🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Alinda Temple of Apollo — Karpuzlu Hilltop Agora
Hekatomnid to Hellenistic · Hekatomnid Carian, Hellenistic
Karpuzlu 350-m hilltop with 2-column Apollo prostylos and 3-km Hekatomnid walls, Queen Ada's refuge 340 BCE.
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🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hekatomnid to Hellenistic · Hekatomnid Carian, Hellenistic
Karpuzlu 350-m hilltop with 2-column Apollo prostylos and 3-km Hekatomnid walls, Queen Ada's refuge 340 BCE.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Middle Woodland (Hopewell) · Hopewell (Ohio Hilltop)
Hopewell hilltop enclosure (100 BCE–400 CE) on Baker Fork gorge — 2.4-km wall with 33 gates.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Loughcrew-Carrowkeel passage tradition (Boyne variant)
14 hilltop passage cairns (10–21 m) on Bricklieve ridges above Lough Arrow, with cruciform chambers and light boxes.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Middle Woodland / Late Woodland debated · Hopewell tradition or Fort Ancient tradition
Hilltop stone-walled enclosure 42 ha above Paint Creek; Hopewell vs Fort Ancient debate.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Penwith Early Neolithic
Hilltop Penwith quoit — intact 4-post portal dolmen with mushroom capstone above Chûn Castle, most complete in Cornwall.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Orcadian Neolithic
Maeshowe-type hilltop cairn on Eday with four side cells, c.3200 BCE.