hillfort
type of earthworks used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement
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hillfort
Summary
hillfort ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,977 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- hillfort is a type of fortification[2].
- hillfort is a type of fortified settlement[3].
- hillfort is a type of former settlement[4].
- hillfort is a type of ancient monument[5].
- hillfort's Commons category is recorded as Hill forts[6].
- hillfort's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hillforts[7].
- hillfort's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as fortification_type=hill_fort[8].
- hillfort's described by source is recorded as Vlastenský slovník historický[9].
- hillfort's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
- hillfort's described by source is recorded as Arkeologisen kulttuuriperinnön opas[11].
- hillfort's described by source is recorded as Q96471869[12].
- hillfort's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
- hillfort's described by source is recorded as Q105336459[14].
- hillfort's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[15].
- hillfort's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[16].
- hillfort's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
- hillfort's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
- hillfort's partially coincident with is recorded as oppidum[19].
- hillfort's different from is recorded as castrum[20].
- hillfort's properties for this type is recorded as P17[21].
- hillfort's properties for this type is recorded as P131[22].
- hillfort's properties for this type is recorded as P706[23].
- hillfort's properties for this type is recorded as P625[24].
- hillfort's properties for this type is recorded as P2044[25].
- hillfort's properties for this type is recorded as P18[26].
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Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include fortification[2], fortified settlement[3], former settlement[4], and ancient monument[5].
Why It Matters
hillfort ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,977 views/month).[1] hillfort has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] hillfort is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]