The enigmatic Dwarfie Stane on the island of #Hoy, part of the #Orkney archipelago

Looked after by @welovehistory @HistEnvScot it's quite possibly Britain's only #Neolithic rock cut tomb

A peedie thread for #TombTuesday

📷 Aug 2024 👇👇 The Dwarfie Stane #Hoy is a chonky slab of red sandstone (measuring 2m high and 8m long) into which a 2 chambers linked by a short entrance passage have been carved

Plan: J Callander *Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland* 70 (1936)

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It's #HillfortsWednesday and here’s the curiously enigmatic (and infrequently examined) prehistoric earthwork enclosures atop the wonderfully named Thundersbarrow Hill #WestSussex @sdnpa 😍

Pic © CACUP 1975 (BSR60) @CamDigLib @theUL

A short thread 👇👇👇 The subcircular Iron Age hillfort of Thundersbarrow covers 1.2ha with entrances at the SE and N

It encloses a 0.5ha subsquare Bronze Age enclosure with a barrow and Romano British village at the S + E

Plan: Robert Gurd 1932 © Sussex Arch Soc @sussex_society

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For #HillfortsWednesday here’s the glorious Chlorus Camp (Figsbury Ring) #Wiltshire, photographically captured by David R Abram 🤩

For more of his stunning work see davidabram.co.uk

And catch his exhibition @SalisburyMuseum salisburymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/exhib…

A thread 👇👇👇 Figsbury Ring / Chlorus Camp #Wiltshire comprises a univallate Iron Age hillfort with entrances at the East and West

At 6.2ha it encloses a Neolithic / EBA feature (a henge?)

LiDAR Digital terrain model Rouven Meidlinger @planlaufterrain CC BY-SA 4.0

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It’s #HillfortsWednesday (huzzah!)

Today we’re looking down on the mighty Maiden Castle #Dorset @EnglishHeritage

It's impressive today, but how did it look in prehistory?

A thread on our favourite recreations / reconstructions from books, guides and on-site signage 👇👇 Arguably the most famous hillfort in Britain, the multivallate Maiden Castle #Dorset encloses over 17ha and comprises many phases of construction and modification the appearance of which can be difficult to convey

📷 looking south © Jo and Sue Crane 2016

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It’s #HillfortsWednesday and we wonder if the Iron Age univallate Trundle has ever looked more gorgeous than in this incredible pic by @DavidRAbram here, looking N towards the mist swathed #WestSussex Weald 🤩

For more of David’s stunning photos see:

davidabram.co.uk/ancient-britain The Iron Age ramparts of the Trundle #WestSussex partially enclose the spiral circuit of an earlier causewayed enclosure, the remains of which can be seen in this epic photo by @DavidRAbram

For more of David’s stunning photos see:

davidabram.co.uk/ancient-britain

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Figsbury Ring comprises a fine set of prehistoric enclosure systems on the chalk above Salisbury in #Wiltshire looked after by @nationaltrust @NatTrustArch

A short thread for #HillfortsWednesday Figsbury Ring, once known as Chlorus Camp, #Wiltshire @NatTrustArch - The outer circuit encloses 6.2ha with entrances on the E and W

📷 Dae Sasitorn + Adrian Warren © Sasitorn Images

For more amazing images see: sasitornimages.com

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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 Crane

A thread to celebrate #HillfortsWednesday Double ramparts define the 22ha hillfort of Hod Hill #Dorset except on the W with a single bank. Quarry pits form a line behind the ramparts. A Roman fort occupies the NW

Digital terrain model planlauf/TERRAIN from @HenryRothwell digitaldigging.net/hod-hill-dorse…
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