Earl’s Hill Hillfort is an Iron Age enclosure 7 miles south west of Shrewsbury and immediately south east of the village of Pontesbury, Shropshire. The site consists of an earlier oval enclosure on the summit with a defended north gate and a later elongated annexe to the south extending along the top of the ridge. There is another defended enclosure approx. 400ft down through the woodland to the north known as Pontesford Hill Hillfort which is covered in trees.

Model created from drone photogrammetry using a DJI Phantom 4 Pro

You can read a detailed description of the hillfort here http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MSA763&resourceID=1015

There are links to two pdf archaeological reports on Earl’s Hill and Pontesford Hill here http://pontesfordhillfriends.co.uk/about-the-hill/pontesford-hill-and-earls-hill/archaeology-2/

The hill is also a Nature Reserve maintained by the Shropshire Wildlife Trust https://www.shropshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/reserves/earls-hill

Earl's Hill Hillort, Pontesbury, Shropshire

100 sqkm 3D lidar (dsm) landscape around the River Rede NW of Otterburn in Northumberland.

Amazing archaeology including: numerous prehistoric hillforts, settlements and field systems, two Roman roads, Roman temporary camps and forts, Medieval and later abandoned villages, fields, and much much more.

[Location](https://wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm?lat=55.256691&lon=-2.225640&lz=13&rz=13&lt=OS&rt=satellite&lov=None&rov=None)

3D model from enhanced LIDAR (DSM, 1m) © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved. Vertical exaggeration x1.5.

Enhancement of the LIDAR was carried out using tools made available in the QGIS plugin, Relief Visualization Toolbox. Kokalj, Žiga & Hesse, Ralf. (2017). Airborne laser scanning raster data visualization: A Guide to Good Practice.

3D landscape model made using the QGIS2threejs plugin for QGIS.

Redesdale, Northumberland - 3D Lidar Landscape

A sacrificial altar dating to the 3rd–4th centuries AD was discovered during excavations of the necropolis associated with the Belinskoe hillfort. In close proximity to the altar, a burial chamber with a short dromos was recorded, along with remnants of a ritual commemoration feast (trishna) and associated 4th‑century AD artefacts.

Altar. After excavations are finished

Sinkside Hill 3D model. Coordinates: 55.53014, -2.185

* https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/EN0571.html
* https://opendata.hillforts.eu/3D_models_of_hillforts/UK/Northumberland/Sinkside_Hill/

Sinkside Hill, Northumberland (UK)

Old Fawdon Hill 3D model. Coordinates: 55.42119, -1.96599

* https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/EN0562.html
* https://opendata.hillforts.eu/3D_models_of_hillforts/UK/Northumberland/Old_Fawdon_Hill/

Old Fawdon Hill, Northumberland (UK)

Fallowfield 3D model. Coordinates: 55.01236, -2.11943

* https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/EN0591.html
* https://opendata.hillforts.eu/3D_models_of_hillforts/UK/Northumberland/Fallowfield/

Fallowfield, Northumberland (UK)

Góra 3D model. Coordinates: 50.67205, 17.56614

* https://zabytek.pl/pl/obiekty/zabytek?inspire_id=PL.1.9.ZIPOZ.NID_A_16_AR.5378&rejestr=rejestr-zabytkow
* https://opendata.hillforts.eu/3D_models_of_hillforts/Poland/Opolskie/Gora/

Góra, st. 1 (Poland)

Murów 3D model. Coordinates: 50.87051, 17.95562

* https://zabytek.pl/pl/obiekty/zabytek?inspire_id=PL.1.9.ZIPOZ.NID_A_16_AR.5392&rejestr=rejestr-zabytkow
* https://opendata.hillforts.eu/3D_models_of_hillforts/Poland/Opolskie/Murow/

Murów, st. 8 (Poland)

Tłustoręby 3D model. Coordinates: 50.65503, 17.48707

* https://zabytek.pl/pl/obiekty/zabytek?inspire_id=PL.1.9.ZIPOZ.NID_A_16_AR.5347&rejestr=rejestr-zabytkow
* https://opendata.hillforts.eu/3D_models_of_hillforts/Poland/Opolskie/Tlustoreby/

Tłustoręby, st. 2 (Poland)

Old Rothbury 3D model. Coordinates: 55.31191, -1.92883

* https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/EN0590.html
* https://opendata.hillforts.eu/3D_models_of_hillforts/UK/Northumberland/Old_Rothbury/

