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Author Lock, G. R. (Gary R.), author.

Title Atlas of the hillforts of Britain and Ireland / Gary Lock and Ian Ralston ; with contributions by W. Derek Hamilton, Jonathan A. Horn, Sophia Adams, Kathleen McCaskill, Sophie McDonald and Simon Maddison ; cartography by Paula Levick ; based on data assembled by Ian Brown, Paula Levick and Stratford Halliday and information on Ireland provided by William O'Brien, James O'Driscoll and Alan Hawkes.

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource
Summary The hillforts of five countries thoroughly mapped, described and explained.
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements and a note on supporting online resources -- An introduction to the Atlas -- 1 Finding, cataloguing and mapping hillforts: a brief history -- 2 Methodology and some headline counts -- 3 Hillforts in their landscapes -- 4 Size and vallation -- 5 The architecture of enclosing works -- 6 Hillfort interiors -- 7 Dating hillforts: two approaches -- 8 Using Atlas data: the significance of selected clusters of hillforts in Britain -- 9 Some aspects of British and Irish hillforts in the light of the Atlas: retrospect and prospect -- Appendix 1 Publications directly related to the project -- Appendix 2 Scottish vitrified forts: a detailed case study -- Appendix 3 Hillfort numbers by historic counties ranked across Britain and Ireland -- Notes -- Bibliography -- General index -- Index of places, people and organisations
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Subject Fortification, Prehistoric -- Great Britain -- Atlases.
Fortification, Prehistoric -- Ireland -- Atlases.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General.
Fortification, Prehistoric.
Great Britain.
Ireland.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Scientific atlases.
Added Author Ralston, Ian B. M., author.
Other Form: Print version: 1474447120 9781474447126 (OCoLC)1136962670
ISBN 1474447147 (electronic book)
9781474447140 (electronic bk.)
9781474447126
1474447120
9781474447157 (ePub ebook)
1474447155