List of hillforts in England

There are 1,224 hill forts in England. 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.Cunliffe (1983), p. 74. __NOTOC__

Bedfordshire Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cleveland Cornwall County Durham Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset East Sussex Essex Gloucestershire Greater Manchester Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Norfolk Northamptonshire Northumberland North Yorkshire Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Shropshire Somerset South Yorkshire Staffordshire Surrey West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcestershire See also References

Bedfordshire Billington Camp Caesar's Camp, Sandy Conger Hill Galley Hill Maiden Bower Mowsbury Hill Sharpenhoe Clappers

Berkshire Borough Hill Bussock Camp, Caesar's Camp Grimsbury Castle Membury Camp Perborough Castle Walbury Hill Ramsbury Corner, Cold Ash, Berkshire

Bristol Aldebury Blaise Castle Clifton Down Promontory Fort Kingsweston Hill

Buckinghamshire Aylesbury Boddington Camp Bulstrode Park Camp Cheddington Cholesbury Camp Church Hill, West Wycombe Danesborough Camp Desborough Castle Gerrards Cross Ivinghoe Keep hill Kimbles Maid's Moreton Medmenham Camp Medmenham (Danesfield Camp) Norbury Pulpit Hill Seven Ways Plain (Burnham Beeches) Southend Hill States House Hillfort Taplow West Wycombe Camp Whelpley Hill

Cambridgeshire Belsar's Hill Borough Hill, Sawston Stonea Camp Wandlebury Hill War Ditches Wardy Hill

Cheshire Beeston Castle Bradley hill fort Burton Point Castle Ditch, Delamere Eddisbury hill fort Helsby hill fort Kelsborrow Castle Maiden Castle Oakmere hill fort Woodhouses hill fort

Cleveland Eston Nab

Cornwall

Allabury, St Agnes Beacon, St Allen, Ash Bury, Bury Castle, Bury Down, Lanreath, Blacketon Rings, Bosigran, Cadson Bury, Caer Bran, Caer Dane, Carn Brea, Castallack Round, Castle Dore, Castle Goff, Castle an Dinas, St. Columb Major, Castle Killibury Camp (also known as Kelly Rounds), Castle Pencaire (Breage), Chûn Castle, Crane Castle, St Cuby's Church, Dean Point, Demelza Castle, St Dennis Hill Fort, Dingerein Castle, Dodman Point, St Dominick Hillfort, Dunmere fort, Dunterton Hillfort, Faughan, Gear fort, Giant's Castle, Golden Camp, Gurnard's Head, Hall Rings, Helbury Castle, Hilton Wood Castle, Kelsey Head, Kenidjack Castle, Kenwyn Hillfort, Kestle Rings, Ladock Hillfort, Largin Castle, Lescudjack Hill Fort, Lesingey Round, Liveloe, Maen Castle, Nattlebury St Newlyn East, St Newlyn East (Fiddlers Green), Padderbury, Pencarrow Rounds, Penhargard Castle, Polyphant Hillfort, Prideaux Castle, Prospidnick Hill, Rame Head, Redcliff Castle, Resugga Castle, Rough Tor, Round Wood, The Rumps, Stowe's Pound, St Stephens Beacon, Tregarrick Tor, Trereen Dinas, Tregeare Rounds, Trelaske hillfort, Trencrom Hill, Treryn Dinas, Tresawsen (Perranzabuloe), Trevelgue Head, Trewinnion, Trewardreva, Treyarnon fort, Warbstow Bury, Yearle's Wood

County Durham Humbledon Hill Maiden Castle Shackleton Beacon The Castles Bedburn

Cumbria Allen Knott (Troutbeck), Black Castle Hill, Carrock Fell, Castle Crag (Borrowdale), Castle Crag (Haweswater), Castle Crag (Thirlmere), Castle Head hillfort, Castle How Hillfort, Castle Howe, Castlesteads (Askham), Castlesteads (Natland), Croglam Castle, Dunmallard Hillfort, Dyke House fort, Kingmoor, Knipe Scar, Thrimby, Recastle Crag, Stainton Hillfort, Swarthy Hill, Crosscanonby,

Derbyshire Ball Cross, Borough Hill, Castle Naze (Combs Moss), Castle Ring, near Youlgreave. (Not associated with the fort of the same name in Staffordshire) Fin Cop, Mam Tor, Markland Grips, Mouselow Castle,

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 The Verne, Portland – destroyed in the mid-1800s due to modern fortifications Woodbury Hill, Woolsbarrow Hillfort

East Sussex Hollingbury Castle Mount Caburn

Essex Ambresbury Banks Danbury, Essex Little Baddow Loughton Camp

Gloucestershire Abbey Camp Bagendon hillfort Brackenbury Ditches Bloody Acre Bury Hill, Winterbourne Camp Hill, Thornbury Cleeve Hill Crickley Hill Dyrham Camp Elberton Camp Horton Camp Little Sodbury Lydney Park Knole Park Camp Solsbury Hill The Castle, Tytherington Tog Hill, Cold Ashton Uley Bury Welshbury Hill

