Usually means: Ancient fortified settlement, typically elevated.
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  1. hillfort: Collins English Dictionary
  2. hillfort: Wiktionary
  3. Hillfort: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. hillfort: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Hillfort: Castle Terms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Hillfort)

▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of hill-fort [A prehistoric fortification constructed on a hill.]

Similar:
fortlet, ringfort, cromlech, crannog, vallum, broch, earthwork, tumulus, sarsen, cairn, more...

Types:
motte and bailey, ringwork, univallate, multivallate, concentric, more...

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Similar:
fortlet, ringfort, cromlech, crannog, vallum, broch, earthwork, tumulus, sarsen, cairn, more...

Types:
motte and bailey, ringwork, univallate, multivallate, concentric, more...



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