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Best of North West England

The 20 best hill forts in North West England

Our curated top 20 hill forts in North West England, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 23 hill forts see the full hill forts index for North West England.

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    Buckton Castle

    Buckton Castle, hill forts in North West England

    Buckton Castle — 12th-century castle in Mossley, Greater Manchester, England, UK.

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    Gleaston Castle

    Gleaston Castle, hill forts in North West England

    Gleaston Castle — 14th-century enclosure castle in England.

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    Ravenglass Roman Bath House

    Ravenglass Roman Bath House, hill forts in North West England

    Ravenglass Roman Bath House — archaeological site at Ravenglass, United Kingdom.

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    Piel Castle

    Piel Castle, castles in North West England

    Piel Castle, also known as Fouldry Castle or the Pile of Fouldray, is a castle situated on the south-eastern point of Piel Island, off the coast of the Furness Peninsula in north-west England. Built i

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    Hoghton Tower

    Lancashire

    Hoghton Tower, hill forts in Lancashire

    Hoghton Tower — Grade I listed house in Hoghton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.

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    Birkrigg stone circle

    Birkrigg stone circle, hill forts in North West England

    Birkrigg stone circle — archaeological site in Ulverston, South Lakeland, England, UK.

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    Castercliff

    Lancashire

    Castercliff, hill forts in Lancashire

    Castercliff — Hillfort in Lancashire, England, UK.

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    Round Loaf

    Round Loaf, hill forts in North West England

    Round Loaf — bowl barrow in Anglezarke, Chorley, England, UK.

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    Bury Castle

    Bury Castle, hill forts in North West England

    Bury Castle — castle in Greater Manchester, England, UK.

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    Pikestones

    Lancashire

    Pikestones, hill forts in Lancashire

    Pikestones — chambered cairn in Anglezarke, Lancashire, England, UK.

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    Radcliffe Tower

    Radcliffe Tower, hill forts in North West England

    Radcliffe Tower — Grade I listed fortified house in Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom.

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    Swinside

    Swinside, hill forts in North West England

    Swinside — stone circle in southern Cumbria, North West England.

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    Castleshaw Roman fort

    Castleshaw Roman fort, hill forts in North West England

    Castleshaw Roman fort — Roman fort in Saddleworth, Greater Manchester, England, UK.

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    Glannoventa

    Glannoventa, hill forts in North West England

    Glannoventa — Roman fort and settlement.

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    New Hall moated site

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    New Hall moated site — scheduled monument in Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, England, UK.

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    Gidlow Hall moated site

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    Gidlow Hall moated site — archaeological site in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK.

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    Cheetham Close

    Cheetham Close, hill forts in North West England

    Cheetham Close — megalithic site and scheduled ancient monument in North Turton, Lancashire, England, UK.

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    Sawley Abbey

    Lancashire

    Sawley Abbey, abbeys & priories in Lancashire

    Sawley Abbey was an abbey of Cistercian monks in the village of Sawley, Lancashire, in England (and historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire). Created as a daughter-house of Newminster Abbey, it e

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    Seaton Priory

    Seaton Priory, hill forts in North West England

    Seaton Priory — former nunnery in Bootle, Cumbria, England, UK.

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    Lathom House

    Lancashire

    Lathom House, hill forts in Lancashire

    Lathom House — country house in Lancashire, England, UK.

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