#Hillfortswednesday

Manuel Gago

magago

Taboo! Do not build your actual house inside the 'croa' (the highest part of the fort) of a Galician hillfort. For example: the castro of Miñarzo in Lira (Carnota). Follow

Michael Kingsbury

Celtic_Films

Lots of people still hold to the old belief that the Roman Empire legions were "good in war", actually they were not and had to resort to starving women and

Durotriges Project

Durotrigesdig

We’re thinking about reconstruction paintings this #HillfortsWednesday and this one of the gate to Llanmelin Iron Age hillfort #Monmouthshire @museum_cardiff is one of our absolute favouritesPainted in 1940 by the

Durotriges Project

Durotrigesdig

Here’s the glorious multivallate Iron Age hillfort (and Roman fort) atop #HodHill #Dorset @nationaltrust looking east in this aerial photo from 2016 © Jo and Sue CraneA thread to celebrate

Manuel Gago

magago

Today in #hillfortsWednesday I will talk to you about one of the most enigmatic and spectacular fortresses on the Galician coast: Mount Pindo. It is a story of wolf queens,

Ed Peveler

edpev7

Combining #HillfortsWednesday and #EarthDay2020 ! Many of our @ChilternsAONB @HeritageFundUK #Chilforts lie in magnificent chalk grassland, a rare habitat type with great ecological value.(Cowslips on the slopes of Ivinghoe Beacon

Ed Peveler

edpev7

Showing off the lovely Ivinghoe Beacon again for #HillfortsWednesday after @Durotrigesdig covered it last week. An amazing site, visible from miles around, it is set on a large spur of

OJT Heritage

DrOliverOGrady

Looking for a break from Twitter #toiletrollenvy? Here's an exquisite flint arrowhead found at #EastLomondHillfort #HillfortsWednesdayDrop/leaf-shaped reddish-orange flint Early Neolithic c.4000-3500 BC, found 5500-6000 years later thanks to volu