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Smytha Park

Devon, England ยท Atlas EN3500

Location

Atlas number
EN3500 (3500)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Devon
Historic county
Devon
Parish, community, or townland
Loxhore
National Grid reference
SS636383
Latitude
51.12759
Longitude
-3.95102
Altitude
198 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
1
Enclosed area
0.2 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
hillslope
Aspect
southeast
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1889)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1002510
HER
Devon MDV1958
National record
record SS 63 NW 6; monument 34574
Wikidata
Q31115210

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, 607.