Iron Age Promontory Hillfort

Promontory forts are a type of hillfort in which conspicuous naturally defended sites are adapted as enclosures by the construction of one or more earth or stone ramparts placed across the neck of a spur in order to divide it from the surrounding land.

Locations of Iron Age Promontory Hillforts in Roman Britain

• Bury Walls
• Countisbury Hill Fort
• Craig y Ddinas Hillfort (Ystradfellte)
• Lydney Camp
• The Bulwarks, Porthkerry

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