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Stockland Great Castle
Devon, England ยท Atlas EN3472
Location
- Atlas number
- EN3472 (3472)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Devon
- Historic county
- Devon
- Parish, community, or townland
- Stockland
- National Grid reference
- ST22620262
- Latitude
- 50.81756
- Longitude
- -3.10019
- Altitude
- 198 m
Form and condition
- Type
- partial contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 1, SE 0, SW 0, NW 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 4 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank, rubble, and counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- In-turned (East)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- ridge
- Aspect
- east
- Land use
- woodland and pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1889)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1017952
- HER
- Devon MDV1913
- National record
- record ST 20 SW 3; monument 190235
- Wikidata
- Q31115160
Sources
References
- Fox, A. 1996. Prehistoric Hillforts in Devon, Tiverton: Devon Books, 52-53.
- Griffith, F. M. 1988. Devon's Past: An Aerial View, Exeter: Devon Books, 99.
- Wall, J.C. 1906. Ancient Earthworks, In W. Page (ed), The Victoria County History of the County of Devon, Vol I, London: James Street, Haymarket, 588.