Hillforts Gallery

Wroughton, Wiltshire US_7PH_GP_LOC209_V_5004

WROUGHTON, Wiltshire. This vertical photograph (taken in 1944 by the US Army Air Force) shows Barbury Castle hillfort, RAF Wroughton (centre), and the village of Wroughton. Wear lines indicate Barbury Castle and the Ridgeway have been used as a thoroughfare by military traffic. There are a number of aircraft in holding areas around the airfield, probably awaiting repairs. Most of the hangars are still extant and now in use by the Science Museum

© Historic England (USAAF Collection)

Brent Knoll 24572_017

BRENT KNOLL HILLFORT, Somerset, ST340509 (RSM 24001). Aerial view. An Iron Age fort with multiple ramparts on a hill overlooking the Somerset Levels. Once known as the "Isle of Frogs", Brent Knoll has associations with the quest of Ider, one of King Arthur's knights

© Historic England

Aerial, Earthwork, Field, Iron Age

White Sheet Castle 24826_003

WHITE SHEET CASTLE, White Sheet Hill, near Mere, Wiltshire ST804346. Aerial view of the countryside. Iron Age hill fort with one rampart overlooking the escarpment, but three guarding the approach across the hill side. To the left of the hillfort are a series of three covered reservoirs

© Historic England

Aerial, Earthwork, Iron Age, Landscape, Rural