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<< Our Photo Pages >> Musbury Castle - Hillfort in England in Devon

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Sunday, 01 April 2012  Page Views: 6206

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Musbury Castle
Country: England County: Devon Type: Hillfort

Map Ref: SY282941
Latitude: 50.742050N  Longitude: 3.018949W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Musbury Castle
Musbury Castle submitted by ForestDaughter : A view of the hill fort from about three-quarters of the way up. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Devon

An Iron Age univallate hillfort enclosing the area of 6 acres. Remains of the original entrance are visible at the SE. The site has never been excavated.

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Musbury Castle
Musbury Castle submitted by lauraaurora : View from Musbury Castle. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SY2894 : Musbury Castle by Derek Harper
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SY2894 : Gate and stile, Musbury Castle by Derek Harper
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SY2894 : Towards the Axe valley by Derek Harper
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SY2793 : The East Devon Way through Seller's Wood by Tim Heaton
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Re: Musbury Castle by ForestDaughter on Thursday, 14 June 2012
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An amusing little bit of info about Musbury is the origin of the name. Taken from Old English, it means 'ancient place overrun by mice'. :)
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