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
The Verne, Portland - destroyed in mid 1800's due to modern fortifications
Hampshire
Hillforts in Hampshire, England
Ashleys Copse [ 26]
Balksbury ,[ 27] Beacon Hill ,[ 28] Bevisbury ,[ 29] Buckland Rings ,[ 30] Bullsdown Camp ,[ 31] Bury Hill [ 32]
Caesar's Camp ,[ 33] Castle Hill ,[ 34] Chilworth Ring [ 35]
Danebury ,[ 36] Dunwood Camp [ 37]
Frankenbury Camp ,[ 38] The Frith [ 39]
Gorley Hill [ 40]
Hamble Common Camp [ 41]
Knoll Camp [ 42]
Ladle Hill ,[ 43] Lockerley Camp [ 44]
Merdon Castle [ 45]
Norsebury Ring [ 46]
Old Winchester Hill ,[ 47] Oliver's Battery ,[ 48] Oram's Arbour [ 49]
Quarley Hill [ 50]
St. Catherine's Hill [ 51]
Tidbury Ring ,[ 52] Toothill Fort ,[ 53] Tourner Bury [ 54]
Whitsbury Castle ,[ 55] Winklebury ,[ 56] Woolbury [ 57]
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 [ 58]
Bayston Hill ,
The Berth, Baschurch,
Bury Ditches ,
Bury Walls ,
Burf Castle
Caer Caradoc ,
Caus Castle ,
Clee Burf ,
Caer Caradoc (Chapel Lawn) ,
Caynham Camp[ 59]
Ebury Hill,
Earl's Hill
Middletown Hill
Nesscliffe ,
Nordy Bank
Old Oswestry
Titterstone Clee Hill [ 60]
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 ,[ 70]
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 [ 71] (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