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Burridge Camp

Devon, England ยท Atlas EN3475

Location

Atlas number
EN3475 (3475)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Devon
Historic county
Devon
Parish, community, or townland
Chawleigh
National Grid reference
SS74221257
Latitude
50.89889
Longitude
-3.79008
Altitude
160 m

Form and condition

Type
hillslope fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
3
Enclosed area
0.7 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and stone wall
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Passage-way/Corridor (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position
hillslope
Aspect
northwest
Land use
woodland and pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1995); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1015141
HER
Devon MDV770
National record
record SS 71 SW 4; monument 34930
Wikidata
Q31115179

Sources

References

  1. 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, 603-04.