WebThe Atlas of Hillforts Project has just been awarded £950,000 from the Arts and Humanities Research Council to try and remedy this situation. The Project will collect, … WebSummary. What may be the remains of a small fort have been revealed by aerial photography on the summit of the Craig Rock, a craggy hillock above Lahill Craig. A single rampart can be seen on the photographs forming a raised lip around the W end of the summit area, which rises into a rocky boss at its E end; internally it measures about 50m ...
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WebJun 28, 2024 · The project – The Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland, led in part by Professor Gary Lock (pictured above, right) – has won an award in this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s Public Engagement with Research Awards, which celebrate public engagement work across the University. The announcement was made at an awards ceremony at the … http://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/SC4229.html dewalt powerstack 20v battery
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WebJul 25, 2024 · Hot on the heels of the second edition (2024) of Ian Brown’s (Citation 2009) account of hillforts in England and Wales, now revised to include the Isle of Man, the … WebThis paper describes work using data from the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2024) to investigate the distribution of hillforts in Britain and Ireland. As can be seen in Figure 8.1,¹ the overall distribution is highly non-uniform and is also strongly suggestive of distinct regional characteristics. The Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland is an online database of hillforts―fortified settlements built in the Bronze Age and Iron Age―in the British Isles. It was compiled by researchers from the University of Edinburgh, the University of Oxford and University College Cork, led by Ian Ralston and Gary Lock. On its launch in 2024 the atlas had 4,147 entries, which the researchers believe to be all of the extant hillforts in Britain and Ireland. A printed atlas is also planned. dewalt power shop 1400