Meanings
nounhill-fort (plural hill-forts)
plural hill-forts · alternative hill fort · alternative hillfort
- A prehistoric fortification constructed on a hill.
Translations
Chinese 丘堡
- 丘堡 (qiūbǎo)fortification atop a hill
Finnish muinaislinna, linnavuori
- muinaislinnafortification atop a hill
- linnavuorifortification atop a hill
German Wallburg
- Wallburgfortification atop a hill
Lithuanian piliakalnis
- piliakalnisfortification atop a hill
Polish grodzisko, grodziszcze
- grodziskofortification atop a hill
- grodziszczefortification atop a hill
Swedish fornborg
- fornborgfortification atop a hill
Welsh bryngaer
- bryngaerfortification atop a hill
Cite this entry
APA
hill-fort. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hill-fort
MLA
“hill-fort.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hill-fort. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hill-fort,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hill-fort.
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