Atlas of the Hillforts of Britain and Ireland - Hardcover

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Gary Lock is Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of Oxford where he has researched and taught later prehistoric archaeology for over 30 years. He has a special interest in landscapes, including the applications of Geographic Information Systems, and the theoretical and practical study of hillforts. Gary has led excavations at hillforts on the Oxfordshire Ridgeway, in North Wales and Shropshire. He is a long standing member of the Hillfort Study Group.

Ian Ralston is Abercromby Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh, is presently President of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. He has excavated hillforts in France at Mont Beuvray in Burgundy and Levroux and Bourges in Berry. The writer of some 150 published papers, he is the author or editor of more than 20 books. Ian has also extensively researched Scottish archaeological topics including both pre- and post-Roman hillforts.

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The hillforts of five countries thoroughly mapped, described and explainedThis book provides the first comprehensive series of maps of the hillforts of Britain and Ireland, with accompanying commentaries and broader overviews which interpret the survival and detection of this evidence in its later prehistoric and early historic contexts. The authors expertly assess and analyse the available evidence for over 4,000 hillforts from Shetland to Cornwall to County Clare to a single standard and present their findings in both map and descriptive form.Linking to the online appendix where a wealth of detailed information is available to search, the book is an indispensable resource.Gary Lock is Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of Oxford.Ian Ralston is Abercromby Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh and President of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.