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Castle Hill, Beaford
Devon, England ยท Atlas EN4257
Location
- Atlas number
- EN4257 (4257)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Devon
- Historic county
- Devon
- Parish, community, or townland
- Beaford
- National Grid reference
- SS523168
- Latitude
- 50.93163
- Longitude
- -4.10328
- Altitude
- 106 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate and partial bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 2, SE 1, SW 1, NW 2
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 1.6 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Out-turned (North east); In-turned (North east); Oblique (North east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop and inland promontory
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1887); Other (1973)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1021417
- HER
- Devon MDV284
- National record
- record SS 51 NW 8; monument 33586
- Wikidata
- Q31115456
Sources
References
- Wall, J.C. 1906. Ancient Earthworks, In ed W. Page, The Victoria County History of the County of Devon, Vol I, 602, London: James Street, Haymarket.