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Re: Hillforts & Barrows
Sep 16, 2012, 13:57
I've always assumed its a case of barrows are built on a lot of hills, some of which were later use for hillforts. Builders of hillforts respected the burial mounds of their ancestors so built around them and left them in situ. Which is kinda boring, but seems the most likely to me.

Whether certain hills were selected for forts because of the the particular barrows they contained, maybe! I presume the ones in Dorset (say) were placed in an area based upon protective / tactical needs, but the actual hill they were placed upon, the barrows may have contributed to the choice.
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