Hmm...does this map need more hillforts? Let me just google "british hillfort map".

Hmm...does this map need more hillforts? Let me just google "british hillfort map".

Holy crap! So, instead of hillforts on the map, you just ask, how close is the nearest hillfort based on the terrain?
https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/

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  1. Michael PrescottOctober 30, 2017 at 7:37 AM

    Wow, they're like every 10 km.

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  2. Richard GOctober 30, 2017 at 7:41 AM

    colonialism meets manorialism.
    Yup, that’s what a points of light borderland looks like.

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  3. Ian ReillyOctober 30, 2017 at 7:54 AM

    The contrast along the scottish border is v interesting. I would have thought it would be closer the hadrian's wall (slightly south)

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  4. Casey G.October 30, 2017 at 8:12 AM

    I was surprised they go way out into the Shetlands. But cultures changed slowly in the bronze age, so this represents hundreds and hundreds of years of people moving around the area.

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  5. Casey G.October 30, 2017 at 8:21 AM

    The campaign I’m planning is dark age, so the question is also, “how close is the nearest hillfort with a still useful ditch and wall? And a spring would be nice as well. Someplace I can park my warband until these Saxons leave the area.”

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  6. Richard GOctober 30, 2017 at 8:22 AM

    Defend the Wash!

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