsopetria: all these protected sites are subject to recent research excavations.

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A team of archaeologists from the Cambridge Archaeological Unit hoped to establish what activities took place in the hillfort, which is near Wells-next-the-Sea.

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The discovery that an Iron Age hillfort was probably not used as a permanent settlement is to feature on BBC Two's Digging for Britain.

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The largest hillfort in Wales is a little-known ancient monument, Garn Goch, on a hill above the Tywi Valley in Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, also known as the Brecon Beacons.

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"We should be getting excited about this incredible hillfort heritage we have in Wales."

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