Question

this is a fortification of a natural plateau formed on the slope of a hill​

Answer 1

Answer:

A HILLFORT

Explanation:

A hillfort is a type of earthworks used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. ... The fortification usually follows the contours of a hill and consists of one or more lines of earthworks, with stockades or defensive walls, and external ditches.

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Answer 2

A hill fort, or fortified enclosure, was an elevated site with earthen, wood, or stone ramparts (defensive walls) and a ditch dug around the perimeter. The natural contours of the hill on which the village was built were often followed by the walls and ditches.

• Even if some hill forts were erected during the Bronze Age, hill fort development exploded during the Iron Age.
• Although some hill forts were most likely intended for defence, they may also have served as status symbols and had ceremonial roles.
• Within the defensive walls of some of the greatest hill forts, there were expanses of more than 30 acres.
• Many Neolithic hill forts were built to enclose and preserve farm animals, which were a vital source of food and drink for the inhabitants.
• Hillforts evolved during the Bronze Age to include roundhouses, longhouses, and granary huts, as well as underground souterrains and fogous (underground cave structures used for food storage and preservation), before becoming more military-focused during the Iron Age, with guarded entrances, guardhouses, and ramparts.
• The ramparts are the most distinctive feature of most hill forts. These massive man-made mounds of rock, wood, dirt and dead animals functioned as effective defences against invading forces, forming a succession of ridged circular ditched rings that were difficult to penetrate.
• Maiden Castle in Dorchester, Dorset, is the largest and most sophisticated of the Iron Age hill forts in Britain.