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Castle Close
Devon, England ยท Atlas EN4238
Location
- Atlas number
- EN4238 (4238)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Devon
- Historic county
- Devon
- Parish, community, or townland
- Washfield
- National Grid reference
- SS937181
- Latitude
- 50.95244
- Longitude
- -3.51477
- Altitude
- 209 m
Form and condition
- Type
- 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
- 3
- Enclosed area
- 2 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and stone wall
- Also recorded
- annex and ditches
- Entrance forms
- Blocked (West); In-turned (West)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and scrub or bracken
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1995); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1880-1899)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1020037
- HER
- Devon MDV1321
- National record
- record SS 91 NW 1; monument 36427
- Wikidata
- Q31115483
Sources
References
- Grinsell, L. V.. 1970. The Archaeology of Exmoor. The Archaeology of Exmoor: Bideford Bay to Bridgewater, 79,202.
- Robinson, R. 1987 - 2000. Devon Post-Reconnaissance Fieldwork Project. Devon Post-Reconnaissance Fieldwork Project. Unpublished monograph.
- 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, 612.