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Northcott Wood Camp
Devon, England ยท Atlas EN4241
Location
- Atlas number
- EN4241 (4241)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Devon
- Historic county
- Devon
- Parish, community, or townland
- Northcott
- National Grid reference
- SX330917
- Latitude
- 50.70140
- Longitude
- -4.36502
- Altitude
- 91 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope 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
- 0.31 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South east); Hollow Way (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope and spur
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland and scrub or bracken
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1884); Other (2011); LiDAR Survey (2011); Other (1982-1983)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1003863
- HER
- Devon MDV2760
- National record
- record SX 39 SW; monument 437388
- Wikidata
- Q31115426
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, 600.