Herefordshire Beacon hillfort, Malvern Hills, Worcestershire. The Herefordshire Beacon is one of the hills of the Malvern Hills. The Iron Age fortress at the top is known as British Camp and is composed of extensive ramparts that have been compared to a giant wedding cake. Recent research at nearby Midsummer Hill has shown that the fortress was occupied permanently by up to 4000 people for four to five hundred years. ?005 Credit:TopFoto / Fortean