Greater Manchester Mellor hill fort

Hampshire

Ashleys Copse Balksbury, Beacon Hill, Bevisbury, Buckland Rings, Bullsdown Camp, Bury Hill Caesar's Camp, Castle Hill, Chilworth Ring Danebury, Dunwood Camp Frankenbury Camp, The Frith Gorley Hill Hamble Common Camp Knoll Camp Ladle Hill, Lockerley Camp Merdon Castle Norsebury Ring Old Winchester Hill, Oliver's Battery, Oram's Arbour Quarley Hill St. Catherine's Hill Tidbury Ring, Toothill Fort, Tourner Bury Whitsbury Castle, Winklebury, Woolbury

Herefordshire Aconbury Camp British Camp Camp Coppice, Castle Frome Capler Camp Chase Hill, Ross on Wye Credenhill Croft Ambrey Dinedor Camp Dinmore Hill Ivington Camp Midsummer Hill Poston Camp Risbury Sutton Walls Hill Fort Uphampton Camp Wapley Hill

Hertfordshire Arbury Banks The Aubreys Ravensburgh Castle Wilbury Hill Wallbury Camp

Kent Bigbury Camp Oldbury hillfort Squerreys Park Early Iron Age Hillfort

Lancashire Castercliff Portfield Warton Crag

Leicestershire Beacon Hill Breedon hill fort Burrough Hill

Norfolk Bloodgate Hill Iron Age Fort Holkham Camp Warham Camp

North Yorkshire Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications Sutton Bank Ingleborough Roulston Scar Scarborough Castle - originally the site of a hillfort.

Northamptonshire Arbury Hill Borough Hill Hunsbury Hill or Danes Camp Rainsborough Camp

Northumberland Callaly Castle Castle Knowe Ewe Hill Gibbs Hill Great Hetha Greaves Ash Humbleton Hill Little Cleugh Lordenshaws Old Fawdon Hill Prendwick Chesters West Hill Yeavering Bell

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 Bayston Hill, The Berth, Baschurch, Bury Ditches, Bury Walls, Burf Castle Caer Caradoc, Caus Castle, Clee Burf, Caer Caradoc (Chapel Lawn), Caynham Camp Ebury Hill, Earl's Hill Middletown Hill Nesscliffe, Nordy Bank Old Oswestry Titterstone Clee Hill The Wrekin

Somerset

Backwell Hillfort, Banwell Camp, Bat's Castle, Bathampton Down, Berwick, Black Ball Camp, Blacker's Hill, Brean Down, Brent Knoll, Burgh Walls Camp, Burrington Camp, 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, Cow Castle, Daw's Castle, Dinghurst fort, Dolebury Warren, Dowsborough, Elworthy Barrows, Elborough Hill, Ham Hill, Highbury Hill, Kenwalch's Castle, Kingsdown Camp, Little Down, Maes Knoll, Maesbury Castle, Norton Camp, Plainsfield Camp, Ruborough Camp, Small Down Knoll, Stantonbury Camp, Sweetworthy, Taps Combe Camp, Trendle Ring, Tunley Camp Wain's Hill, Clevedon, Worlebury Camp

South Yorkshire Carl Wark, Wincobank (hill fort)

Staffordshire Berth Hill Bunbury hillfort Bury Bank Bury Ring Castle Ring Kinver Edge Hillfort

Surrey Anstiebury Camp Botany Hill Caesar's Camp, Rushmoor and Waverley Caesar's Camp, Wimbledon Common The Cardinal's Cap, or War Coppice Camp Hascombe Hill Holmbury Hill

Warwickshire Barnmoor Wood Camp Beausale camp (Camp Hill) Corley Camp Meon Hill Nadbury Camp Oakley Wood Camp Oldberrow, Warwickshire Oldbury Camp, Warwickshire Wappenbury Camp Harborough Banks Thornton Farm Foxhill, Warwickshire Priory Park, Warwickshire Hoo Hill Warwensmere Road

West Midlands Castle Old Fort, Stonnall Wednesbury Wychbury Ring

West Sussex Chanctonbury Ring Cissbury Ring Highdown Thundersbarrow Hill Torberry Hill The Trundle, Chichester

West Yorkshire Castle Hill, Huddersfield Barwick-in-Elmet Castle

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, 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 (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

Worcestershire Berry Mound Bredon Hill Wychbury Ring Woodbury Hill

See also List of hill forts in Scotland List of hill forts in Wales Iron Age, British Iron Age, prehistory

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Further reading

External links A crowd-sourced project to map the hillforts of Britain and Ireland.