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Oldberry Castle
Somerset, England ยท Atlas EN4118
Location
- Atlas number
- EN4118 (4118)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Somerset
- Historic county
- Somerset
- Parish, community, or townland
- Dulverton
- National Grid reference
- SS90932820
- Latitude
- 51.04271
- Longitude
- -3.55723
- Altitude
- 244 m
Form and condition
- Type
- partial contour 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
- 1.3 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- inland promontory
- Aspect
- northeast
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1965); Other (1997); Other (1998); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1889-1890)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1006168
- HER
- Exmoor National Park MSO9326
- National record
- record ST 92 NW 4; monument 36531
- Wikidata
- Q31115781
Sources
References
- Burrow, E.J. 1924. The ancient earthworks and camps of Somerset, Cheltenham: E.J. Burrow, 90.
- Burrow, I. 1981. Hillfort and hill-top settlement in Somerset in the first to eighth centuries AD, British Archaeological Report (BAR) British Series 1, 91, 269-70.
- Page, W. ed. 1911. Ancient earthworks, The Victoria History of Somerset, Volume Two, The Victoria History of the Counties of England, London: Constable and Co, 493-4.
- Wilson-North, R. 1997. Oldberry Castle, Dulverton, Somerset, Unpublished report RCHME.