History
Historians have suggested that the fort may not have been used continually, but as an enclosure in times of unrest. Unrest was common in these times: the fort is situated on the boundary of two old British kingdoms; and there were two major Celtic invasions in the years around which the fort was constructed. The fort is also not part of the larger chain of hill forts along the Ridgeway, such as Barbury Castle, maybe suggesting Ringsbury was an 'outpost'. There are signs of earlier habitation of the site: Neolithic flint tools have been found in the area.
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