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The Castro of Monte Mozinho (Portuguese: Povoado fortificado de Monte Mozinho/Cidade Morta de Penafiel) is a Neolithic fortified settlement, sometimes...

rock forts (castros), subject of archaeological studies, such as the archaeological "city of the dead" in Citânia de Monte Mozinho. One of the largest...

Paços de Ferreira (Sanfins); Penafiel (Monte Mozinho); Póvoa de Varzim (Cividade de Terroso); Santo Tirso (Castro do Padrão); Trofa (Alvarelhos); Vila do...

Citânia de Santa Luzia, Viana do Castelo, Northern Portugal Citânia do Monte Mozinho, Penafiel, Northern Portugal Cividade de Terroso, Póvoa de Varzim, Northern...

(clochán). On the Isle of Man, promontory forts are found particularly on the rocky slate headlands of the south. Four out of more than twenty have been...

The landscape of Ireland is dotted with many hillforts. These are classically defined as small hilltop settlements fortified with earthworks, but many...

Typically, a castro had one to five stone and earth walls, which complemented the natural defences of the hill. The buildings inside, most of them circular...

This article lists a few selected examples of hill forts in Scotland. The remains of at least 1,695 hillforts have been counted throughout the country...

This is a list of hillforts on the Isle of Man. Found across Europe and the British Isles, hillforts are a type of prehistoric archaeological site dating...

is a list of hillforts of Monmouthshire that have been registered with Cadw as historical monuments. Welsh names are in brackets. List of hill forts...

The Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland was an online database of hillforts―fortified settlements built in the Bronze Age and Iron Age―in the British...

This is a list of hillforts in Wales. Din Sylwy (Bwrdd Arthur) (53°18′39″N 4°07′22″W / 53.3108°N 4.1229°W / 53.3108; -4.1229), contour fort Caer Idris...

are lists of hillforts: Great Britain List of hillforts in Wales List of hillforts in Monmouthshire List of hillforts on the Isle of Man List of hillforts...

Northern Ireland, like the rest of the British Isles, is dotted with hillforts. The Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland lists thirty-two such forts...

is a rural county of rolling hills, such as the Mendip Hills, Quantock Hills and Exmoor National Park, and large flat expanses of land including the...