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Longridge Woods, Lydford
Devon, England ยท Atlas EN3530
Location
- Atlas number
- EN3530 (3530)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Devon
- Historic county
- Devon
- Parish, community, or townland
- Lydford
- National Grid reference
- SX49718385
- Latitude
- 50.63526
- Longitude
- -4.12669
- Altitude
- 178 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Extant
- 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
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.4 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (East)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope
- Aspect
- north
- Land use
- commercial forestry
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1018518
- HER
- Devon MDV1666
- National record
- record SX 48 SE 9; monument 438143
- Wikidata
- Q31115374
Sources
References
- Silvester, R. J, and Balkwill, C. J. 1977. Hill-Slope Enclosures In The Lyd Valley, West Devon, Proc. Devon Archaeol. Soc, 35, 81-4.