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Cranmore Castle, Tiverton
Devon, England ยท Atlas EN3485
Location
- Atlas number
- EN3485 (3485)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Devon
- Historic county
- Devon
- Parish, community, or townland
- Tiverton
- National Grid reference
- SS95901175
- Latitude
- 50.89604
- Longitude
- -3.48254
- Altitude
- 155 m
Form and condition
- Type
- partial contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 10 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (West)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- ridge
- Aspect
- west
- Land use
- pasture and built-up land
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1890); Excavation (1930); Other (1999)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1020156
- HER
- Devon MDV1360
- National record
- record SS 91 SE 8; monument 36443
- Wikidata
- Q31115190
Sources
References
- 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, 600-01.