Isolated and wooded, D-shaped hillfort on Nesscliffe Hill above the Rivers Severn and Perry. Internal area c. 2.8ha. Small scale excavations by Hume and Jones 1953-56 and lately by Oxford University. Several coins and 2nd to 4th century pottery. The top has been cleared and restaured and there is an assumed shrine. #HillfortsWednesday

Skällberget hill fort in Siuntio, Finland. A view of the top of the hill. The hillfort is located across the road from the medieval St. Peter's Church and is protected by the Finnish law, like all old archaeological sites. A nature trail leads to the top of the hill. #HillfortsWednesday

Beacon Hill is the only univallate hillfort in Leicestershire. It dates probably from the late Bronze Age/early Iron Age. In 1858 a founder’s hoard with two spearheads and a bronze socketed axe was discovered. An axe mould and a bronze bracelet were also found. Its name suggests signalling fires. It is the highest hill in the county, so a natural landmark. #HillfortsWednesday

The approach to Dunadd Fort at the southern end of Kilmartin Glen in Argyll. Occupied since the Iron Age, the fort was a major centre for the Gaelic kings of Dál Riata from around AD 500 to AD 800. 📸 My own. #HillfortsWednesday #Dunadd #Argyll

Päijälä hillfort in Kuhmoinen, Finland, lies on an isthmus between Lakes Linnajärvi and Saaresjärvi in a forest wilderness. The hill rises 40 m higher than its environs and the top is c. 100 m in diameter on two levels. The defenses are in the west. The C14 dating is 1026–1281 CE #HillfortsWednesday

The Sakaini #hillfort in #Latvia. Digital Terrain Model (DTM) created using public Latvian Airborne Laser Scanning data and produced by our team with a drone in 2024. #HillfortsWednesday

Some of the ditches and ramparts of Dunmore Hillfort, near Callander in Perthshire. The fort is probably Iron Age in date. 📸 My own. #HillfortsWednesday #Dunmore #Callander

Stövelberget is a hillfort in Sweden in Södertälje. There are c. 300 hillforts in Södermanland alone. This hillfort lies on a peninsular on Lake Måsnaren. It is 240x190 m in size and has 3–8 m wide and 0.2–0.4 m high stonewalls on land side. #HillfortsWednesday

The hillforts at Ire on Gotland were probably sites of defense and observation along the coast. There is a cliff towards the sea and a wall towards the land. There are c. 30 hillforts on Gotland on cliffs out of c. 100. There was also a Viking Age harbour at Ire. #HillfortsWednesday