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<< Our Photo Pages >> Huntsham Castle - Misc. Earthwork in England in Devon

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Monday, 09 May 2011  Page Views: 7515

Multi-periodSite Name: Huntsham Castle
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 5.057 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Devon Type: Misc. Earthwork
 Nearest Village: Huntsham
Map Ref: SS99111784
Latitude: 50.951133N  Longitude: 3.437655W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
3 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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Huntsham Castle
Huntsham Castle submitted by Bladup : Huntsham Castle. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Misc. Earthwork in Devon

Remains of a non-defensive Iron Age enclosure.

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Huntsham Castle
Huntsham Castle submitted by Bladup : The Eastern side of Huntsham Castle. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Huntsham Castle
Huntsham Castle submitted by Bladup : The bank at Huntsham Castle. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Huntsham Castle
Huntsham Castle submitted by Bladup : The Southern bank at Huntsham Castle. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Huntsham Castle
Huntsham Castle submitted by Bladup : Looking over the inside of Huntsham Castle. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Huntsham Castle
Huntsham Castle submitted by Bladup : The bank and ditch on the West side of Huntsham Castle.

Huntsham Castle
Huntsham Castle submitted by Bladup : The large and defensive Huntsham Castle, The bank on the North side.

Huntsham Castle
Huntsham Castle submitted by Bladup : Huntsham Castle, This is described as small and non defensive when really it's large and very defensive, This is the bank on the North side.

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Re: Huntsham Castle by WBond on Thursday, 17 September 2015
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I agree about this site being 'defensive' - the southern edge appears to be a fairly large mutlivallate rampart, rather than the visible single rampart/ditch that surrounds the rest of the site. Perhaps it was never completed?
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