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Investigating the Iron Age and Roman period in SW Britain. Bournemouth University #HillfortsWednesday Posts (mostly) by Miles Russell

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · Nov 16

Hello, we're the Durotriges Project 👋

If you're here for updates on prehistoric Dorset, archaeology info or just to look at pictures of Iron Age / Roman artefacts, we hope you'll find something of interest

#Durotriges25

⚠️ warning: may contain random references to #DoctorWho and #HypocaustGate

A complete Late Iron Age Black Burnished Ware pot from the #Durotriges24 excavation

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 2h

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Another long drive later & Berry Castle (not a typo, idk if it started life as another 'bury castle')
trees cleared from the site after 2015 when bunch of trees came down in a storm & damaged the banks

#HillfortsWednesday

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Edmund Lee @edsrlee.bsky.social · 1h

Sharing for the #HillfortsWednesday followers. Amazing photo.

Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 14h

Dusk at The Clumps. The moment you feel the temperature fall away.

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 2h

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There was a lot of road to cover between here & North Devon, we broke up the journey a bit with a stop off in Taunton & just outside town to the west: Norton Fitzwarren

#HillfortsWednesday

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 14m

Totally 👍

Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 15m

Is it ? 😳

Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 15m

Don't go off Topic

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 19m

A very nice part of the world! 🤩

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Absolutely 😉

Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 2h

Folklore has linked Cadbury Castle #Somerset to King Arthur for centuries

The ostensibly sober #OrdnanceSurvey once got in on this with an overtly definitive identification of the hillfort as 'Camelot'

So it must be true

(Please note, other Camelots are available)

#HillfortsWednesday

Inked line drawing of an Iron Age hillfort with contours, haschures and Gothic text

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Dr Alan Montgomery @classicalalan.bsky.social · 2h

This is the view from the top of Woden Law, an Iron Age hillfort in the Scottish Borders. Below it is a Roman road known as Dere Street and in the distance are the Eildon Hills. This was the start point for my journey that inspired my recent book 'The Road to Mons Graupius'. #HillfortsWednesday

A view from the top of a hillfort. A road can be seen leading into the distance, as well as clusters of trees and hills on the horizon.

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 2h

Castle an Dinas at St Columb Major. It dates from around the second and third centuries BC and consists of three ditch and rampart concentric rings, 850ft in diameter and standing 700ft above sea level.

#HillfortsWednesday
#Archaeology
#AncientBlueSky

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 2h

I blame their leader, Sir Loin of Steak

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 2h

#HillfortsWednesday & this weekend we went on a bit of an adventure to North Devon & Cornwall, catching a bunch of sites & particularly, promontory forts

A small 🧵👇

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 2h

#HillfortsWednesday

Ladle Hill
The hillfort on the top of the hill has never been excavated, but the land and ditch are sharply defined and well preserved. This Iron Age fort is roughly rectangular and enclosed seven acres within an embankment and ditch.

#Archaeology #History

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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 1d

The sounds of a hillfort in its day; the hammering of smiths, livestock, the beating of skin drums, humans shouting and laughing and the crackling of fires. This is the 26 acre Fosbury Camp hillfort, established during the Iron Age. #Hillfort #Wiltshire

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 2h

😊😊

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 2h

Absolutely right 😊👍

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 3h

For #HillfortsWednesday the absolutely whopping ramparts of Tredegar hillfort in Newport, partly hemmed in by the Gaer housing estate & re-used for an historic golf course

331m top to bottom 😮

Stunning vegetation-stripped LiDAR DTM from National Library Scotland 👌

👉 coflein.gov.uk/en/site/93429

A hillshaded orange & silver Lidar map of a substantial polygonal hillfort

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 2h

Excellent. Will search this out 😊

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 3h

These bovines, in particular, take their role of protecting the fortress very seriously 🗡🐄

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 3h

Torsburgen is the third largest fortified hillfort in Scandinavia in 112.5 ha. It was likely created during the Late Roman Iron Age (200 - 400 AD). The walls were made of dry stone, rubble from boulders, limestone, and a raised beach. It is a nature reserve. #HillfortsWednesday

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Paul Whitewick @paulwhitewick.bsky.social · 4h

If you've ever tried to reach this northwestern side of Woolbury Hillfort, you'll know the pain suffered to get these pics....

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Woolbury. NW Hampshire. Cunliffe described ad possible a border hillfort.

Os map of woolbury Hillfort. Highlighting a large amount of open access land that is not easy to get to

Extremely bramble covered Hillfort bank and ditch. Very small counterscarp.

Just... vegetation. Everywhere... hillfort bank to ledt off shot. Likely a few tree coming in from the right

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 5d

As it's #hillfortswednesday and I've finally managed to retrieve my summer holiday photos from my broken camera, here's Darren Camp in Ceredigion and a (very) distant view of Pen Dinas in Aberystwyth from the same spot

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 3h

It's #HillfortsWednesday 🥳

Here's Cadbury Castle #Somerset, one of the most famous of British hillforts thanks to its impressive form, glorious views and extensive folklore associations

Today its grass covered ramparts are patrolled by inquisitive bovine quadrupeds

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Cows chewing their way across the grass covered ramparts of an Iron Age hillfort with tree covered hills in the distance

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 15h

Just an average morning

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