Category: Somerset Hillforts

Pastscape lists Backwell as a probable Iron Age promontory hillfort. It was originally spotted from the air, before being investigated on...

Banwell Camp hillfort is a univalate contour enclosure, which contains another, earlier, enclosure on its summit. It is thought to...

Bat’s Castle hillfort is a bivallate sub-circular enclosure of around 1.2 hectares. The banks reach a maximum height of around...

Bathampton Camp hillfort is a large univalate enclosure encompassing some 80 acres. It falls into the category of a ‘defendable’...

Berry Castle hillfort has, over the years, been variously described as a Romano-British fort, an earthwork thrown up in 1052...

Black Ball Camp hillfort is an oval univallate enclosure of a relatively small size but with impressive defences – the...

A geophysical survey of Blackers Hill (PRN 23292) was undertaken in 1999 which provided evidence for activity within the interior as...

Brean Down hillfort comprises a bank and outer ditch at the east end of Brean Down. In the C18-19, before...

Brent Knoll Hillfort, Somerset. Large contour hillfort located on the flat top of Brent Knoll, an island hill in the...

Brewer’s Castle hillfort is a small (0.3 hectare) univalate enclosure on a promontory of the (redundantly named) Hawkridge Ridge above...