MONUMENTS PROTECTION PROGRAMME

MONUMENT CLASS DESCRIPTION

SMALL MULTIVALLATE HILLFORTS

JANUARY 1989

1 Definition 2 Date 3 General Description 4 Distribution and regional variation
5 Rarity 6 Survival and Potential 7 Associations 8 Characterisation criteria
12 Bibliography 13 Acknowledgements 14 Figures


SMALL MULTIVALLATE HILLFORTS

Alternative, colloquial and related terms: Bivallate hillforts; Camps; Castles; Developed hillforts; Forts; Hillforts; Hillforts with closely spaced ramparts; Hillforts with defence in depth; Hillforts with multiple defences; Multivallate hillforts; Trivallate hillforts.

Ordnance survey map term: Fort; Name of site

RCHME Thesaurus Monument Type : Multivallate Hillfort.