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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Woodbury CastleCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 6.996 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Devon Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Exeter Nearest Village: Woodbury Salterton
Map Ref: SY032874 Landranger Map Number: 192
Latitude: 50.678182N Longitude: 3.371408W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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lauraaurora visited on 11th Jan 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4
Silkscream visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 5 Access: 4.5
English Heritage improved the access in about 2009 and there are now steps up the steep rampart to be able to enter the hill fort without slipping. So easy to imagine the round huts and timber fencing. Although there are trees now, it is still possible to see across the miles of heathland - a perfect place to defend the community against hostile tribes.
There is a good car park and up to date interpretation board setting out the history of the fort, excavations and recent works. Highly recommend a visit - it was one of the highlights of my holiday.
Text by Vicky Morgan and Elaine from Hove, Sussex.
Note: Free Book: Anthropology of Landscape by Christopher Tilley and Kate Cameron-Daum, also belated news of the East Devon Pebblebed Landscape Project 2008-2012 and their already defunct web site (must do better!)
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