Old Rothbury, Northumberland (UK)

Biała 3D model. Coordinates: 50.38067, 17.65213

* https://zabytek.pl/pl/obiekty/zabytek?inspire_id=PL.1.9.ZIPOZ.NID_A_16_AR.12745&rejestr=rejestr-zabytkow
* https://opendata.hillforts.eu/3D_models_of_hillforts/Poland/Opolskie/Biala/

Biała, st. 1 (Poland)

Little Hetha Camp 3D model. Coordinates: 55.54605, -2.18206

* https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/EN0567.html
* https://opendata.hillforts.eu/3D_models_of_hillforts/UK/Northumberland/Little_Hetha_Camp/

Little Hetha Camp, Northumberland (UK)

Prudnik 3D model. Coordinates: 50.29533, 17.55461

* https://zabytek.pl/pl/obiekty/zabytek?inspire_id=PL.1.9.ZIPOZ.NID_A_16_AR.10296&rejestr=rejestr-zabytkow
* https://opendata.hillforts.eu/3D_models_of_hillforts/Poland/Opolskie/Prudnik3/

Prudnik, st. 13 (Poland)

Castle An Dinas, St Columb Major 3D model. Coordinates: 50.42508, -4.89394

* https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/EN0601.html
* https://opendata.hillforts.eu/3D_models_of_hillforts/UK/Cornwall/Castle_An_Dinas/

Castle An Dinas, St Columb Major, Cornwall (UK)

Norham Castle 3D model. Coordinates: 55.72086, -2.1504

* https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/EN0550.html
* https://opendata.hillforts.eu/3D_models_of_hillforts/UK/Northumberland/Norham_Castle/

Norham Castle, Northumberland (UK)

Caer Dane 3D model. Coordinates: 50.32754, -5.12394

* https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/EN0608.html
* https://opendata.hillforts.eu/3D_models_of_hillforts/UK/Cornwall/Caer_Dane/

Caer Dane, Cornwall (UK)

Prudnik 3D model. Coordinates: 50.29301, 17.55297

* https://zabytek.pl/pl/obiekty/zabytek?inspire_id=PL.1.9.ZIPOZ.NID_A_16_AR.10285&rejestr=rejestr-zabytkow
* https://opendata.hillforts.eu/3D_models_of_hillforts/Poland/Opolskie/Prudnik2/

Prudnik, st. 12 (Poland)

Caer Estyn 3D model. Coordinates: 53.11024, -3.02627

* https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/WA1162.html
* https://opendata.hillforts.eu/3D_models_of_hillforts/UK/Flintshire/Caer_Estyn/

Caer Estyn, Flintshire (UK)

Pawston Hill Camp 3D model. Coordinates: 55.5801, -2.23869

* https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/EN0564.html
* https://opendata.hillforts.eu/3D_models_of_hillforts/UK/Northumberland/Pawston_Hill_Camp/

Pawston Hill Camp, Northumberland (UK)

The Kettles 3D model. Coordinates: 55.53945, -2.02579

* https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/EN0596.html
* https://opendata.hillforts.eu/3D_models_of_hillforts/UK/Northumberland/The_Kettles/

The Kettles, Northumberland (UK)

Castle Knowe Camp 3D model. Coordinates: 55.42598, -1.9519

* https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/EN0561.html
* https://opendata.hillforts.eu/3D_models_of_hillforts/UK/Northumberland/Castle_Knowe_Camp/

Castle Knowe Camp, Northumberland (UK)

Chester Crane Camp 3D model. Coordinates: 55.75677, -2.05355

* https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/EN0585.html
* https://opendata.hillforts.eu/3D_models_of_hillforts/UK/Northumberland/Chester_Crane_Camp/

Chester Crane Camp, Northumberland (UK)

Howick Hill Camp 3D model. Coordinates: 55.44001, -1.59743

* https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/EN0580.html
* https://opendata.hillforts.eu/3D_models_of_hillforts/UK/Northumberland/Howick_Hill_Camp/

Howick Hill Camp, Northumberland (UK)

Źlinice 3D model. Coordinates: 50.58341, 17.95548

* https://zabytek.pl/pl/obiekty/zabytek?inspire_id=PL.1.9.ZIPOZ.NID_A_16_AR.5427&rejestr=rejestr-zabytkow
* https://opendata.hillforts.eu/3D_models_of_hillforts/Poland/Opolskie/Zlinice/

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