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Hillforts in Cumbria, England
13 sites recorded, with photos, maps and visitor reports
18,000 years ago Cumbria was covered in a deep blanket of ice. This ice sheet scoured the country of all pre-existing life. When the ice eventually retreated, a rich forest of deciduous trees took its place - a thick dense wood which climbed much higher up the slopes of the Cumbrian mountains than the trees grow today. The hunter-gatherers of the Mesolithic period gradually came north into this wilderness.
Hilltop (or similar) enclosure usually thought to be defensive. Most hillforts date from the Iron Age, although some are earlier. 
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Dunmallard . Hillfort in Cumbria
Posted by vicky on Tuesday, 17 September 2002
Condition: 2, Accuracy: 3 (Our Pic)
Castle Howe (Little Langdale) . Hillfort in Cumbria
Posted by Alphasmam on Thursday, 02 April 2015
Condition: 4, Ambience: 3, Access: 5, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Carrock Fell . Hillfort in Cumbria
Posted by Skipper on Saturday, 10 April 2021
Condition: 3, Ambience: 4, Access: 3, Accuracy: 3 (Our Pic)
Castle Crag Hillfort . Hillfort in Cumbria
Posted by nicoladidsbury on Monday, 02 January 2006
Condition: 1, Ambience: 5, Access: 2, Accuracy: 3 (Our Pic)
Castle How Fort . Hillfort in Cumbria
Posted by vicky on Thursday, 25 March 2004
Condition: 3, Ambience: 2, Access: 5, Accuracy: 3 (Our Pic)
Reecastle Crag . Hillfort in Cumbria
Posted by vicky on Friday, 26 September 2003
Condition: 2, Ambience: 4, Access: 3, Accuracy: 3 (Our Pic)
Knipe Scar Iron Age Hillfort . Hillfort in Cumbria
Posted by MonumentMan on Monday, 23 November 2020
Condition: 3, Ambience: 3, Access: 3, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
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Castle Crag Hillfort . Hillfort in Cumbria
Posted by MonumentMan on Thursday, 12 November 2020
Condition: 2, Access: 2, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
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Great Urswick Fort . Hillfort in Cumbria
Posted by Alphasmam on Saturday, 06 December 2003
Condition: 3, Ambience: 4, Access: 3, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
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Shoulthwaite Hillfort . Hillfort in Cumbria
Posted by threlkeld on Thursday, 26 June 2003
Condition: 3, Ambience: 4, Access: 3, Accuracy: 3 (Our Pic)
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Maiden Castle (Cumbria) . Hillfort in Cumbria
Posted by vicky on Saturday, 06 December 2003
Condition: 4, Ambience: 4, Access: 3, Accuracy: 3 (No Pic)
Dyke House . Hillfort in Cumbria
Posted by coldrum on Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Accuracy: 4 (No Pic)
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