There are 1,224 hill forts in England.[1] Although some originate in the Bronze Age , the majority of hill forts in Britain were constructed during the Iron Age (about 8th century BC to the Roman conquest of Britain ). There was a trend in the 2nd century BC for hill forts to fall out of use.[2]
Cornwall
Allabury ,[18] St Agnes Beacon ,[19] St Allen ,[19] Ash Bury ,[19]
Bury Castle ,[19] Bury Down, Lanreath ,[19] Blacketon Rings ,[19] Bosigran ,[19]
Cadson Bury ,[19] Caer Bran , Caer Dane ,[19] Carn Brea ,[19] Castallack Round , Castle Dore , Castle Goff , Castle an Dinas, St. Columb Major , Castle Killibury Camp (also known as Kelly Rounds),[19] Castle Pencaire (Breage) ,[19] Chûn Castle , Crane Castle ,[19] St Cuby's Church ,[18]
Dean Point ,[19] Demelza Castle ,[19] St Dennis Hill Fort ,[18] Dingerein Castle ,[19] Dodman Point , St Dominick Hillfort ,[19] Dunmere fort ,[19] Dunterton Hillfort ,[19]
Faughan ,[19]
Gear fort ,[19] Giant's Castle , Golden Camp ,[19] Gurnard's Head ,
Hall Rings ,[19] Helbury Castle ,[19] Hilton Wood Castle ,[19]
Kelsey Head ,[18] [19] Kenidjack Castle ,[19] Kenwyn Hillfort ,[19] Kestle Rings ,[19]
Ladock Hillfort ,[19] Largin Castle ,[19] Lescudjack Hill Fort , Lesingey Round ,[18] Liveloe ,[19]
Maen Castle ,[19]
Nattlebury [19] St Newlyn East ,[19] St Newlyn East (Fiddlers Green) ,[19]
Padderbury ,[19] Pencarrow Rounds ,[19] Penhargard Castle ,[19] Polyphant Hillfort ,[19] Prideaux Castle , Prospidnick Hill ,[19]
Rame Head , Redcliff Castle ,[19] Resugga Castle ,[19] Rough Tor ,[19] Round Wood ,[19] The Rumps ,
Stowe's Pound ,[18] St Stephens Beacon ,[19]
Tregarrick Tor ,[18] Trereen Dinas ,[19] Tregeare Rounds ,[18] [19] Trelaske hillfort ,[19] Trencrom Hill ,[18] Treryn Dinas , Tresawsen (Perranzabuloe) ,[19] Trevelgue Head , Trewinnion ,[19] Trewardreva ,[19] Treyarnon fort ,[19]
Warbstow Bury ,
Yearle's Wood [19]
County Durham
Humbledon Hill
Maiden Castle
Shackleton Beacon
The Castles Bedburn
Cumbria
Allen Knott (Troutbeck) ,[20]
Black Castle Hill ,[20]
Carrock Fell ,[20] Castle Crag (Borrowdale) ,[20] Castle Crag (Haweswater) ,[20] Castle Crag (Thirlmere) ,[20] Castle Head hillfort ,[20] Castle How Hillfort ,[20] Castle Howe ,[21] Castlesteads (Askham) ,[20] Castlesteads (Natland) ,[20] Croglam Castle ,[20]
Dunmallard Hillfort ,[20] Dyke House fort ,[20]
Kingmoor ,[20] Knipe Scar, Thrimby ,[20]
Recastle Crag ,[20]
Stainton Hillfort ,[20] Swarthy Hill, Crosscanonby ,[20]
Devon
Beacon Castle , Belbury Castle , Berry Castle, Black Dog , Berry Castle, Weare Giffard , Berry Head , Berry camp , Berry's Wood , Blackbury Camp , Blackdown Rings , Bolt Tail , Boringdon Camp , Bremridge Wood , Brent Hill , Brent Tor , Burley Wood , Burridge Fort
Cadbury Castle, Devon , Capton , Castle Close , Castle Dyke, Little Haldon , Castle Head, Devon , Castle Hill, Torrington , Clovelly Dykes , Cotley Castle , Cranbrook Castle , Cranmore Castle , Cunnilear Camp
Denbury Hill , Dewerstone , Dolbury , Dumpdon Hill , Embury Beacon
Halwell Camp , Hawkesdown Hill , Hembury , Hembury Castle, Tythecott , High Peak, Devon , Hillsborough, Devon , Holbury, Holbeton , Holne Chase Castle , Huntsham castle
Kentisbury Down , Killerton , Knowle Hill Castle ,
Lee Wood
Membury Castle , Milber Down , Mockham Down , Musbury Castle , Myrtlebury
Newberry Castle , Noss, Dartmouth ,
Peppercombe Castle , Posbury , Prestonbury castle
Raddon Top , Roborough Castle ,
Seaton Down , Shoulsbury castle , Sidbury Castle , Slapton Castle , Smythapark , Stanborough , Stockland Castle , Stoke Hill
Voley Castle ,
Wasteberry Camp , Wind Hill , Windbury Head , Woodbury Castle , Woodbury, Dartmouth , Wooston Castle ,
Yarrowbury , Yellowberries Copse
Dorset
Abbotsbury Castle , Allington, Dorset ,
Badbury Rings , Banbury Hill , Bindon Hill , Buzbury Rings
