Beacons in the Landscape

With a full index and comprehensive bibliography, this splendid book forms an ideal starting point for anyone interested in learning more about hillforts and the iron age in general.' ~Ian Armit, British Archaeology, 110, December 2009+H925

...In brief, an attractive book which many of us will want in our personal libraries.' ~John Collis, Landscape History, Vol. 31, Issue 1, 2010

It is refreshing to see many of the more challenging ideas on the problems of the Iron Age, and the thorny issues of hillforts in general, migrating from the realms of specialist research into a more mainstream narrative.With its extensive bibliography, which will be mined for some of its more obscure references, this book forms an enjoyable and solid companion to the study of the Iron Age of England and Wales.' ~Toby Driver, Archaeologia Cambrensis, 158, 2009

What is clearly needed, in this new situation, is a fresh survey volume, written and presented in a manner accessible to any interested reader, provided with the full panoply of plans and photographs that marks most good archaeological publication, and devoted to the problem of the purpose of hillforts. Ian Brown’s book is precisely this work.' ~Ronald Hutton, Time & Mind, Vol. 3, No. 2, July 2010