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Burley Wood

Devon, England · Atlas EN3524

Burley Wood is a multiple enclosure in Bridestowe, Devon, England.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial bivallate and partial multivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, and an enclosed area of 4.8 hectares.

Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.

The topographic record places it on a ridge and at 213 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes woodland.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1018519).

Location

Atlas number: EN3524 (3524)
Country: England
Current county or unitary authority: Devon
Historic county: Devon
Parish, community, or townland: Bridestowe
National Grid reference: SX49548754
Latitude: 50.66789
Longitude: -4.13053
Altitude: 213 m

Form and condition

Type: multiple enclosure
Condition: Extant
Morphology: partial bivallate and partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit: Yes
Number of ramparts: 7
Ramparts by quadrant: NE 2, SE 7, SW 7, NW 2
Number of ditches: 7
Possible original entrances: 2
Enclosed area: 4.8 ha
Enclosure areas: 1.4 ha, 4.8 ha
Enclosing works, as visible: earthen bank
Also recorded: multi-period enclosure system and ditches
Entrance forms: Simple Gap (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position: ridge
Aspect: level
Land use: woodland

Dating

Dating: undated
Dating reliability: D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface: quarry hollows
Investigations: 1st Identified Map Depiction (1884); Other (1972)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number: 1018519
HER: Devon MDV5628
National record: record SX 48 NE 2; monument 438070
Wikidata: Q17676502

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, 616-18.