Chalbury Hillfort , Coney's Castle ,
Dungeon Hill ,
Eggardon Hill ,
Flower's Barrow ,
Hambledon Hill , Hod Hill ,
Lambert's Castle , Lewesdon Hill ,
Maiden Castle ,
Pilsdon Pen , Poundbury Hill
Rawlsbury Camp [24]
Woodbury Hill , Woolsbarrow Hillfort
Hampshire
Hillforts in Hampshire, England
Ashleys Copse [25]
Balksbury ,[26] Beacon Hill ,[27] Bevisbury ,[28] Buckland Rings ,[29] Bullsdown Camp ,[30] Bury Hill [31]
Caesar's Camp ,[32] Castle Hill ,[33] Chilworth Ring [34]
Danebury ,[35] Dunwood Camp [36]
Frankenbury Camp ,[37] The Frith [38]
Gorley Hill [39]
Hamble Common Camp [40]
Knoll Camp [41]
Ladle Hill ,[42] Lockerley Camp [43]
Merdon Castle [44]
Norsebury Ring [45]
Old Winchester Hill ,[46] Oliver's Battery ,[47] Oram's Arbour [48]
Quarley Hill [49]
St. Catherine's Hill [50]
Tidbury Ring ,[51] Toothill Fort ,[52] Tourner Bury [53]
Whitsbury Castle ,[54] Winklebury ,[55] Woolbury [56]
Oxfordshire
Alfred's Castle (part of Berkshire until 1974),
Badbury Hill (part of Berkshire until 1974),
Blewburton Hill (part of Berkshire until 1974),
Chastleton Barrow ,
Cherbury Camp (part of Berkshire until 1974),
Dyke Hills ,
Knollbury ,
Eynsham Hall Camp ,
Hardwell Castle ,
Ilbury ,
Lyneham Camp , also called The Roundabout,
Madmarston Hill ,
Segsbury Camp (part of Berkshire until 1974),
Tadmarton Heath ,
Uffington Castle (part of Berkshire until 1974),
Wittenham Clumps (part of Berkshire until 1974)
Shropshire
Abdon Burf [57]
Bayston Hill ,
The Berth, Baschurch ,
Bury Ditches ,
Bury Walls ,
Burf Castle
Caer Caradoc ,
Caus Castle ,
Clee Burf ,
Caer Caradoc (Chapel Lawn) ,
Caynham Camp [58]
Ebury Hill ,
Earl's Hill
Middletown Hill
Nesscliffe ,
Nordy Bank
Old Oswestry
Titterstone Clee Hill [59]
The Wrekin
Somerset
Backwell Hillfort ,[9] Banwell Camp ,[9] Bat's Castle , Bathampton Down , Berwick ,[9] Black Ball Camp , Blacker's Hill , Brean Down , Brent Knoll , Burgh Walls Camp ,[9] Burrington Camp ,[9] Burledge Hill , Bury Castle ,
Cadbury Camp (Tickenham), Cadbury Castle (South Cadbury), Cadbury Hill (Congresbury), Cannington Camp , Castle Neroche , Clatworthy Camp , Cleeve Toot , Compton Dundon , Conygar Hillfort ,[9] Cow Castle ,
Daw's Castle , Dinghurst fort ,[9] Dolebury Warren , Dowsborough ,[9]
Elworthy Barrows , Elborough Hill ,[9]
Ham Hill , Highbury Hill ,[9]
Kenwalch's Castle , Kingsdown Camp ,
Little Down ,[9]
Maes Knoll , Maesbury Castle ,
Norton Camp ,
Plainsfield Camp ,
Ruborough Camp ,
Small Down Knoll , Stantonbury Camp ,[9] Sweetworthy ,
Taps Combe Camp ,[9] Trendle Ring , Tunley Camp [9]
Wain's Hill, Clevedon ,[9] Worlebury Camp [9]
Wiltshire
Barbury Castle , Battlesbury Camp , Bincknoll Castle (unproven), Bratton Camp , Bury Camp
Castle Ditches , Casterley Camp , Castle Rings , Chisbury , Chiselbury , Chisenbury Camp , Clearbury Ring , Cley Hill , Codford Circle (also known as Oldbury Camp, Wilsbury Ring, and Woldsbury)
Ebsbury
Fosbury Camp , Figsbury Ring (unproven)
Grovely Castle ,[69]
Knook Castle
Liddington Castle , Little Woodbury
Caer Bladon (modern Malmesbury )
Martinshill Fort , Membury Camp
Ogbury Camp , Oldbury Camp (Cherhill Down), Old Sarum , Oliver's Castle [70] (Roundway Down)
Park Hill Camp
Ringsbury Camp , Rybury
Roundway Down (or Oliver's Camp)
Scratchbury Camp , Sidbury Hill
Vespasian's Camp
Whitesheet Castle , Winklebury Camp
Yarnbury Castle
Walbury Hill , Berkshire
Bickerton Hill , Cheshire
Castle an Dinas , Cornwall
Castle Crag , Cumbria
Danebury Ring
Arbury Hill
The Wrekin
Cadbury Castle , Somerset
Chanctonbury Ring
Bredon Hill
Carl Wark , Peak District
Wychbury Hill
Old Sarum , by John Constable
Hembury Hillfort
Poundbury
Eggardon Hill
Eston Nab , North Yorkshire
Beacon Hill , Hampshire
British Camp , Herefordshire
Bratton Camp and Cley Hill