Hillforts under 1'2 ha- Hillforts 1 '2 - 6 ha
- Hilijorts over 6 ha
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Figure 35.1 Wales and the Marches: hill-forts and other sites mentioned in the text.Fortification takes a number of forms: a timber-reinforced rampart of c. 800 BC at
the Breiddin (Mont.) (Figure 35.2) (Musson 1991); an eighth-century BC stone-
revetted earthwork at Llwyn Bryn-dinas (Musson et al. 1992); but palisades domi-
nate as at Moel y Gaer (Guilbert 1976) (Figure 3Ha), Dinorben (Guilbert 1979b),
Old Oswestry (Varley 1948), Dale Fort (Pembs.) (Benson and Williams 1987) and
possibly Ffridd Faldwyn (Mont.) (Guilbert 1981). Such sites, normally on hilltops,
represent a fundamental reappraisal of the needs of communities which hitherto do