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multivallate
multivallate, a. (mʌltɪˈvæleɪt, -ət) [f. multi- + vallate a.] Having encircling ramparts which form multiple lines of defence. Cf. bivallate a. Also multivaˈllation.1948 Archaeol. Jrnl. CV. 50 The best developed barbicans are found in multivallate camps. 1954 Bull. Board Celtic Stud. XV. 74 Multival...
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bivallate
bivallate, a. (baɪˈvæleɪt, -ət) [f. bi-2 + vallate a.] Having two encircling ramparts.1930 Antiquity IV. 198 This ‘bivallate ditch’ is a good example of a type of earthwork found commonly in Wessex. 1936 Proc. Prehist. Soc. II. 216 The enclosure appeared to have been built on to a ditch of the bival...
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Croft Ambrey
Description
The monument includes a small multivallate hillfort with an annexe containing a Romano-Celtic temple and a medieval warren of up to five
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Castercliff
Castercliff is an Iron Age multivallate hillfort situated close to the towns of Nelson and Colne in Lancashire, Northern England.
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Caesar's Camp, Rushmoor and Waverley
Caesar's Camp is a multivallate hillfort, a fort with multiple defensive rings, occupying an irregular promontory, with an entrance on the south side. In its second phase of development, the defences were multivallate with a timber palisade.
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Portfield Hillfort
It is thought to have originally been constructed as a univallate structure and then modified into a small multivallate one sometime after. Historic England consider Portfield to be a rare example in north west England of a univallate hillfort subsequently modified to become multivallate.
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Tynron Doon
Tynron Doon is a multivallate Iron Age hill fort outside the village of Tynron in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Description
The original site is thought to be a multivallate hill fort dating to the Iron Age, of much the same plan as the modern (20th C.) remains.
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Drakelow Hillfort
Drakelow Hillfort, is a small multivallate Iron Age hillfort, located on a promontory (known as Drakelow Hill) at Drakelow at the southern end of Kinver
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Hascombe Hill
Hascombe Hill or Hascombe Camp is the site of an Iron Age multivallate hill fort close to the village of Hascombe in Surrey, England.
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Conygar Hillfort
Conygar Hillfort is a small multivallate Iron Age hill fort in the North Somerset district of Somerset, England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
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Grangelands and Pulpit Hill
History
There is a small but well-preserved multivallate hill fort on the summit of Pulpit Hill, which dates to the late Bronze Age and Iron Age.
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Borough Hill, Sawston
Borough Hill is a large multivallate hillfort near Sawston, Cambridgeshire, England.
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Tedbury Camp
Tedbury Camp is a multivallate Iron Age promontory hill fort defended by two parallel banks near Great Elm, Somerset, England.
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Small Down Knoll
The fort has multiple ramparts (multivallate) following the contours of the hilltop, enclosing an area of about 2.4 ha (6 acres).
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Hillsborough, Devon
The Ordnance Survey Map of Britain in the Iron Age shows Hillsborough as multivallate and one of the two largest enclosures in Devon along with Cranmore
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