• Source: List of hillforts in Latvia

Hillforts in Latvia offered not only military and administrative functions but they were also cultural and economic centres of some regions. The Latvian word for hillfort is pilskalns (plural: pilskalni), from pils (castle) and kalns (hill). Latvian hillforts generally were a part of a complex consisting of the main fortress, the settlement around it, one or more burial fields and nearby ritual sites. The first hillforts in Latvia, such as Daugmale hillfort, appeared during the Bronze Age. Some were continuously inhabited until the late Iron Age.
During the Roman Iron Age, some of the Latvian hillforts (like Ķivutkalns) were abandoned or became sparsely populated. A new period in hillfort development started during the 5th-8th centuries AD, when many new hillforts appeared, in most cases, along the main trades routes - rivers. During the 10th-11th centuries, some of the hillforts became military fortresses with strong fortifications (like hillforts in Tērvete, Talsi, Mežotne). Some of them are considered important political centres of the local peoples, who in this period were subjects of serious social political changes. That period was known for unrest and military activities, as well as power struggles between local aristocracy. Most of the Latvian hillforts were destroyed or abandoned during the Livonian Crusade in the 13th century, but some were still used in the 14th century. In total, there are about 470 hillforts in Latvia.




Latgale


Asotes hill fort Media related to Asote hillfort at Wikimedia Commons
Gribuļu hill fort
Jersikas hill fort
Kalvānu hill fort
Kiuku hill fort
Markovas hill fort
Ratinīku hill fort
Rēzeknes hill fort Media related to Rēzekne castle at Wikimedia Commons
Silinīku hill fort
Šokolādes hill fort
Volkenbergas hill fort




Selonia


Dignājas hill fort
Grūbeles hill fort
Kalkūnes hill fort
Kaupres hill fort
Kņāvu hill fort
Lašu hill fort
Sēlpils hill fort Media related to Sēlpils Castle ruins at Wikimedia Commons
Sērpiņu hill fort
Stupeļu hill fort Media related to Stupeļu hillfort at Wikimedia Commons
Zilais kalns hill fort




Semigallia


Daugmales hill fort
Tērvetes hill fort Media related to Tērvete hillfort at Wikimedia Commons
Incēnu hill fort Media related to Incenu hillfort at Wikimedia Commons
Mežotnes hill fort Media related to Mežotne hillfort at Wikimedia Commons
Raktes hill fort
Spārnu hill fort Media related to Spārnu hillfort at Wikimedia Commons
Svētkalns hill fort
Babītes hill fort
Sidrabenes hill fort




Courland


Aizputes hill fort
Alsungas hill fort
Ārlavas hill fort
Buses (Matkule) hill fort Media related to Matkule hillfort at Wikimedia Commons
Dundagas hill fort
Dzintares hill fort
Embūtes hill fort
Grobiņas hill fort
Kandavas hill fort Media related to Kandava hillfort at Wikimedia Commons
Kazdangas hill fort
Mežītes hill fort Media related to Mežītes hillfort at Wikimedia Commons
Padures hill fort
Pūres hill fort Media related to Pūre hillfort at Wikimedia Commons
Puzes hill fort
Sabiles hill fort
Talsu hill fort Media related to Talsi hillfort at Wikimedia Commons
Tukuma hill fort
Ugāles hill fort
Valtaiķu hill fort
Vārtājas hill fort
Veckuldīgas hill fort Media related to Veckuldīga hillfort at Wikimedia Commons
Vecmoku hill fort




Vidzeme


Aizkraukles hill fort Media related to Aizkraukle hillfort at Wikimedia Commons
Augstais hill fort
Avotiņkalns hill fort
Beverīna hill fort
Dārznīcas hill fort
Drusku hill fort Media related to Druskās (Korneti) hillfort at Wikimedia Commons
Gribažu hill fort
Kastrānes hill fort
Kārtenes hill fort
Kokneses hill fort
Kubeseles hill fort
Ķentes hill fort
Ķivutkalns hill fort
Ķoderu hill fort Media related to Ķoderu hillfort at Wikimedia Commons
Metimnes hill fort
Obzerkalns hill fort
Oliņkalns hill fort
Puduļu hill fort
Pļaviņu hill fort
Remines hill fort
Riekstu hill fort
Satezeles hill fort
Sārumkalns hill fort
Tanīsa hill fort
Tempļa hill fort
Ureles hill fort
Zilaiskalns hill fort Media related to Zilaiskalns at Wikimedia Commons




See also



List of Estonian fortresses contains a common list of castles, fortresses, forts, an hillforts.
List of hillforts in Lithuania




References






Bibliography


Bielenstein, August (1869). Die altlettischen Burgberge Kurlands. Riga.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Moora, H (1929) [1929]. Die Eisenzeit in Lettland bis etwa 500 (paperback ed.).




External links


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Iron Age Hillforts in Latvia
Iron Age Hillforts in Europe

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