Did you know that building a hill fort was just to show off?
Had nothing to do with defending your stuff.
It was just to impress your neighbors.
It was the same reason you white washed and decorated your castle. It was to show off, not because your wife would have gone back to her family if you insisted on living in a gloomy hole with vermin all over the place.
Perhaps the deceased was lawyer..................
“It was just to impress your neighbors.”
It was to impress upon your neighbors not to mess with your stuff.