#hillforts

[balticapocalypse]

🍁LIELVĀRDE • The epic totems of LIELVĀRDE shine in the gold gifted by nature. Lielvārde is a town in Ogre Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, on the right bank of the Daugava river, 52 km southeast of Riga. The area was a contact zone between the Finnic Livonians and the Balts, and many prehistoric artifacts have been uncovered there. A Baltic hill-fort named Lennewarden being taken in fief by Albert of Buxhoeveden in 1201 is mentioned in the Chronicle of Henry of Livonia. This site is called Dievukalns (Hill of the Gods) in Latvian. A stone castle was constructed by the Riga diocese in 1229; its ruins are still accessible today. #latvia #latvija #lielvārde #hillforts #totem #sacredgrove #balticpaganism (at Lielvārdes Pilsdrupas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjgfDSqvPEh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[theemeraldforestscrapbook]

Bluebell Carpet April 2023

[thesilicontribesman]

Castell Henllys Iron Age Hillfort Roundhouses and Interiors Photoset 3, Crymych, Pembrokeshire, Wales

[chiropteracupola]

how many issues of the american institute of archaeology's magazine is it normal to own? is that number 51? will I someday be crushed by a slippery pile of years' worth of archaeology magazines?

[gebo4482]

Ten Bells

[on-misty-mountains]

Dun Mor Pictish Hillfort, Sma’ Glen

Hillfort Tour:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG4gaSkz9qA

[theemeraldforesthideout]

Carningli and the view to Dinas Head

[theemeraldforestafterdark]

Misty Moon - 4th Nov 2022

[branmer]

cackling at this place name

[postcard-from-the-past]

Chertovo Gorodishche, Devil's Hillfort rock formation near Yekaterinburg, Russia

Russian vintage postcard

[theemeraldforestscrapbook]

Realm of The Fae

[thesilicontribesman]

Tre'r Ceiri Iron Age Hillfort, nr. Llanaelhaearn, Caernarfon, Wales

[historyfiles]

Castro Culture Oppida: the Castro culture of ancient Iberia was literally the 'culture of the hill forts', covering the north-western regions of the peninsula, including northern Portugal and northern Spain.

[no0dlru]

[lith-laugh-love]

1st Feb 2023

Chûn Castle, situated not far from Chûn Quoit, is an Iron Age Hill fort near Pendeen in Cornwall. The same as Chûn Quoit, it's name means 'The House on the Downs' from the Cornish Chy Woon. The hillfort is roughly 2,000 years younger than the quoit just down the slope, which is quite humbling to think about.

Cornovia by Craig Weatherhill provides some more information on it's lay out - the fort has 2 concentric walls which are incredibly thick (almost 5 meters in places!), with two huge gateposts as it's entrance. It has an outer ditch as additional fortification, and has evidence of two occupations (iron age & then dark age). Excavation found a giant smelting furnace! Within the walls is the Chûn Castle Holy Well - which I missed on my trip.

megalithic.co.uk