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What was hill forts for?

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11y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Hill forts were strategicly placed on high ground (hills) this was enabled the fort dwellers to be able to look across country and see potential attacks. It also made it difficult for attackers who had to advance up hill for the attack.

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