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The Castle, Knowle
Devon, England ยท Atlas EN3487
Location
- Atlas number
- EN3487 (3487)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Devon
- Historic county
- Devon
- Parish, community, or townland
- Braunton
- National Grid reference
- SS48893833
- Latitude
- 51.12419
- Longitude
- -4.16077
- Altitude
- 90 m
Form and condition
- Type
- partial contour 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
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.8 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and berm
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- ridge and spur
- Aspect
- southeast
- Land use
- woodland and pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- quarry hollows
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1822); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1889); Geophysical Survey (2009); Earthwork Survey (2009); Other (2009)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1002542
- HER
- Devon MDV582
- National record
- record SS 43 NE 19; monument 33256
- Wikidata
- Q31115198
Sources
References
- Carey, C. 2009. Braunton Community Archaeology Project: Results of Geoprospection Surveys, Braunton Community Archaeology Project.
- Lysons, D. and Lysons, S. 1822. Magna Brittanica, 6, Devonshire, London: Printed for T. Caddell and W. Davies, 352.