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Fact-checked printables for KS2 classrooms, ages 11 to 14, families and hillfort visitors, plus a short list of books and kit. Every purchase helps keep this site free.
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Hillfort printables
Fact-checked PDFs in A4 and US Letter, for KS2 classrooms, ages 11 to 14, families and hillfort visitors.
Hillforts KS2 Topic Pack
Ages 7 to 11, schools and families
Label a hillfort, Iron Age or not sorting cards, a hillfort timeline, a crossword where every answer is a real fact, a word search, a comic strip, a roundhouse to colour, a certificate and a full answer key
Hillforts Archaeology Detective Pack
Ages 11 to 14
How archaeologists read a hillfort: digs at Maiden Castle, Danebury and Old Oswestry, an evidence table, short sources with their provenance, questions that experts still cannot answer, and a judgement task, with full answers
Hillforts Family Activity Pack
Families, ages 5 and up
Colouring pages, a hillfort maze, spot-the-difference, design your own hillfort, Useless the Eraser’s hillfort jokes and a 20-question quiz to do together
Hillforts Spotter’s Field Guide
Adult history fans and walkers
How to read ramparts, ditches and entrances, univallate and multivallate forts, 12 hillforts in England, Wales and Scotland with what their keepers say, and a checklist
Hillfort Visit Journal
Hillfort visitors of all ages
Before-you-go checklist, what-to-spot tick lists for ramparts, ditches, gateways and roundhouse platforms, sketch pages, a log for up to 12 visits, and a visit stamps page
Hillforts Timeline & Poster Set
Classrooms and home
Six poster pages: a timeline from 5,500 years ago to 1969, the parts of a hillfort, how a big hillfort grew, life in a roundhouse, hillforts across Britain and Ireland, and hillforts in numbers
Best valueThe Complete Hillforts Printables Bundle
All six packs plus a bundle guide, A4 and US Letter, in one download. $12.99 instead of $26.44 bought separately.
Free sample
Try before you buy: a free 6-page hillforts printables sample. A4 PDF (252 KB) or US Letter PDF (253 KB).
Books & kit
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Books
- Hillfort books (affiliate link)Look for books that cite their sources.
- Iron Age books for children (affiliate link)For young readers aged about 7 to 11.
- Books on Iron Age Britain (affiliate link)Histories of the people who built and lived in hillforts.
Days out
- Map cases (affiliate link)For keeping a paper map dry on a windy hilltop.
- Compact binoculars (affiliate link)Handy for picking out ramparts and ditches from a distance.
Modelling
- Roundhouse model kits (affiliate link)Kits vary a lot; check what the box shows.