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The 20 best hill forts in South East England

Our curated top 20 hill forts in South East England, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 134 hill forts see the full hill forts index for South East England.

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    Stonehenge Avenue

    Stonehenge Avenue, hill forts in South East England

    Stonehenge Avenue — ancient avenue on Salisbury plain, Wiltshire, England.

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    Durrington Walls

    Durrington Walls, hill forts in South East England

    Durrington Walls — the site of a large Neolithic settlement, village; also it enclosed several hedges;.

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    Windmill Hill

    Windmill Hill, hill forts in South East England

    Windmill Hill is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure in the English county of Wiltshire, part of the Avebury World Heritage Site, about 1 mile (2 km) northwest of Avebury. Enclosing an area of 21 acres (

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    Woodhenge

    Woodhenge, hill forts in South East England

    Woodhenge — Neolithic henge and timber circle monument near Stonehenge.

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    Stonehenge

    Stonehenge, unesco world heritage in South East England

    Stonehenge — Neolithic henge monument in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, UK.

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    Maiden Castle

    Maiden Castle, hill forts in South East England

    Maiden Castle — Iron Age hill fort in Dorset, England, UK.

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    Richborough Roman Fort

    Kent

    Richborough Roman Fort, hill forts in Kent

    Richborough Roman Fort — Roman fort at Richborough, Ash, United Kingdom.

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    Castrum Anderitum

    East Sussex

    Castrum Anderitum, hill forts in East Sussex

    Castrum Anderitum — 3rd century Roman fort in the province of Britannia.

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    Stonehenge Cursus

    Stonehenge Cursus, unesco world heritage in South East England

    Stonehenge Cursus — Neolithic cursus monument.

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    Old Wardour Castle

    Old Wardour Castle, castles in South East England

    Wardour Castle or Old Wardour Castle is a ruined 14th-century castle at Wardour, on the boundaries of the civil parishes of Tisbury and Donhead St Andrew in the English county of Wiltshire, about 15 m

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    Portus Adurni

    Hampshire

    Portus Adurni, hill forts in Hampshire

    Portus Adurni is a hill fort in the United Kingdom.

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    Taplow burial

    Taplow burial, hill forts in South East England

    Taplow burial — medieval barrow in England.

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    Avebury

    Avebury, hill forts in South East England

    Avebury — Neolithic henge monument in Wiltshire, England, UK.

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    All Cannings Cross

    All Cannings Cross, hill forts in South East England

    All Cannings Cross — archaeological site in All Cannings, Wiltshire, England, UK.

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    West Kennet Long Barrow

    West Kennet Long Barrow, hill forts in South East England

    West Kennet Long Barrow — Neolithic tomb or barrow in Wiltshire, England, UK.

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    Chiselbury

    Chiselbury, hill forts in South East England

    Chiselbury — site of an Iron Age univallate hillfort located in Wiltshire, England, UK.

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    Trundle

    West Sussex

    Trundle, hill forts in West Sussex

    Trundle — hillfort in West Sussex, England, UK.

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    Pevensey Castle

    East Sussex

    Pevensey Castle, castles in East Sussex

    Pevensey Castle is a medieval castle and former Roman Saxon Shore fort at Pevensey in the English county of East Sussex. The site is a scheduled monument in the care of English Heritage and is open to

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    Cerne Abbas Giant

    Cerne Abbas Giant, hill forts in South East England

    Cerne Abbas Giant — hill figure near the village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, England, UK.

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    Scratchbury Camp

    Scratchbury Camp, hill forts in South East England

    Scratchbury Camp — hillfort in Wiltshire, England, UK.

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