Hillforts Gallery

Bratton Camp & White Horse N070972

BRATTON CAMP AND WHITE HORSE, Westbury, Wiltshire. Aerial view. Below an Iron Age hill fort, enclosing a much earlier long barrow, stands the Westbury White Horse. Cut into the hillside in 1778, this replaced an older horse, possibly commemorating King Alfred's nearby victory over the Vikings

© Historic England

Aerial, Defence, Fortification, Horse, Iron Age, Rural

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