Good time for a retrospective of cartoons about Old Oswestry debacle. 'Who's Standing up for Old Oswestry?' marked 1st Hillfort Hug in 2015 as we fought land allocation near hillfort in SAMDev plan.

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2nd tweet about Ajdovscina, and final for today (exhausted). On top of the hill, we have the main hillfort. The light blue marked hillfort is harder to see, but its there. I am not sure about that extension - need to see it on the ground.

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Thinking about future outings, so I've had a quick look in the and it seems there's plenty to keep me busy - this is just a small section (nr Milton Abbot) for Fancied a bit of straight up this time, so this is all in

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There are nice coincidences in the layouts of these hillforts, but also the locations are very similar. Compare Coto Redondo Hillforts vs The Caterthuns!

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We have a trio of Paul Nash paintings for Left: 'Wood on the Downs' (Ivinghoe Beacon), oil on canvas, 1930. Right top: 'Maiden Castle', watercolour, red chalk and pencil on paper, early 1940s, and underneath, 'Maiden Castle', no date/materials given.

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(5/7) The sequence also reveals the abandonment in the 1st c. BC. Was the involved in this process? Since 2017 we have been studying some located nearby, but the connection between them and the Late Iron Age site was unclear

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Day 23 of my Wiltshire tour by photo - this is the magnificent hillfort of Bratton Castle, with the Westbury White Horse craved into the hillside. From this angle you can really see the detail of the ramparts wrapped around the hill

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'It may indeed be likened to an enormous many-limbed organism of an antediluvian time - partaking of the cephalopod in shape - lying lifeless, and covered with a thin green cloth, which hides its substance, while revealing its contour.'
Credits in comments.

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Some nice pictures of soil marks of the hillfort in Chruścin by Wiesław Stępień. Taken before A2 Motorway was build. The chronology of the hillfort is unknown. It wasn't excavated yet. Probably early Iron Age or early Middle Ages.

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Small univallate and partially destroyed early stronghold in Okopy (eng. trenches).
German WW2 orthophoto, contemporary picture by W. Stępień and visualisation.

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Old Sarum.
David Lucas mezzotint and drypoint, after John Constable watercolour, May 1833.

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Join us this Thursday 20 Feb. Dr Wendy Morrison will talk about Beacons of the Past Hillforts project presenting some of the results of the UK’s largest bespoke archaeological survey, the project’s outreach programmes, and what comes next.
More info https://t.co/4kKUgFXCZJ

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Here is a small part of that is full of archaeological sites. For today 2 (Pilsdon Pen and Lewesdon hillfort) plus one army camp!

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British Camp a magnificent screenprint of the hillfort by the talented Tia Lambert on For more of Tia's work see:

https://t.co/PdtKbp7X5v

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More images from the origian Danbury artwork for this time with fewer bell pits and more conflict 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Day 15, yesterday, for Traprian Law, just outside Edinburgh https://t.co/BvjMlEgmCJ https://t.co/IyjHQp24XS with images of much later Roman silver vessels etc from the site

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'Built & occupied during the Iron Age (800 BC to AD 43) it is one of the best-preserved hillforts in Britain' Object to planning.northern.gov.uk quote 2 refs: 19/02685/EIA & 19/02686/EIA By Nov 19

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