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Little Worthill

Devon, England ยท Atlas EN3521

Location

Atlas number
EN3521 (3521)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Devon
Historic county
Devon
Parish, community, or townland
Ermington
National Grid reference
SX60735501
Latitude
50.37858
Longitude
-3.95993
Altitude
78 m

Form and condition

Type
hillslope fort
Condition
Cropmark and Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial univallate and partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 2, SW 2, NW 1
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
1
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North west)

Landscape

Topographic position
hillslope
Aspect
southwest
Land use
arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
other roundhouse evidence
Investigations
Other (None-None)

Identifiers

HER
Devon MDV2875
National record
record SX 65 NW 34
Wikidata
Q31115128

Sources

References

  1. Fox, A. 1952. Hill-slope forts and related earthworks in South-West England and South Wales, Archaeol J, 109, 1-22