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Wasteberry Camp

Devon, England ยท Atlas EN3507

Location

Atlas number
EN3507 (3507)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Devon
Historic county
Devon
Parish, community, or townland
Brixton
National Grid reference
SX571539
Latitude
50.36773
Longitude
-4.00968
Altitude
91 m

Form and condition

Type
level-terrain fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
3
Number of ditches
4
Possible original entrances
4
Breaks through the ramparts
4
Enclosed area
0.81 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (North west); Simple Gap (North west); Other Forms (North west)

Landscape

Topographic position
spur
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and built-up land

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1995); Other (2000)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1020160
HER
Devon MDV2292
National record
record SX 55 SE 1; monument 438459
Wikidata
Q31115275

Sources

References

  1. Fox, A. 1996. Prehistoric hillforts in Devon, Tiverton: Devon Books, 54-5.